update
Max's Machine (kansas)
Got the transmission fixed. One gear only, but it's making so much power I don't think there'll be any problems.
Will be leaving for the salt at 6:30 a.m. It'll take 1 1/2 to 2 hours to put it all back together again. We should be able to make a run tomorrow and see how it goes.
It's not as good as I'd like, but we're not down and out yet. The motors are working real good.
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Hartmut's (driver- germany) run was 181.235 mph. by the timing slip.
The motors, by leaning it out and taking some of the weight off the clutch, improved the acceleration a lot. The bike is not handling like it used to. I'm raising the axle on the rear wheel in relation to the chassis, which will improve the C.G. The front coil over gas shock will be stiffened on the front. The wheel alignment checked thorougly. It appears it's going to take another 20 lbs of weight on the right hand side.
The motors are running strong--real strong. Hartmut reported that even with the poor salt conditions, and the one gear only, the bike should go 250 to 300 mph.
I had ordered spare parachutes sent to the hotel, which haven't arrived as of yet. Mike Ackitiff generously loaned me a high and a low chute, in case the others don't arrive. Great guy.
He'll be leaving the salt tomorrow, done for the year, due to extensive damage to his motorcycle.
