Terry Prince: Racing at home is dangerous

[davidd]

This accident took place last year, so Terry is OK, but it is instructive:

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The piece that hit Terry in the head and knocked him down:

David

 

[mercurycrest]

What Brand of tire was that? I don't want to buying any of them!

 

[vibrac]

Tyres can get very hot on a dyno its not like the wooded twists of Cadwell

 

[davidd]

The chain can also be quite dangerous. Carleton had one break on the dyno he used, which was a Hartzell hydraulic dyno. The next time someone asked to run their bike on his dyno he told them they must bring with them a new chain in the original packaging and allow him to install it.

David

 

[Howard]

Tyres can get very hot on a dyno its not like the wooded twists of Cadwell

Thanks. I just got some warm memories on a cold morning. You should have been a poet.

H

 

[Big Sid]

The pronounced wear on one side is classic track actual racing mileage , hot laps when heeled over , not on a dyno with the bike vertical . To my mind anyway . Sid .

 

[Big Sid]

Looking closer I see that the tire tread has been ripped off , tread failure . FRom severe overheating ? Sid .

 

[Big Sid]

I see pieces of tire carcus on the floor too . Severe abuse separating the tread layer . Sid .

 

[Robert Watson]

The pronounced wear on one side is classic track actual racing mileage , hot laps when heeled over , not on a dyno with the bike vertical . To my mind anyway . Sid .

Hard to heel it over for long with a chair on the side Sid!

 

[passenger0_0]

Hard to heel it over for long with a chair on the side Sid!

Maybe for some - but it's fun to have the chair in the air which does load the sidewalls but I do agree with Robert in this case given its use as a landspeed outfit.