[s-cars] diary of a bmw driver

Thu Jun 26 04:21:48 PDT 2008

Scott-

Ahhhh  the beasts of the past.  I love it‹ there is nothing like coming out
of an apex and the wheel goes in the air.- coming out of the ³Bus Stop ³ at
Gratten is one such corner‹ turn two in the reverse direction is also a fine
ride on the back wheel.

  A Kenny Black as I recall is unbreakable and gets you to the end of a 1/4
before you can blink.  The FJ¹s just out and out ruled in the day that
Dinosaurs roamed the earth.  Even Ferracci (who was all Italian and who¹s
team  ripped up WSB with Ducati)  built go fast heads for the 1300¹s.

Old guys on our old bikes that still rock‹ I guess you can call most of the
gear head stuff we have ---³Old School²

On 6/25/08 11:13 PM, "qshipq at aol.com" <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:

>  A little competition for the mistress we call quattro?  Mark, I remember many
> a discussion regarding you using your s-wagon for trailer duty.  Glad to hear
> you figured out a bit of 'merican iron is better suited to the task.  Unlike
> you boys with the exotics, I went the basic Hapersize route 15 years ago and
> dropped a detuned Kenny Black prepped 1387cc big block into a 500lb 85 FJ...
> With 40mm RS Mikunis and MSD wasted spark coils all stuffed into the narrow
> stock bodywork, she cuts corners with brute torque and wheel in the air
> post-apex antics just not found finessing the newer road course bikes....  At
> the quarter mile (my personal best 10.05 at 143) she looks like a bucket of
> antique bolts, but launches from the lights with very little drama.
> 
> Good to see others enjoy the speed of the 2 wheel variety as well. Fast in a
> car is relative to what you also drive...
> 
> Cheers and finger point salute...
> 
> Scott J 
> 85 FJ1387 
> 
> 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Turczyn <mkturczyn at verizon.net>
> To: Rich Beebe <rich at beebecomm.com>; davekase at pdqlocks.com
> Cc: pkrasusky at ups.com; s-car-list at audifans.com; wmahoney at disk.com
> Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:04 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] diary of a bmw driver
> 
> 
> 
> PK, Dave, and Rich
> 
> 
> 
> I could not help myself- when I saw that someone else on this list likes
> 
> 888's   I have a real big Passion for them.--- along with my other passions
> 
> that Mr. Paul knows about---
> 
> 
> 
> I have been tracking two 888  Corse's for over 10 years--kind of fun to buzz
> 
> along with the young guys on the new bikes-- good thing corners take skill
> 
> and not just HP because even the new street bikes outgun my factory race
> 
> bikes built in the early '90's.
> 
> 
> 
> Not sure many on this list remember but I used my Avant to tow my bikes to
> 
> tracks in the Midwest, Canada, and up and down the East coast until I got
> 
> smart and finally bought an old Astro after 8 years of turning my turbo red
> 
> going through the mountains in PA.
> 
> 
> 
> I have now have Four Corse's-  a '90 Corse I built up from factory parts,
> 
> Doug Polans' Ferracci 91 AMA bike, a Ferracci built '94 955 AMA bike, and a
> 
> '94 Corse I built up from factory parts.   I love rebuilding the
> 
> heads/motors during the winter since the factory Corse heads and motor
> 
> internals are all chrome like polished jewelry .  I have crashed over the
> 
> years but it after I get over the mental pain I just rebuild them over the
> 
> winter.  Ferracci acted like my mainline supplier of parts(drug of
> 
> choice)--I bought most of them after the 916 Corse's came out so I got them
> 
> before they dried up.  I will keep them on the track until I run out of
> 
> parts.
> 
> 
> 
> My street bike used to be a '90 SP2 I bought as salvage and restored in my
> 
> basement but I would get stupid on the street after coming back from the
> 
> track.  So to counter that stupidity as I approach 60 I built a BMW/2
> 
> conversion bike. It is an Earles fork 1969 BMW frame with a 1978 R80 motor,
> 
> a four leading shoe front brake I pulled off a wrecked 1972 Yamaha TD-2 GP
> 
> bike, big tank, solo seat, and police bags.  This conversion looks funky and
> 
> yet it keeps up with traffic and actually stops.  It just does not corner so
> 
> I do not try too hard-- I keep that stuff at the track.
> 
> 
> 
> Probably way more info then anyone wanted to read-- back to lurking.
> 
> 
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> 
> On 6/25/08 10:32 AM, "Rich Beebe" <rich at beebecomm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > aaah, another duc owner.
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > nice, nice 888. amazed you sold that one, dave. looked like a very
> 
>> > nice example. so, it that a real 'foggy' this time?
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > i have 6 bikes here - 3 of them ducs. an '06 PS1000LE (a 'paul smart'
> 
>> > for the rest of you), an '03 ST4s (my tourer) and a '95 900ss (a real
> 
>> > beauty. loads of carbon. bought from a friend's 30 bike collection).
> 
>> > would take too long to run down all the upgrades on all 3 - farkling
> 
>> > is fun!! <g>
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > rich
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:14 AM, davekase at pdqlocks.com wrote:
> 
>> > 
> 
>>> >> Hold on just a darn second here!  Ducati?
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> I skip one off-topic thread and it turns into something about
> 
>>> >> Ducati's????!!!!
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> O.K. - first Paulie boy, its DUCK not DUKE. sheesh...  Monster?
> 
>>> >> Gots one
> 
>>> >> right now.
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> Who's getting one anyway?  Old Man Baloney?
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> I have owned several Ducks and the Monster is my favorite to ride.
> 
>>> >> MUST
> 
>>> >> get carbon pipes.  I also have waaaaaay cool carbon fiber timing belt
> 
>>> >> covers with stainless mesh so's you can watch stuff whirl.
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> Also MUST have a vented clutch cover.  My current clutch cover is cut
> 
>>> >> right in half so you not only hear the rattle but you can get pant
> 
>>> >> legs
> 
>>> >> and curious small children caught in there.
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> Sorry for snoozing guys.
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> http://audicqturbo.googlepages.com/ducati
> 
>>> >> 
> 
>>> >> Cheeseman
> 
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