For those of you that dont know afterburner, he hangs around with DS guys alot. Gathers all of his intelligence from us. Hes a quality guy to have around. Now, about his wisdom......a rocket??? He has taken the hobby of speed to a new level. WOW! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

Should be a good grudge match at Dunefest!

How come your nick is afterburner. Pieface sounds so much better. LOL. Man, he's gonna get even...........[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

 

is he putting pictures up?

 

DSXBear,

You are sooooooo gonna get it at Dunefest. By he way, the grudge match is back on this year. Team relay, winner pies the loser publicly, no excuses-bring towels! Instead of a hodgebodge team for me like last year, it's pure Team Alba versus pure TVI Powersports. In all fairness, it should be good entertainment! Between the two teams, we're putting the most group ponies and torque to the sand. And yes, as team captain, I will take the pieing again if necessary, but I'm not that worried. And YES, I am the anchor bike and the rocket is coming on. (checked with the ASDA, they're gonna OK it and clear the area for ignition [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Hey Lapeer Banshee, I'll try to get some pix up soon. In the meantime, check out the video on the Albaaction.com website. It's on the homepage and trust me, you CAN'T miss it. Enjoy.

See ya.

And for the record, the guys at TVI are first class (as well as their riding friends). I can't say enough good about them, but I feel it's a responsibility to hang around them at the dunes so that they fit in. If I don't, they mope around like they're part of some sad Bomber DS support group [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
Kidding.......They really are the best.

 

Let me know if your coming to oregon!!
Im 99% sure Theres no way I could keep up,
By I just want to see it and hear the sonic boooommmm!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] J/K LOL

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Pie Face. Its gonna be good. If you want to see the pieface "AFTERBURNER", go to:tvipowerandsports.com and see how the pie fits the ALBA guys soooooo well! LOL. It is sooo much fun, the comaraderie and friendships that we all have! Dunefest is a sure fun time for all Oregon Dunefest 2004 click here

I hope you can make it to SandLake this weekend for some practice.
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Ken

 

I just watched the video and I must say. THAT IS THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN.

 

brutal!!!

 

Bing, ya can't please them all. But, no offense intended, I built it for pure entertainment....mostly mine. We all pursue different ways to extract that extra umph! In any event, the JATO will be retired and sent to ALBAAction this summer when they go back home from Dunefest. By the way, it was running only at 50% power for most of the video runs since it was still being tested. At Dunefest, I plan to go double the thrust. Also, It'll look a lot different from the video. I am working with Fullbore to develop and have them create a molded seat shroud and vertical stabilizer (batwing??) that matches the raptor styling. It'll hide the two ten pound NOS bottles that'll be mounted behind me for the high power runs. By the way, Jeff (owner of Fullbore) is a genius at this stuff and I consider myself lucky to have him as a friend. He respects and supports the sport like no other.

As for Dunefest racing, I just learned they (ASDA) probably won't let me run in any class except my own at Dunefest using the JATO. Apparently, they feel it gives me an unfair advantage. I understand the concern, but trust me, the rocket will only shave off 1-2 seconds at the very most without being unstable and inherently dangerous. I am working to get them to understand it's only a rocket "assist". We'll see how it goes.

DXBear, I will try to see if I can get away to Sandlake tomorrow. No rocket though. It's having some mods done currently. But, that's ok, I'll keep it reined in so I don't smoke ya too bad in public.......... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

DEMENTED660R,

I live in Oregon. You'll see me at the dunes almost any given week. Usually at Florence or Winchester Bay. Join us any time, we have great group rides and all are welcome.

 

For those of you that dont know AFTERBURNER's bike, it is wicked fast without the rocket. He was by far the fastest out there on Sunday at SandLake. That bike runs good, even with a leaking gasket!

Thanks for the ride Terry, we had a good time! Look forward to seeing you again!

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Thanks for the kudos, it was a good day for riding, wasn't it? Those poweroll 770's never stood a chance @:-D Too bad I couldn't use the NOS, that woud've been too funny! But, you saw how much I was bleeding oil, didn't want to chance it. I pulled the cylinder last night and nearly 2 inches of gasket was blown out and one of the stay bolts was stretched. I need to find out if anybody has put out a stronger cylinder base gasket for high compression raptors. I'm sure the stock ones will work for awhile, but this is the second change since going to a 12:1. I also need to fab a hi stress stay bolt (rod?) that'll hold better than stock as well as stronger inserts like I did in the fronts. I'll let ya know what we come up with. By the way, those front tires of yours was awesome. They nearly spit me off when I turned your DS that first time. Thanks for not running me over in the tight stuff! See ya at the dunes again soon. Be good!