TwoJugs
Excess XS
I finally got the old XS back to the track. This past sunday I put together an all motorcycle drag day at our local 1/8 mile track. I used gorilla marketing to spread the word. It worked. seems like everyone was very thirsty for a bike only event. Over 50 paid racers. We had 5 divisions, Pro, Sport, Vintage, Crusier, Scooter/Mini-Bike. Rules were almost none. A few took advantage like racers will so we are already making plans for the next one that will settle the score with those who did not play nice. $10 general admission, $25 to race and that got you into the 1, 2, 3 payouts of $100, $50 and $25 cash. I guess there were somewhere between 800 and 1000+ who came to watch. It overwhelmed the track operators that did not expect it. Ran out of food, lost control of the parking situation and more...
My XS that I date as a 1979 because of the current motor in it, ran well. In fact I took 2nd in the vintage division only to lose it myself by running under my dial in during the final elimination. I am trying to find a fair balance of going fast, consistent and do minimal tuning and repairs between rounds. Seems when I launch hard I need to adjust the clutch every 2 passes. Must be heating up and expanding somewhere because it starts to slip at high rpms. So now I launch easy and it is good to run all day. My best time was 8.5 seconds at 79.8 mph and that was with and easy launch, short shifting. If I want to do more work between rounds I can run it harder and probably get it to an 8.0 at 84 mph. This is a stock motor with a fresh set of first over psitons. Thats it. BS 38 carbs, stock cam and K&N air filters. 17T and 42T sprockets giving me 4 gears to use in the 1/8th. It does have a nice set of MSD coils that are triggered by stock points. I have the original 14:1 alcohol motor in the garage that I will go through when I have time and put it in for more fun. But for now this thing is fun (at 53 years old), gets lots of lookers and can run 10 passes a day without much tinkering then put it away until I get the chance to bring it out again. I suprised myself with my racing skills as I put a H2 750 and a Harley laydown Shovel on the trailer during competition. It was dial in bracket racing so more then speed comes to the game. For more info on the race go to my facebook page at facebook.com/motocasa and check out all the photos and vids starting to post. The track owner already asked me to do another, so did 100+ people at the track that day.
My XS that I date as a 1979 because of the current motor in it, ran well. In fact I took 2nd in the vintage division only to lose it myself by running under my dial in during the final elimination. I am trying to find a fair balance of going fast, consistent and do minimal tuning and repairs between rounds. Seems when I launch hard I need to adjust the clutch every 2 passes. Must be heating up and expanding somewhere because it starts to slip at high rpms. So now I launch easy and it is good to run all day. My best time was 8.5 seconds at 79.8 mph and that was with and easy launch, short shifting. If I want to do more work between rounds I can run it harder and probably get it to an 8.0 at 84 mph. This is a stock motor with a fresh set of first over psitons. Thats it. BS 38 carbs, stock cam and K&N air filters. 17T and 42T sprockets giving me 4 gears to use in the 1/8th. It does have a nice set of MSD coils that are triggered by stock points. I have the original 14:1 alcohol motor in the garage that I will go through when I have time and put it in for more fun. But for now this thing is fun (at 53 years old), gets lots of lookers and can run 10 passes a day without much tinkering then put it away until I get the chance to bring it out again. I suprised myself with my racing skills as I put a H2 750 and a Harley laydown Shovel on the trailer during competition. It was dial in bracket racing so more then speed comes to the game. For more info on the race go to my facebook page at facebook.com/motocasa and check out all the photos and vids starting to post. The track owner already asked me to do another, so did 100+ people at the track that day.
And it's heartening to know what a basically stock motor is capable of in the right hand(s)... and left foot... 
