Old School Dragbikes and Riders

Check out this artist�s rendering of a bike that Russ Collins designed back in 1982 (called the Battlestar).  I think This picture was featured in Cycle World (Or Motorcycle Mag).  Russ designed this bike to Utilize a 2000cc Gold Wing engine.  The bike was designed to rewrite the top fuel record books. The bike was designed to house the motor in the rear.  The projections on performance was 6.50 e.t. At 220 mph. Check out the Pro Stock 750 V-45.  Also see the url's below.  The first one will have a copy of the letter from American Honda dated May 6, 1982.  The letter was announcing Honda�s support and sponsorship to Russ Collins. The second is a history profile on RC engineering.

http://home.att.net/~fredsmotor/rc_honda.html

http://www.rceng.com/about.htm

Thanks Gary.  I'm gonna try and dig up more.   Here is one that I posted on another thread.  Brian Johnson's Pro Stock Bike at Santa Pod 1980.

These pic's and comments are great!! Keep-um comming Guy's

Thanks, love this old school stuff

A mate of mine has a full colour poster of Russ Collin's triple engined Honda. I'll try and give him a hurry up and see if he can get a snapshot of it, off to me to post here.

Gary,

That photo was taken in 1980.  So, that sounds way to fast for that year.  Here in the states I believe the Pro Stock bikes were still in the low 9 second quarter mile range.  Without looking into my old IDBA papers I would guess that the numbers would range anywhere from 9.20's to maybe a high 8.90 (I'm going blank to what year the first 8 second was produced in Pro Stock).  In the states they didn't get into the 8.40's and qucker until late 84-86.  This is just off the top of my head.  Maybe Randy "Racin" Mason will jump in and let me know if I'm pretty close. Speaking of......Randy posted this pic earlier this year on a thread.  He was fast and his bike was clean.  See Below....Randy "Racin" Mason.

Walt,

That sounds about right.  So, They may have been in the high 8's around 1980 here in the States.

Walt, delete your old messages in your message box.  I'm not sure if you got my reply.  I really, REALLY like what you built.........Bad to the Bone.

I got a chance to see Slow Bo"O" Brochta in Gulf Port MS.  I saw him a few years later also when he road the best looking Funnybike of it's time..........I'm speaking of Bill Hahns Fuel Injected Turbocharged Kaw.  I also got to see Sam Wills (see below) as well.  Sam and Virgil Naff teamed up and Sam was riding.  The bike was Purple and at the 84 IDBA Spring Nationals or World Finals, the anouncer was calling it....."Purple Rain."  These were also the days when you would see the guys pushing their bikes in hotel rooms and rebuilding the engine........or out in the parking lot. No big trailers and campers, just plan stripped passenger vans I'm glad that I was just old enough to be exposed to all this history.

NHRA Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Bo O'Brochta won the season championship in 1980, highlighted by a record-breaking 7.08 at the NHRA Winston Finals/Supernationals at Ontario Motor Speedway.

Sam Wills (above photos) ran a thundering Top Fueler in the early 1980s, and it ran the first U.S. Nationals 200-mph bike time in 1984.

I Saw this Funnybike back in the day as well.  Here is George Bryce III on his Kaw FB back in the early 80's. Now you know I got to get a few turbo's in here.