Lucky for me, I just go to work every day, and leave Rob to work with the motorcycles. We only have four months to put together three race-ready bikes, and that doesn't seem nearly long enough.
The Aprilia is on the back burner with the motor coming together at AF1. Parts are coming in from Europe, and Steve sounds quite excited about its progress. What really caught my fancy are the ceramic bearings, used in such applications as the space shuttle. Mighty special for a little 50 cc two-stroke.
Next on the Hayabusa will be mounting the Mickey Thompson Bonneville tire on the Performance Machine "Heathen Chrome " wheel. What a beautiful wheel it is, too. I can't help believing it will give us a tremendous increase in traction. George Dean is building a strong engine, and Rob has been fabricating fuel injectors designed to accommodate the the amount of nitro methane that will be blasting into the cylinders.
Right now, it's the Buell that is absorbing most of the time and energy. It is Rob's plan to sleeve down the cylinders and run the same bike in three different displacement classes. Certainly an intriguing idea, but the logistics are tricky. He is perplexed at the best way to create enough valve clearance in the heads.
Keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're good at.
