Well I guess it does seem a tad ironic mate, but my cuz and I were going to go to the Aussie Land Speed records "Speed Week" at Lake Gairdner a couple of years ago, we didn't have enough money to build something that was guaranteed to win a record, so we decided that we'd go for a record for the fastest motorised bicycle.
The good thing is that so far it's only cost around 300 bucks for the engines and maybe 50 for the bike, so if we don't break any records, our beer bill will be higher. Sure, we could have used a fancy alloy or carbon fibre framed bike, but those things are too fragile for hanging a couple of engines and all the other bits off, and riding at silly speeds on the salt.
Sadly my cuz's dad died a week before speed week that year, and for the last two years the event has been rained out, but we're hoping that next year will be a go. Lots of work to do though, better carbs, port mods, expansion chambers, and anything else that'll make it go a little faster. My cuz weighs less than half what I do, so I'm hoping that we'll get some serious speed outta this awsomely dangerous thing!
