Thanks to Bill Dube and team Killacycle not to mention A123 Batteries, White Zombie sported an 880 cell, 374 volt lithium battery pack this last weekend at PIR 8^) At only 175 lbs it trimmed the Zombie down over 600 lbs! Being Killacycle was also racing at PIR along with WZ I was needing to produce twice as much anti-flashover mojo and in fact as much as I could muster 8^o With my two fastest motor pairs racing the same day same track this could be really, really good 8^) or really, really, bad 8^(
Just to add to the pucker factor there were more cameras there than when Paris got out of jail! Good or bad, this was going to be recorded about as well as any EVent. I really wasn’t into watching my motors burn up on national TV (most likely played in slow motion to capture EVery little plasma pool of what used to be my baby) so I told the twins to activate their “wonder twin” powers and to hold on tight tonite 8^o Further adding to this was that both WZ and KC were sporting new not very tested mods concerning brush timing and shifting.
White Zombie basted into a 11.47 second run at 114+ MPH for what should be a new record being backed up by a 11.555 run, although I’m not sure how the record rules apply but regardless Zombies record will fall 8^)
Killacycle was a real crowd pleaser but failed to lower it’s record this weekend 8^( Although it wasn’t all bad either as it set it’s best 60′ time of 1.15 seconds (PIR said it’s their fastest 60′ recorded), it’s best 1/8th mile time, and it’s best top speed of 158 MPH all on the same run but about 3/100th of a second slower than the record. The reaction from the crowd when it launches was a hoot. Regular race fans came out Saturday just to watch White Zombie and Killacycle run again. I thought it also showed how consistant the bike is as no one can be calling it a one hit wonder as it also amazed fans at the Woodburn track this weekend in addition to the two PIR shows!
Long story short is, when the smoke cleared the motors held their ground run after run and kinda looked good doing it 8^) I drove home feeling pretty dang proud to have been a part of both White Zombie and Killacycle at pushing the electric envelope! I’d like to personally thank each member of Killacycle for their efforts in coming out and showing us what “fast” looks like 8^) Most people wonder how Scotty holds on to it!
I was also able to debut Mike Willmons newly torqued out Warp9 with a TransWarp9 sidekick. I’ll post a fuller album when I’m not as burnt out as I am now but I wanted to post a few pics for those not there. These are going into a Pinto Mike’s named Crazyhorse 8^) Truthfully the pics don’t do them justice but this is what I could capture here.
I’ll post any info on times and dates on when the shows will air as I’m informed.