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The best 2-1 Harley-Davidson Exhausts, The Most Powerful Turbos
200hp street 95 Inch
Turbos...at 13 PSI. Daily drivers. Turbos
for big twins since 1980. 25 PSI capable.
LSR 2-1 Designs: Our 47th Year...Racing, Street,
Touring
For Harley Davidson Big Twins, V-Rods and Evo Sportsters:
Since the mid 1970's
we have been constantly involved in racing
activities. If you check around you will find that few,
if any, exhaust manufacturers have been actively involved in
organized competition themselves, one of which is RB Racing
and of course Vance & Hines... Road Racing, Drag Racing,
Endurance Racing and Land Speed Racing.
This is not a plumbing
exercise. We build 2-1 exhausts which come in two different
primary tube sizes in five major product ranges and three
different finishes...totaling over 450 part numbers as far
back as Shovelheads (FL, FX & Rigids). No stupid
megaphones, no stupid discs, no ghost pipes, and no fluted
billet butt plugs.
1 3/4" and 2" primary
tubes. Specialized port designs for S&S SA B1/B2 and B3
cylinder heads as well as T143 and EVO 145" (1" taller).
Customs like Big Dogs, RSD transmissions, and Confederate Hell
Cats are also fixtured for.
LSR 2-1 Exhaust Systems (Note: We Build to Order)
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General Information
Made to Order: We offer over 450 part numbers in three different finishes, including different finishes for the heat shields which are, necessarily, priced separately. In addition, most exhaust systems are available in both 1 3/4" and 2" primary tube diameters and in five different product ranges. We cover everything from Shovelheads to obsolete Clone Bikes as well as odd-ball requests like 145 Inch RSD customs. As for different cylinder heads: OEM, STD, S&S B1, S&S B2 (4 bolt & 2 bolt), S&S B3(2 bolt) and others are tooled for. It does get complicated. There is no way to pre-configure and stock all these variations which is why we build to order and why we cannot offer same day shipping.
All systems (save the
S&S B1/B2/B3 heads) require:
00-1000
Billet
Gaskets (2) Evo/TC 88 $9.95
00-1001 Exhaust Nuts (4) Evo/TC 88 $3.00
00-1002 M8/Twin Cam/Evo/Evo Sportster, Machined from
Billet, Steel 2 Bolt Flange and clips (set: 2 flanges, 2
clips); Chrome $37.95
Heat
shields are priced separately.
Orders and Payment: You
can order at anytime Online 24/7,
or call. If there are any questions about the order we will
call you to confirm specific details such as year and model
number as well as details like Oxygen sensor type, wider
tires, master cylinder location custom frames and the like.
You must provide Credit Card details at the time of order
either on our Secure SSL Online Order
Form or when you call. You will be charged when the
exhaust goes to outside finishing as this locks your custom
order into a Chrome, Silver Ceramic or Black Dual Coat Ceramic
finish. As all orders are custom they must be paid for at that
time. It takes typically 10-14 working days to schedule and
make the part and then the parts are grouped and taken
for outside finishing.
E-mails to RB Racing
saying you want something is not an actual order. Either order
Online 24/7 or call in your order. All private parties and
Independent Shops must provide Credit Card information at the
time of the order. Franchised Harley-Davidson Dealers can
provide credit card details at the time of shipment. Best to
call in your order as people generally leave off details about
their bike that could cause conflicts,
Shipping Costs: Paid
separately via Credit Card at time of shipment, typically two
weeks after parts have been sent for finishing. We do not know
actual costs until the part is in the box, packed, sealed, and
run through the FedEx system for the shipping and insurance
amount. Prices vary due to weight, box dimensions, and
destination. In general, shipping within the Continental
United States (not Alaska and Hawaii) via FedEx Ground runs
$50.00 to $90.00 depending on the size and weight of the box.
We only ship Postal to Canada due to issues related to payment
of customs duties, which runs about $150.00 US. We deliver the
boxes to FedEx and the US Post Office once a day.
Overseas: FedEx
Economy Air Door to Door delivery (Great Rates System). We
have to negotiate for the best day/rate which runs $250.00 or
more. Some foreign locations can be shipped US Postal Air for
the mid $150.00 range. Some foreign customers have freight
forwarders and or their own FedEx account. We do not ship UPS.
Order Status: We get
lots of phone calls asking for "Order status"...This just
slows the process down. People politely ask "How is it
going"...in reality they just want their parts "Now".
Politeness tends to fade quickly with some people. These days
with smart phones in everyone's hands, we get bombarded with
"order status" e-mails when people have a mental moment of
boredom in their screen-filled days.
Your parts can be in
fabrication, in post-polishing or can be scattered in three
different directions at once like chromers, coaters, or in
final assembly. We only can give a realistic estimate of
completion i.e. shipping when all the parts sent for outside
finishing. Typically, when parts return from outside
finishing, they are shipped in that week or the beginning of
the next week as we have to gather up all the hardware and put
the parts back together in the same order they were made
including heat shields and specialized mounting systems.
Note: All parts of our
exhaust systems, including heat shields, are serialized for
order and part numbers. This way we know who ordered the
system, when it was sold, and what the part was made for. We
keep a data base on all orders with complete details about the
part when it was originally shipped.
Five Harley Davidson LSR 2-1 Product Ranges
Quieter Black Hole design. For sound issues: Standard with
00-1416 quiet baffle.
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Black Hole 153hp/149tq
Customer writes: " I have a 11.5 C.R. 124 with ported 110 heads, S&S 640G cams, bored S&S G carb.....attached is the dyno sheet. Is this tq curve normal for the 2" primary Blackhole pipe? The welds and the chrome are second to none! I am absolutely satisfied with the fit, finish, and sound of the Blackhole! 153hp/149tq AND I can hear the radio and have a conversation with the girlfriend.
15 Degree Merge Collector race system for Big Inch Built Motors. Standard or optional quieter baffle.
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Customer writes:" Here
is a photo of my 2001 Heritage Softail with your (00-1371) Pro
Stock Spyder 1 ¾, C Style with 3 shields. The bike is a 95
CID, with SE 204 cams, Branch O’Keefe PT heads, one tooth
added to the tranny sprocket then tuned with TTS Mastertune. I
kept the torque and horsepower events in the low to mid RPM
range and settled on a compression ratio below 9.8 because I
ride 100 miles every day on open country roads using 91-octane
pump gas.
I have taken your
advice on several products and they have all worked very well
for me but I believe the Pro Stock Spyder is what pulled
everything together to achieve impressive gains in performance
and produce a far better sound. I have 67,000 miles on the
bike including the last 5,000 with your pipes so I can tell
you with confidence the changes in performance due to the Pro
Stock Spyder were very evident particularly when hitting it
hard on open road.
As always, the fit and finish was perfect, the slip joint,
billet gaskets, and special nuts made the system easy to
install, and it looks way better than the other exhausts I
have seen. I am very satisfied that I bought your exhaust
system and I recommend them to anyone who values performance
and good looks.
Thank you for building a truly excellent American Made
product."
Customer writes:" Here
is Pic of Simply the Best Exhaust System ever installed on my
custom bike. LSR Pro Stock Spyder 2-1, 2" Black Ceramic w/
Black Heat Shields. My bike is a Lowered 1998 FHL Ultra
Classic, It Had a 80" EVO Fuel Injected, But was replaced by
S&S 113" EVO Carburated. Install and pipe finish
Excellent. Little louder then stock at Idle. Pipe makes bike
rev out quickly through all gears, & Therefore makes gear
shifting much quicker now. Good thing bike has Avon tires or
would break loose.
Quiet enough to listen
to stereo at Hi-way speeds & Acceptable through town with
moderate throttle use. The Midrange and Top end Passing Power
is INCREDIBLE. This thing just pulls, and pulls, with simple
roll on throttle in 5th gear. But Drop a Gear at Hi-way
Speeds, Hammer Throttle Open. Hang the " Fuck On ", Hits 190
KM in seconds, Plenty of power to pass anything on road in
front of you and very quickly. Bike gets average 39 miles /
gallon at 70 MPH. I've tried other pipes on this motor, they
were just pipes. This is a complete exhaust
system.
Thank you RB Racing
for a Excellent Harley exhaust system. From one HAPPY CANADIAN CUSTOMER.
The standard for 2-1 high performance street systems for over 47 years. Proven design. No Stupid Megaphones. Welded in Baffle.
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00-1406 New M-8
Softail Sport Glide. We use 2" primaries on all Milwaukee 8
Exhausts. The best Milwaukee-8 exhaust
for high output street performance. 130 hp with TTS cam.
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15 Degree Merge
Collector in Pure Race in Standard length, 00-1306 Challenge
(Shorter), and 00-1306R
(Resonator) versions. Optional welded in baffle. Optimum
design for all-out performance.
M8 117" Softail 135hp.
00-1408 LSR 2-1 Pro Stock in Dual Coat Black Ceramic with
three heat shields. Being converted to 127 CID for more hp.
00-1306 Challenge in 2" for Right
Side Drive.
Customer writes: "Attached are pictures of my 2008 FXCWC (Rocker) with your pipes on it. The engine is a SE120RX which produced 146 HP. Like you give a shit!! Thanks, Butch". 00-1306 Pro Stock Challenge with 2" primaries.
New 00-1306R (Resonator) Exhausts...Less bark than the 00-1306(5): LSR 2-1 Pro Stock Challege RaceCat:
Merge
Collector
in Pure Race System with a Catalytic Coverter and Baffle. Not
quiet but Cat friendly.
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A pure LSR 2-1 Pro
Stock Challenge pipe but with a Racing Catalytic Converter
rated at about 450 CFM i.e. 300hp flow rate.
Here a 110 CVO
Road Glide with a 1306RC LSR 2-1 RaceCat in Dual Coat Black
finish with chrome heat shields. Replacing a Rineheart Xtreme
Dual system the customer was less than pleased with. Nice
tone. Pure Race System.
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The Bonneville Bullett..Salt
Flats 2008 to 2017
Building the Bonneville bike, the
Bonneville Bullett, started in 1992. We have provided a chronology
that shows what happens over a 50 year period to go from an
idea planted in youth, through the usual messiness called life
and the culmination of a dream many decades later after a long
bumpy ride.
Our involvement ended in 2017 after 12 years of financing the effort all the way from a rusted frame with rotted tires to the finished product and a 200 mph record you see here. People eventually show their ugly side...It always works out that way. We moved on. Mission accomplished.
Having a high-end camera does not
make you a photographer if you get the jest of it.
Mike
Hailwood's Birthday 2 April 1940
Take a
perfectly good FXR CVO2, change it around a few times and
then decide to start all over and add 300HP... From the bare
frame up and nothing stays the same.
Real World Tuning...As you ride
Customer writes: "When the gauge arrived I knew it would be of a very high quality, it has far surpassed my expectations. I was very eager to get this installed and take a look at my tune. Amazing to see how little adjustments on the carb effect the AFR. As a result of this gauge, I have dropped one size on the low speed jet, raised the clip on notch and confirmed the main jet on my Mik48. Thank you, I really like this gauge. Ed"
"Just wanted to follow up with you. This AFR gauge is a game
changer. I think the tune on this bike is just about perfect,
or as perfect as a one can get with a carb. I have every
needle, main and idle jet available for the Mik48 and think I
used everyone of them chasing the tune. Now with everything
dialed in, warm idle will flicker between the orange and red
light, cruise is at the left orange light and hard
acceleration toggles between last orange and first red. Plugs
look terrific, bike starts first thing in the morning without
any choke, while riding around town the lights are relatively
stable, some moving around but not much. Again, I couldn’t be
happier with how this gauge works.
I am building a 124” TC to put into another FXR that I am
building. This gauge is already on
the build list, can’t imagine not having this gauge on any of
my bikes.Thanks, Ed."
Single Gauge (Right
above) for carbureted, Dual Gauge (Left above) for fuel
injected models.
0-2"; +1-3"; & 0-3" Chain Drive Twin Cam, & M8 Swingarms
"Draggin
Baggers"...big engines, nitrous, forced induction, wheelies,
custom wheels, lowered....What's the world coming to?
900 lb couches with cup holders and stereo systems. Go Figure.
Also for FXR's and M8 Softails.
Got Salt?...Bonneville
Bonnevile Salt Flats: 2014 and 2015 SCTA-BNI events cancelled due to poor salt conditions. Later events like in 2017 were very poor with rough salt and thin salt. Does not look good for the future. Millions of dollars have been sent by competitors and untold thousands of hours of fabrication and planning.. Bring your own salt....maybe 200 million tons of it.
1972 Car and Driver
article prediction the demise of the Salt Falts and the
reason why.
John Stein
Author...Drag Racing Collectors and Documentarian
John Stein, the author
of these two motorcycle books, stopped by RB Racing to talk
about racing, mutual acquaintances and to sell books. Now John
could have written a romance novel, a book about adolescent
wizards or even a nouvelle cuisine tome and made more money.
Unfortunately for him and, fortunately for all of us, John
took the time and effort to document a past that is slipping
away all too fast by interviewing those left alive from the
1950's, 60's and till present to get the rare photos and
background color before, as they say...the dust turns to dust.
Mindless shopping malls have chewed up the dragstrips and these days people Twitter and Facebook away instead of getting drunk, raising hell, turning wrenches and manning welding torches. Instead of making things, people just buy things...that's the downfall of everything.
Everyday is a beginning of the good old days for each new generation. There are pioneers however... People who rolled the dice in a game that had no payout and the road was hard and untraveled. Obsessions go on for decades. John Stein is obsessed and we thank him for his efforts. Sixty plus years of drag racing and highly-documented (Plus DVD) Bonneville streamliner saga.
A video of John
wheeling the famous Clem Johnson Vincent "Barn Job" into his
living room is worth a watch on YouTube.
The question for all of us is..."Would your significant other
let you keep drag racing motorcycles in the living room?". TV
sucks these days and the faint smell of nitro, bean oil and
sculpted metal trumps sitcoms, and endless Viagra commercials.
As they say Nitro is
for racing and gasoline is for washing parts. Reality is made,
not bought. Appreciate it. John has done a great job of
documenting the golden era of motorcycle drag racing in his
book.
Order them from John.
Read them, then decide if you want to make history yourself.
Russ Collins Passes Away
We first met Russ
Collins in 1974 and Russ took us out to the shop floor of his
business on Main Street in Gardena to sit on his triple, the
"Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe" pictured above. Fast forward to
1977 and Russ sponsored our Bol D'Or Kawasakis Z-1's in the
form of hard race parts...cams, pistons etc. He told his
general manager Terry Vance to give us "whatever we wanted".
When the race was over
with we repaid Russ by prototyping his Honda CBX 6-2 exhausts
as well as his XS Yamaha three and four cylinder exhausts as
no one in his shop really wanted to do it. We hot-wired his
personal "RCBX" license plate CBX and ran it about 2000
miles...Russ grimaced at that one. He would have done the
same.
In the early 1980's Russ decided to expand his operation as he was selling about 2500 exhaust systems a month and Terry Vance and Byron Hines, his employees, were winning Pro Stock. Russ invited us to see his new 45,000 square foot building one Friday...He had put in full custom bar in his office and was full of enthusiasm for the chance he was taking on a major expansion. Come Monday and Terry and Bryon were gone along with Roger McPhail (sales) as well as other key personnel. Vance and Hines was born the next week. They took Suzuki's Pro Stock sponsorship money with them.
Russ innovated drag
racing and took it to a new level. White leathers and
showmanship. Doubles, triples, rear engine, V8's, supercharged
4 cylinders, 4-1 exhausts, Cobra motors, Weber carbs, aluminum
Golden Rods, zoomie nitro headers, Hilborn injectors, Magnetos
and the victory cigar. Vance and Hines learned while working
for Russ and took the model on the road for themselves. Russ
once went through the lights at about 170 mph without a
motorcycle, ended up in a wheelchair, and then climbed on his
V8 Sorcerer. The rest is history as they say.
Russ went on to gain
world-class status with his Fuel Injector Business and was the
first to put in advanced testing and flow equipment for both
fuel injectors and fuel pumps. Russ closed down his motorcycle
operation and kept his hand in racing by driving Bill
Miller's Top Fuel Dragster. Russ was always a racer
first and businessman second. He retired a number of years ago
to Palm Springs where he played golf everyday.
Russ passed away
during a trip to Hawaii...not in an assisted living facility
or a wheelchair. He was 74. Cancer
finally got him but no one got him at the XMas tree. He was
called "The Assassin" for good reason. A nice guy and
technically very, very, smart. Glad we knew him.
46 Years Later..RVN
1967 to 2013...196 mph Bonneville Record
Bob Bennett is a long time Bonneville competitor, holds a number of records, is knocking on the door on a 200 mph record, and has the distinction of having his name engraved on the Viet Nam Memorial Wall as KIA even though he is quite alive. In 2013 Bob has dedicated his new record to the 32 men who died in his unit.. Alpha Company.
Bob hit a peak speed
203 mph with his normally aspirated 1650cc class Sportster.
The GPS Speedo's first red
light illuminates at exactly 200 mph with the digital
display's memory displaying the exact peak mph reached during
the run. Bob hit 203 mph without a turbo or supercharger.
They say adrenaline
sears major events in your memory that makes them so clear you
relive them over and over again. As you get older the short
term day to day crap gets less important and fades quickly.
Bob returned to Viet Nam recently to retrace his path and to
pay honor, by way of remembrance, to those who were with him
that died.
Bob got rained out in 2014 as both SpeedWeek and the World Finals were cancelled. He'll be back after missing the better conditions at 2018 SpeedWeek as he was involved with a move to a different state. In 2019 Conditions were terrible. He'll be ready if the salt is. The salt is only a thin crust these days.
Bob returned in 2020
and set a record @197 MPH.
There are a lot of
vets at Bonneville. As opposed to Bob Bennett and other
vets, there are others like Henry Louie below.
Our 1990's Suzuki Bonneville Bikes: Postscript: Henry Ensign Louie
We met Henry Louie via
Luftmeister whom we had helped to secure a 200 mph El Mirage
record on a BMW. We ended up turbocharging two Suzuki GSXR
turbos for Henry..one which he paid for and one which he did
not...so we repoed the second turbo kit. During the time we
were around Henry he claimed to be a have been Naval fighter
pilot. He also claimed to have his personal F4 Phantom Jet
which he flew to St Louis for lunch. He also claimed to be a
Korean War veteran flying jet aircraft in that conflict "going
eyeball to eyeball with the enemy pilots".
He also claimed to
have flown the reconnaissance missions over the Bridge at Toko
Ri, as seen in archival footage.. When mentioned we had been
in Viet Nam in Military Intelligence Henry said he had been in
Laos and Cambodia on special electronic warfare sensor
projects. For his Harley acquaintances in Boise he also
claimed to have been a Harley racer and District Champion in
the late 1940's.
Henry, at various times, claimed to have climbed Mt Everest, been a marathon champion and, no matter what subject you brought up he had done it either better, way before you, or he had things which were more expensive or better than anything you had.
We shepherded him into
the double two club at Bonneville and El Mirage in his first
year of competition, which is pretty much unheard of. We went
with him to the SCTA Bonneville awards dinner where he got his
double 200 mph recognition and jackets and he did not once
mention RB Racing. Henry had to be guided...He could not even
remember to turn on his fuel petcock or keep his gas tank full
at Bonneville...He was too busy walking around in his
Kushitani leathers playing politics and telling stories about
himself. Henry wrangled himself to become the President of the
SCTA...mostly based on his speed records and his donations of
jackets and other items.
Henry ended up selling his Suzuki Dealership (Del Amo Motorsports) and moved to Boise to partner in Big Twin BMW. At his retirement we found out he claimed to have been a Navy admiral. Now, if you had risen through the Officer ranks in the Army like we had, and our friends had...the claim that Henry had been an Admiral was a bit too much to take so we decided to make some checks. Admirals are North of Naval Captains and Army Colonels. We always knew he was a liar but we wanted to check.
We contacted The Fake
Warrior Project and they found no service records whatsoever
for Henry Ensign Louie. Our Harley friends at Brother Speed in
Boise could find no records anywhere of Henry ever racing
Harleys in the late 1940's. Here's a
report from the NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER
Turbo Twin Cam: "Trip done: 5950 miles 28 States in 9 days. Bike performed well"
Doc Sweeney and his RB Racing Intercooled TC88 Turbo on a marathon 28 state run. Genuine Pinto gas tank along for the ride. "And miles to go before I sleep". Doc Sweeney covered 4500 miles in the first week.."Running fine". Total 5950 miles in 9 days.Next up...a R1200GS BMW and off to Alaska...all 50 states. The TC88 was shipped in from Hawaii. All 50 States.
Pectel SQ6M Advanced Engine
Management
For our racing
projects at Bonneville and our own 360 hp Road Glide Turbo we
chose to use Pectel Cosworth SQ6M
Engine Controllers. These offered total control of fuel,
spark, traction control, fly-by-wire throttle, wastegates, and
anything you can think of. Also, many things you would never
think of.
These went out of
production in 2023/2024 as the MPC565 microprocessors were no
longer in production.
Great product for
racing. Steep learning curve, professional.
The SQ6M controlled the Electronic Throttle as well as our 1000 psi water injection system on our 126" ORCA Road Toad and our 139" ORCA Bonneville motor. ID2000cc Injectors.
126 ORCA...Building a 360 HP Road Glide
RB Racing: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
We made the exhausts
for the movie bike...Actually several different sets of them
while the movie was being planned and finally shot. The bike
became sort of famous for some reason. We put up a bit of history of
the affair for you to read. No money...just history as
they say.
We outran the police
on this bike..Interesting story.
RB Racing & Bob George...Time to Reflect
Bob George crossed our path at a time in the 1980's and 90's when we were setting Bonneville and El Mirage 200 mph records with Suzukis, BMWs, and Harleys. "Bob George" wasn't exactly a household name and we were unaware of his accomplishments. We ended up getting involved with seriously deranged character who had a streamliner project who, in turn, introduced us to Bob George. After we got rid of the relationship with this nut case, who worked for the US Postal system and lived in his Ford Van, we became friends with Bob George and found out about his history at Bonneville.
Above is pictured the record setting double-engined, nitro burning, Shovelhead powered, Jammer Liner...designed and built by Bob George. Business partners Mil Blair and Joe Teresi sort of took over Bob's project. Mil went his way with Jammer Products and Joe Teresi split with control of Easyriders Magazine. Bob George is third from the left. Bob ended up losing the liner...and the recognition.
Years later the same liner was
re-skinned in aluminum and rebuilt by Joe Teresi of
EasyRiders Magazine. Tech honchos like Keith Ruxton and
Micah McCloskey made it go. Dave
Campos again was the pilot and 322 mph was the result.
Still Bob George's design. 322 mph. Water cooled Barrels
patented by Bob George.
Bob George built another liner on his own dime, the "Millenium Falcon", and we built the "robo-skids" for it and helped crew it in several trips to Bonneville, again with Dave Campos as the driver. Dave ended up getting a 200 mph gas record with it in testing and, at one point, Don Vesco was to ride it but Don convinced Dave to stay with the project. Bob spent every penny he had on it and finally had to sell it. Streamliners are a fatal disease, financially.
Bob George center in the red shirt. Kent Riches (Airtech...Now Closed) ended up with the chassis and shell. We kept the actual Eagle cum Falcon doll that rode with Dave. It goes with us each year to Bonneville. Mike Geokan ended up with a 93" engine from the last stages of the project and put it in his famous (retired) Blue Bike.
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Bob George 230 MPH
Shovelhead
Bob used to kick
start his double engined Shovelhead dragster and reel off
145 mph quarter miles...about 40 years ago. Then it went to
Bonneville with both Bob George and Dave Campos doing the
riding.
Bob George's famous
"Double"...231 mph Bonneville record holder in the early
1970's with Dave Campos riding. This bike was fragile but
serious. It really got Dave's attention as he didn't really
wind it out and the wind was pulling the lightweight
fiberglass apart on his record run. Bob George in the white
hat. Plywood bracing was added to keep the top of the
windscreen from folding over at over 200 mph. Bob patented
the water cooled cylinders.
In the late 80's and early 90's we were running 203 mph with our high tech Suzukis, 206 mph with our BMWs, and 199mph with Mike Geokan's Turbo Harley and here Bob George had gone 217 mph unfaired on the Double and Dave ran 231 mph with the fairing...about 20 years before we did it. Bob "lost" the Double for many years and when it was finally returned to him we ended up helping him restore it. Careful examination of it made us feel pretty stupid and made it clear you don't adapt things for Bonneville...you build things for Bonneville. Bye, Bye Suzukis...back to pushrod dinosaurs. That's why we are working on Mike Geokan's Bonneville Bullett...another fatal disease.
We were to drive Bob and his ex
wife Roberta Linn up to Bonneville in 2010 for Mike Cook's
Shoot Out Meet but Bob's health had declined and he passed
away in his rocking chair a few months later. We once asked
Bob what the Double would run if it was brought up to modern
specs...without hesitation he said "275mph"...think about
it. It was a honor to work with him and know him.
Leo Hess has the "Double" these
days. Leo also got bit big time by streamliners in a major
crash in 2010. Salt addiction. Be warned.
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On Harleys the speedometer is usually driven off of the transmission. If you spin the tire, change gear ratios, or even change tire sizes the speedometer is no longer accurate. Then there is the issue that the speedometers are not designed for 250 mph or even anything past 120 to 160 mph. This situation is not exactly made for Bonneville where you are running past 200 mph, spinning the tire, searching for traction, and putting 300 mph Goodyear Land Speed Record tires to the test.
We figured the best way out of this was to equip the Bonneville Bullett with a GPS (Global Positioning System) speedometer. When we checked around we found some GPS units for boats but nothing made for a 250 mph Bonneville Harley. The only option was to make a GPS Speedometer. Four satellites will triangulate the Bullett in three dimensional space and Mike can have a dead accurate speedometer that never needs to be calibrated.
Smokey Yunick..Innovator, Racer and More
These days people just buy parts and "go racing". They argue endlessly about "this and thats" : Which cam to run; Which cylinder head specialist to use; or who should do this or that for your project. Smokey did it all, and, along the way, left a trail of brilliant innovations and a reputation for original thinking that endures to this day. These days people have given up on learning and innovation and endlessly leaf through catalogs blissfully unaware of the underlying fundamentals. Drop out of school because it's too hard and skip the school of hard knocks...just remember because you were born you're "due".
As time passes, rules and organization strangle innovation and original thinkers. Run whatca brung philosophies are being left to street racers and places like Bonneville. For an interesting short read on Smokey we suggest a Untold Stories: Daytona about the early NASCAR days.
Why go to Mars when you can sit
in front of your widescreen and watch the Disney Channel?
Better yet, read some unedited (not cleaned up) books on
Smokey's life.
These days people just buy parts
agonizing as to whether they have made the right "Internet
Choice" or not.
So much for first principles.
Buy the Damn Book...Or steal it if you're wearing tennis shoes
If you want to enjoy some history we suggest you purchase the three volume pocket edition set of Smokey Yunick's chronicles of his long racing career and life. There aren't many original thinkers around and most of them don't do a damn thing. Smokey was different and a genuine legend in American motorsport history. If you just happened on the scene we suggest you buy his books. It's the most entertaining and best investment you'll ever make.
Buy the books!!!!
Bonneville Porting
Whenever we do something serious
like our 139" Bonneville ORCA motor we defer to the experts,
especially when we are dealing with raw, unfinished ports the
size of a dime. Branch
O'Keefe is simply the best in the business and even
Jerry Branch (retired) got involved in the decision making.
Take a look at some ports that about 90 years cumulative experience came up with. All John O'Keefe and Jerry Branch asked was what we thought the exhaust ports should be like in terms of flow based on our 30 years of turbocharger experience. We all agreed on a number and this is what the result was. Ports for 400+ horsepower.
If you want the best cylinder head
work for your Twin Cam, Evo or even Shovelhead contact Branch O'Keefe.
That's what we do and have done since 1976 when Jerry prepared
our cylinder heads for the 24 hour Endurance racers we built
and took to the 1977 Bol D'Or in France. John O'Keefe knows
you don't want "down time" so he has an exchange program for
cylinder heads.
Harley has made a lot of changes in
their castings and it's best to go with Branch O'Keefe as
differences in machining, alloys, and specifications can cause
problems if you deal with porters who don't have the inventory
and the experience. High Zinc content can cause issues.
John does not have "homing pigeons"
like other outfits where seats come loose, the work is sloppy,
or cheap valves that stick or gall are installed. He treats
every head they produce as if it was his own. Sort of rare
these days. John has a killer setup for 103" Dressers.
Dual and Single RSR O2 Meters
Anodized Billet Mounts
and Stainless Brackets are available for 1.00" and 1.250"
handlebars. Dual laser cut brackets allow mounting at the
handlebar clamp (horizontal) or on the upward sweep of the
handlebars.
For EFi sequential injection our new RSR Dual Air Fuel Gauge displays the fuel mixture in both the front and rear cylinders separately. The gauge is housed in a hard anodized round enclosure in a standard 2" format with a 2.250" bezel, center back mount, with a 5/16" x 18 stainless socket head cap screw. The gauge will show fuel ratios from 17:1 to 12.0:1 (or richer). The gauge is visible in daylight and automatically dims for nighttime operation.
Scale is, left to right, lean to rich: three greens, three yellows, two orange and two red l.e.d.s.
The white arrow indicates the maximum power mixture, the second orange light, which is 13.2:1. Transitory enrichments should not, if the engine is warm (>200F Oil temp), go past the first red light. Readings at the far right side of the scale, the second red light, are simply too rich. Proper closed loop operation will cycle back and forth from green to orange around the center of the display.
It is simply the best way to evaluate the tune of your motorcycle and saves valuable dyno time. Mounted permanently. Waterproof.
Compatible with OEM narrowband sensors. Can be supplied with new high temperature Bosch narrowband sensors. Far right photo shows gauge in dim light conditions at maximum power setting.
History: RB Racing RSR ECUs (Discontinued In
2020)
RSR Fuel Injections hold the records and remain the only competition proven closed loop systems developed especially for both normally aspirated as well as forced induction Harley Davidsons. There were the first to set both 200 mph Bonneville records as well as National Pro Gas Drag Racing championships. New ECUs for 2008 maintain the technological lead and offer new features. Waterproof and Harley-proof they cannot be killed.
Only time kills things...microprocessors become
obsolete. On to greater things.
DRAG RACING Section: Over the years RB Racing
has Supported Top Fuel
Here we document Carl Pelletier's
obsession with Top Fuel. We first met Carl at Bonneville in
1985 and 1990 and were impressed when he welded up a Nitrous
damaged piston and, overnight, rebuilt a broken 5 speed
transmission. Carl got tired of working for free at
Bonneville and since those he was supporting declined any
payment for services for the future, Carl moved on to drag racing...first in Pro
Dragster and then to Top Fuel.
Carl had an open
offer for us to tag along. We told him Nitro and clutches
were a mystery and not something we intended to try to
understand. We changed oil between rounds, did starting line
duties, shagged ice cream, made some parts, and bought
supplies for the usual explosions. Wild ride. E-Ticket.
Take a tour of what it takes to build a 200mph six second Top Fuel drag racing motorcycle. Join Carl Pelletier as he puts together his pushrod rocketship from bare chassis through the 2002 AHDRA season. We have posted four movies of Carl's progress from his maiden pass with the white bodywork shown above to the first season finale where Jack Romine ran a 6.95 @ 196 mph pass on the fully-painted Competition Motorcycles Top Fueler...and other movies leading to the win in Bakersfield and the last race at Las Vegas.
2004: Bakersfield AHDRA Nationals; Carl Pelletier and crew rack up their first overall win.
2005: Death of a Top Fuel Bike. Watch the movie and see what happens when the rider gets blown off the bike at 208 mph. Cracked wrist, compressed vertebrae, road rash and one crunched Top Fuel Bike. More pictures have been posted in the Top Fuel Section.
Dance with the Devil. Steve came home alive but the Competition Motorcycle's bike didn't. Funny thing about crashes...spectators love to see crashed bikes but other riders are afraid to look at them...Superstition and fear hide in every racer. Organizers ask you to cover up the wrecked bike...Wonder why?
Steve is home, walking around after two skin grafts and a two operations on his wrist. Carl of Competition Motorcycles is back in Boise, busy building race engines, and taking the fueler apart and making an inventory of things to do.
Top Fuel 2 & Nov 2006 and 2007 Update
Watch Carl Pelletier and crew build a new high gear only Pro Fuel Bike. Steve is back in a new set of leathers after his 208 mph tumble in 2005. Four slide shows showing everything from bare frame to first track test. Las Vegas track tests proved successful.
KaBoom!!
Watch Carl and crew fix this puppy. No, the valve is
not supposed to be stuck up in the roof of the inlet port. We
bought chromemoly to repair the frame.
Top Fuel Las Vegas 2011
Follow Steve Heidner on the Competition
Motorcycles Top Fuel Motorcycle as he qualifies for and
races at the NHRA meet in Las Vegas in November 2011.
Vegas 2010...Top Fuel
West Coast AHDRA events are about non-existant in today's economy so, if you want to race and you're on the West Coast, it's about 5,000 miles of driving before you get to the place where you can blow up your toy in search of a small purse. Less people are willing to do this. No Pomona, no Las Vegas, no Bakersfield...only Arizona and Woodburn. To get the NHRA interested in putting on a death-defying, crowd pleasing, nitro noise making addition to their event calendar, seventeen Top Fuelers were organized by Fast Lane Motorcycles to show what bikers can bring to the equation.
Carl Pelletier of Competition
Motorcyles went to be part of the show and test some new
equipment. Here's some photos.
2012 Las Vegas Top Fuel Harley
NHRA 2015
Winternationals...Harleys
Six Top Fuel Harleys
wowed the crowd at the 2015 NHRA Winternationals. No points,
just the invite to stir up interest for the crowd-pleasing Top
Fuel Harleys at major NHRA events. Competition Motorcycles,
Boise Idaho's Top Fueler. Craig Pelrine driving.
Ray Price's Top Fuel Harley ran a 6.3 second 229 mph quarter mile. Spectators swarmed the bike pits between rounds. Many had never seen riders going 200 mph on one wheel before. The common spectator question in Competition Motorcycle's pit was "Where do you find anyone who will ride these things?".
Note: As of 2016 Ray Price passed away and the team has closed shop. Another legend passes on, going out on winning note.