200 HP Chase Begins .... Now Completed 14 Months In. WooHoo !!

Idaho Red Rocket 3 said:

Pictures.
Head with Nev's cam test fit.


Block


Cam Buckets and Shims Measured and numbered for proper placement.

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Octane boost! I love it

Justdad said:

Where do I put the carpet tacks?

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In them orange cylinders Bills been tryin at the track ww can see

Justdad said:

Where do I put the carpet tacks?

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On his seat pointing up....

I need a valve spring compression tool. What do you guys use with success to remove/replace the Rocket III valve springs ?

Idaho Red Rocket 3 said:

I need a valve spring compression tool. What do you guys use with success to remove/replace the Rocket III valve springs ?

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Bought one from amazon, a ten piece kit for motor cycles, four wheelers, etc. by orolin, cheap but worked. Around $20.00

Yup. I ordered the Orion on Amazon. Should be here today.

Mr. Bill was tired and taking his wife out so I'll go ahead and post our slightly entertaining video from today's tear down.

wjb said:

Thanks for the video guys!
So are the high compression pistons the same weight as stock, so no rebalance is needed?

I predict that the Thruxton's drag strip winning streak will fall as hard as the tree in your back yard!

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This is fun. Now that ZX1400R Bill brought with 200 horsepower beat me three times once it just barely. I figure aerodynamically the ZX1400R is much cleaner and will probably have as much horsepower as Rocket zilla. The ZX1400R is probably easier to launch and shift.

What I won't do is race him in a big head or side wind.....torque is always a winner in the wind.

Consider the following...Mr. Bill and I have raced 45 times on all sorts of bikes. I'm 39-6. We have raced a few bikes in the 45 races. My bike listed first and his listed 2nd.

Thruxton R vs R3. 18 to 1* by our rules I even won that with a better ET 12.416 to 12.448
2009 Thruxton vs R3 4-0
BMW R9T vs R3 2-0
Thruxton R vs Moto Guzzi Sport 9-0
T120 vs Moto Guzzi Sport. 1-0
Thruxton R vs Griso. 1-0
BMW R9T vs Griso. 2-0
Thruxton R vs ZX1400R. 0-3
Tiger 900 vs Griso. 2-2

Fellas I am a total of 24-1 against the Rocket 3 so he needs 23 wins in a row to break even. I not stupid enough to let the tree fall 23 times on me in a row.