By Olivia Thomson
Best time I had in practice was a 14.42, and I ran a dial in of 14.4. We had 11 competitors, and I was not the lucky guy to get a first round bye. In the first round, I ran against a bike with a 13.1 dial in, so he got to chase me down. 3rd round, there are three scooters left, including the other (much faster) race scooter, who had the first round bye. Its amazing how much fun it can be to race such a slow scooter, but next year I'm planning on coming back with something faster.
nova50073Junior DawgPosts: 5Junior Dawg drag racing scooter Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Member Give GiftMember Back to Top Post by nova50073 on I just build a 60mm stroke, and 63 mm bore, 187cc , gy6 engine.\this engine will be used for drag racing , 1/8 track, kind of got a contest going in our little town about who had the fastest scooter. ;DSo any drag racing scooter dawgs out there,fill me in. I used to drag race MC's in the early 90's and an old Nova in the last 10 years, but racing scooters is a new ballgame. prodigitGreat Big Guru DawgPosts: 1,702Great Big Guru Dawg drag racing scooter Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Member Give GiftMember Back to Top Post by prodigit on You need fast pickup speed, so your rollers should be on the light side. Posts: 826Great Big Guru Dawg drag racing scooter Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Member Give GiftMember Back to Top Post by scootercapecod on If it's a 150 with a BBK you should drop down to 10g rollers or even 9g Dr.
The machine has to roll a bit before the TS starts to resist the upshifting. That is what gives the feel of a initial bog and then a engine rev up at launch. There would be time to save if the CVT were tuned without TS and the launch upshifting delay were removed. It does so well that I'm using stock clutches and often soft springs on an engine with a tuned pipe. I can do 65, but it helps to beat them off to the line and be first to the next line of cars...
Posts: 3,644Global Moderator PUERTO RICO DRAG RACING SCOOTER Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Member Give GiftMember Back to Top Post by 90GTVert on That's awesome. kliffGuestGuest PUERTO RICO DRAG RACING SCOOTER Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Back to Top Post by kliff on Sweeeeeet! I try to find all the info I can on scooter drag racing in Ruerto Rico, cause right now, looks like you guys are Mecca for that sorta thing. jake318GuestGuest PUERTO RICO DRAG RACING SCOOTER Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Back to Top Post by jake318 on Phaze my bike took 3? ... jakekbperformanceBig DawgPosts: 23Big Dawg PUERTO RICO DRAG RACING SCOOTER Select PostSelect Post Deselect PostDeselect Post Link to PostLink to Post Member Give GiftMember Back to Top Post by kbperformance on @jake318 said: Wow KB I have never seen A14,15,17 what are they for .. specs?
Hopped-up scooters from defunct German manufacturers—like this 1959 NSU Prima 3—are a rarer breed. He’s also a co-founder of the Rocket Race Club—one of the leagues on the European sprint racing scene. Rocket Race Club added a scooter class to their race series last year after being approached by an organization of German vintage scooter racing enthusiasts. So, for this season, he figured that he should throw his hat in the ring with his very own racing scooter. In the early 50s, they built Lambretta scooters under license in their factory in Neckarsulm, north of Stuttgart.
A highly-modified Vespa scooter thinks it has enough horsepower to go up against an almost stock, BMW E92 M3. The BMW outguns the Vespa 10:1, in terms of horsepower, but it also weighs a lot more, which results in some surprisingly close races. BMW E92 M3Representing the four-wheel community is a BMW E92 M3 1 out of 500 Limited Edition. The M3 weighs around 3,527 pounds (1,600 kg), which gives it a power-to-weight ratio of 286 horsepower per ton. As for the quarter-mile, the BMW M3 manages 12.77 seconds at 112.6 mph (181.2 km/h).versus the Vespa’s 13.42 seconds at 97.4 mph (156.7 km/h).
Especially when your race bike makes five times its original power, runs nitrous, and weighs next to nothing. This plucky little sprinter started out as a Piaggio NRG—a 50 cc scooter from the mid-2000s—but it’s come a long way. Then, a few months later, he approached me about doing a project together.”Mirko had been working at Scooter Centre in Cologne for years, and had a lot of experience building scooter drag bike motors. Nick and Mirko got talking, and before long had mocked up just how the NRG should look. The block, cylinder, intake, exhaust and piston were all ported and flowed, to bring the original NRG motor up to 20 PS.
There’s an organization for circuit racing and another one for sprint (drag) racing. Phil and Kris of Rocket Race Club actually invited some of them as their guests to Bikers’ Festival. Below, we talk to Jesco for more details and video about his 88-hp Vespa drag scooter. Are you interested in sponsoring the Rocket Race Club series? If so, contact [email protected]More Rocket Race Club Bikes
Our drag races hub currently consists of more than 500 articles, featuring countless different combinations of vehicles. There’s a good number of races between a car and a bike, but we’ve never seen a battle like this one. Cars Versus Bikes:On the left, in turn, is a Vespa scooter. Or, put simply, it has ten times fewer ponies and weighs ten times less than the BMW M3. First, a classic quarter-mile race from a standing start followed by a roll start drag race.
