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07/18/16 at 08:25:28
 
Mebbe'?... Undecided

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Reply #1 - 07/18/16 at 08:30:08
 
Methinks yon powerful machine doth need a wheelie bar
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Reply #3 - 07/18/16 at 09:05:25
 
Will that rear tire fit on the Savage if I widen my rear fender...a little?
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Reply #4 - 07/18/16 at 09:37:17
 
First time I ever saw a drag strip with a left turn at the end! Huh
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Reply #5 - 07/18/16 at 09:41:51
 
How big is your hammer?... Grin
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Reply #6 - 07/18/16 at 10:04:32
 
Angus MacPhail 1985, under 8 seconds, almost 200 MPH, Chassis riveted and epoxied... UhhUhh, no Thanks..
It didn't McFail, anyway..
No nitrous, best guess was 4 to 5 hundred HP..
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Reply #7 - 07/18/16 at 10:15:48
 
A lot of balls & not much for brains , crash and your dead !
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Reply #8 - 07/18/16 at 10:55:30
 
If you do fall off the darn thing....you don't have very far to fall! Undecided
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Reply #9 - 07/18/16 at 12:04:23
 
That first few inches would just be the beginning of one serious tumble.
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Reply #10 - 07/18/16 at 12:55:30
 
Yeah, in this case it's not how far you fall, its how fast you fall.
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Reply #11 - 07/18/16 at 16:57:31
 
Art Webb wrote on 07/18/16 at 08:30:08:
Methinks yon powerful machine doth need a wheelie bar


HAHA!! You are the wheelie bar on this thing.
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Reply #12 - 07/18/16 at 17:25:00
 
And with your own personal JATO lined up to ASSist leaving the line and keeping the front end down.
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Reply #13 - 07/18/16 at 21:28:41
 
I'm thinking if I popped the clutch on that thing it would launch me like a catapult.... BACKWARDS!  Shocked Grin Cheesy
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Reply #14 - 07/18/16 at 21:39:54
 
If Wiley Coyote popped the clutch the rear tire wouldn't move an inch. The front would go up and over, slamming him flat on the ground. And a puff of dirt would rise up.
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