I don't know if this answerers your questions but it was fun to watch. The dealer where I purchased my SERK has a 100 HP club, the proud owners have their dyno sheet displayed and are given a T-Shirt. The dealer/owner rented track time at the dragstrip and invited the members to run their bikes. I believe it was held in October as evidence from the low spectators, I know it was cold but not to windy. The dealer has the 100HP club and the Track Day on video. Check out (
www.heritageh-d.com ) They are in Concord NH which is very close to the Loudon Race Track (NASCAR) not to be confused with the New England Dragway that this event took place.
Anyway I do remember the fastest speed from the group was 116mph but he did not have the fastest time? He had the yellow bike with a Jim's 120 in it. His bike ran great but he had the same trouble most of the other riders had which was the takeoff. Most if not all had trouble getting going, and if you look close in the set up area there were not any 20 year olds running HD's. The baby boomer generation was well represented, one guy was in his mid 60's and did very well, I can't mention his name he could still break me in half.
Some of the times and speeds are visible on the end of the video, I think the video was modified because I remember the first one having more runs and times posted. It was fun and painfull to watch the guys stall, wheelie or just plain forget to let the clutch go as they displayed that blank look on their face expressing the look of what the hell am I doing here and how do I get out of this without embarrassing myself. The second run was greatly improved over the first.
While they are amateurs and most were all first timers they did a pretty good job. It obviously looks easier than it is. How many guys actually practice timed drags? I talked to quite a few of the guys between heats and some had panic or anxiety issues when they got to the front line. I know they did better than I could probably do. I was invited to run my bike, mine dyno's 97HP @ 5400 rpm, but why punish the bike. The Jim's 120 could have easily made it in the low 11's or better with the right rider. Some of the guys partook of the Holy Water available at the track. I don't know the octane that was in the race fuel or how many used it. The quad locally know as Hogzilla is a highly modified V-Twin mounted sidewards with a short driveshaft and a huge snowmobile clutch. The quad was built from a mechanic at the dealership and had parts from all kinds of different machines. It was an interesting piece of machinery, allot of talent and creativity. It sounded and ran fantastic it was definitely the crowd favorite. It ran in the 13's but it just ran out of top end but what a holeshot that quad had.
Overall it was a fun day, the dealer does its best to put on events like the Cop Obstacle Course which was my favorite event of the year. It was cool to watch guys punish bikes and run them into the ground, hell I would love to do that after all in that event they were using the State or Town owned bikes. I watched the practice rides the day before the event, bikes were going down every couple of minutes. Some of the Cops looked really intense while attacking the course on trophy day. I went around looking and checking the bikes, a few had the floor boards paper thin and the frame was ground up pretty good.
Just a note to those who live out in the East Coast just because the dealership has a hundred HP club does not mean they are the place to have it built. If you need more info send a PM.
I hope you enjoy some of the clips.
Ray G.
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