Topic: CB400A worlds slowest drag bike

[Sam Green Racing]

Sam.

[WFO]

ha! it sounded like a tractor.

[Sam Green Racing]

The fact that it sounds tractor-ish made me watch it again,...it's a 400 twin

Sam.

[Chris Liston]

Maybe its that contraption on the front end slowing it down

[speedy gonzalais]

Are you sure the sound aint dubbed and he didnt just roll down there.

[CBJoe]

Maybe its that contraption on the front end slowing it down

Maybe i'm slow... but what the heck is the contraption on the front 

[Leino]

Sam, I'm pretty sure that burnout wasn't necessary  .

[kslrr]

I think that thing up frount might be weights to keep the frount end down.  Who knows what would have happened if he didn't have those. Might have flipped.

[Soos]

Maybe its that contraption on the front end slowing it down

Maybe i'm slow... but what the heck is the contraption on the front 

A camera?


l8r

[speedy gonzalais]

Maybe its that contraption on the front end slowing it down

Maybe i'm slow... but what the heck is the contraption on the front 

A camera?

Sounds good to me!


l8r

[Sam Green Racing]

Sam, I'm pretty sure that burnout wasn't necessary .

Juha, you've hit the nail on the head there my friend. That's what makes these bikes the most feared motorcycles in ET bracket racing.
The fact that it is impossible to spin the rear wheel makes them the most consistent bikes on the strip.
There was a thread a few weeks back where one was being sold and people on here thought that the price that had been bid was to much despite the fact that it had not reached the sellers reserve. The seller had timing tickets, 15 I think all within 2 thousandths of a second of one another. I commented then that prize money from one race would return the purchase price.
I wish I wasn't committed as much as I am with the LSR bike, I'd have bought that sucker on the spot.

Sam.

[Sam Green Racing]

Here's the bike that was for sale, it didn't sell.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=40732.0

Sam.

[WFO]

Here's the bike that was for sale, it didn't sell.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=40732.0

Sam.

I think that's one of those bikes where the right person will have to come along and buy it, it doesn't personally appeal to me.

[Dave Wyatt]

The device in front of the front tire looks to be a stripe taker.  Similar to a metal disk inside a spoked wheel, it it what trips the beams at the finish line.  The light beams at the start are slightly above the ground and hit the tire, but the finish line lights are typically 6 inches above the ground.  A stipe taker allows you to consistently trip the beams on the big end.

Many cars and dragsters use them as well.

[Sam Green Racing]

Dave, I've been thinking of doing a CB750A for the stip and have spoken to several people willing to help.
Can I ask you a quetion ?...will the A crankcases fit in a none A frame.
I ask this as I may be able to pick up a bottom end and f/k frames are much easier to come by.

Sam.

[Dave Wyatt]

From what I've been told, the A frames are different due to the wet sump of the A engine.  The A frames are deeper, so you would need an A frame for an A engine. 

I would suggest checking with the rest of the 'matic gang at http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hondamatic/  and see what they can tell you.

I do know that my CB750 pipes don't fit my A chassis all that well.  But they are better than nothing.

[Sam Green Racing]

Cheers Dave, that's a big help, thanks.

Safe rides.

Sam.