Dragbikes Under Construction (2003-2004)

Roger Bloor (Gisborne)

Roger Bloor from Gisborne has this bike under construction. He has built and raced speedway sidecars for 15 years and thought it was time for a change. Roger says that he used to race against Chris Mackrell when he was racing sidecars in Napier, so this may be the reason he is changing over to Dragbike Racing. Roger hopes to have it finished for the 2003 season.

Some of the specifications:-

All frame tubes 2mm wall seamless high-tensile hydraulic tube, tig welded. Body work 2mm 5083 alloy. Vertically adjustable rear axle mounts for traction controllability via chain angle. Fuel cell will be adjustable forwards and back  ( weight bias control. Front and Rear weight %). Wheel base 92-95". Fork rake will be 45*. Wheelie bars 85" long. As yet power plant to be announced. The rear wheel is 12 inches wide and the type/size of  the tyre is a Goodyear 15x13x29 motorcycle tyre. I've also decided on a front end Its a GSX400 Impulse. The rim has similar curved spokes as the rear rim.

We hope to bring you more on this bike as it progresses, and look forward to seeing it run.

You can contact Roger, his e-mail address is :- mitzibloor@xtra.co.nz

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28th December 2004

The bike is too be powered by a super charged 1500cc Kawasaki.( kit on its way from the US)  With a reversed head. I'm making the crank and crank cases. Running a dry sump, magneto ignition, on alky. will have Nos jets installed just incase in years to come I want too go really fast. Rear tyre is a Goodyear 28 x12x15. Weight as you see it here 107Kgs. (rear tyre and rim Weigh 35kgs) Hope too be running about October.  Might be able to get to the end of the track under full throttle by 2004.    .

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