Pepperoni Bros. Racing
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Bonneville Bumble Bee Update |
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Sunday, 13 June 2010 04:38 |
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It is not without some sadness that I announce that Trumpy has left the building, sold to the lovely Maura Cronin of San Francisco. Ever since the Miata wiggled its way into the garage, at the same time ravaging the Pepperoni Bros. operating budget, it has been kind of a crowd around here. Now things are back on track, flush with cash, I paid off the Miata, put $1000. into the rotten wood window replacement fund, sent in my entry for the World of Speed, and the rest went into Pepperoni Bros. Not one to gather moss when properly financed, I found a used electric Handy lift on craigslist in the bay area and before you can say "I'll give you a case of beer if you'll help me unload this truck" it was sitting in the shop with the Bonneville Bee strapped to it. Now Steve and I can get the fairing fitted without lying on the floor, this is the way to go! After Bonneville, I will be gathering bits to turn this into my double-duty streetbike, a project that I am looking forward to. This has been quite a week, meeting new people, selling, buying,moving forward, see you out on the hiway! Tom |
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 18:03 |
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I am glad you made it to Pepperoni Bros. Racing website! Our mission is to have the fastest motorcycle, give credit to all the contributors that have helped make it a reality and have fun in the process.
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Fairing on Order |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 03:47 |
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Thanks in part to Steve's pickup blowing a head gasket, I placed an order with Air-Tech for a 3 piece replica of the old Harley KR "Cal Tech" fairing today. Known for it's size and slipperiness, it is the ideal candidate to streamline the wide Guzzi motor, and of course, me. It should be here early next month, then all the fittin' n' fussin' can start. This has been part of the master plan since the git-go, put a fairing on it and see if we can get it over 150, I think we can. This year we will be running in the 750 MPS-PG class, where the record is 151.419, if I put the stock gears back in, it should do about 156@9500 in 4th, 180 in 5th! That might be reaching a bit high, maybe Bill could weigh in on that one, also I might have to consider upgrading my wheel and tire situation to deal with the higher speeds. Anyway, that's the latest for the World Headquarters, Have fun, Tom |
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This is how it began! |
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Monday, 05 October 2009 15:42 |
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When I became serious about building a bike to race at Bonneville I picked the 750 class because the competition and speeds involved seemed more manageable than the higher displacement classes. I knew that I wanted to run a Moto Guzzi because of the pushrod motor and their great stability at speed, the original idea was to destroke a LeMans, but as luck would have it, I was able to purchase an original 1973 V7 Sport from the original owner right here in Ukiah! Larry had pretty much worn the thing out and it hadn't run in over 10 years, he knew it was a classic and wanted $4000 for it, when he heard that I wanted to take it to Bonneville, he cut the price in half, which turned out to be all the money that I had saved so far, $2000! |
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New Record Set! |
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 16:24 |
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New record set Friday, October 9, 2009!
137.8725 avg |
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