So, it's a slow boring Sunday morning, let's shoot the shit!
So just down the road from our shop is a small private airport with a dirt runway. I see small prop planes taking off and landing over the shop all the time throughout the summer. Now that I'm getting ready to replace the clutch assembly in the Blackhawk and the counter-shaft sprocket with a 21 tooth, I know that I'll be able to hit The Ton and a bit more, and has me thinking about a scenario that I conjured up last summer.......
I want to challenge a prop plane to a drag race!This has
ALL the things I love in life. High speed, danger, excitement, and my favorite, a serious challenge that would be a load of fun win or lose. I seriously think that with how my bike is tuned, and seeing how fast the planes fly right overhead, it would be a pretty close race. Of course this all came about watching the Bugatti Veyron drag race an F-16, I believe it was. Plus I think it would just be a whole lot of fun that would put a big smile on everyone's face that was there. I may even be able to work it out to have it aired on the radio if I can pull it off (my favorite rock DJ is a BIG TIME motor head with an impressive car collection including an 8 second Mopar that he races). He has a Saturday morning show called Willie B's Garage that is all Hot Rod everything and does quite a few live broadcasts at different Hot Rod events. I think he'd totally be down for this. But it's all hypothetical at this point.
Scottie J