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Title: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on November 08, 2012, 02:22:56 PM
Aug 16-18, 2013 at Kunmadaras Drag Arena. I just reserved a hotel near the track for the weekend. I plan to arrange everything around this since I made that mistake with conflicts preventing my attending this year.

:yahoo: :greeting: :dance2: http://www.kunmadarasmotorsport.hu/web/en/verseny4.html (http://www.kunmadarasmotorsport.hu/web/en/verseny4.html) :dance2: :greeting: :yahoo:

SOOOOO..... I'm ready, but I need:

- Practice on my launch! Seriously!
- Straps for the front
- Maybe 1 more tooth on the rear? (stock now)

I'm very much a novice, but I'm running low 11's now. I have the oldest bike there, and I'm up against fuel injected 1,000+ cc bikes. But I've never had so much fun losing! Racing on a track Friday-Sunday for about $20. How can you go wrong?

Waiting for AndyB to chime in...
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: andyb on November 08, 2012, 10:19:15 PM
It's a bit of a hike for me.... gluck though!
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Firehawk068 on November 08, 2012, 11:59:30 PM
Be Careful !
They show a bunch of motorcycles on fire on their website........ :shok:

Have fun!
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: fj11.5 on November 09, 2012, 05:50:46 AM
Dam that's a cheap weekend of racing ,, do you use slicks or just use what you ride in on ,, have you tried a 15t front sprocket  (popcorn)
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Mark Olson on November 09, 2012, 12:29:22 PM
have fun  :good2:

post pics.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on November 10, 2012, 12:50:36 AM
Quote from: fj11.5 on November 09, 2012, 05:50:46 AM
do you use slicks or just use what you ride in on

Just a normal street tire.

Quote from: fj11.5 on November 09, 2012, 05:50:46 AM
have you tried a 15t front sprocket  (popcorn)

How many teeth on a stock front? I assume you are talking about going down a tooth or so? This track is almost a 6 hour ride to get there. So I need to balance driveability factors. A BIG concern of mine is breaking down out there - no shops to bring it to. Do a Google Maps search and look at Kunmadaras. You'll see what I'm talking about. Then the language barrier. That's a main reason I just dumped $200 into a new chain.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: fj11.5 on November 10, 2012, 01:06:49 AM
Pretty sure stock front is 17t,, I've tried a 15t , great launches but on the road engine is revving high , , be too much for the distance your traveling, , mind you at the time I had just fitted the gsxr rear and that was fitted with a 45t rear sprocket , , great set up for drags but not on the street,, do you have to use a sump gaurd oil catcher thingo   :lol:,, and lock wire enging parts like most places, they seem pretty relaxed over there,, +10 on your good chain, last thing you. Want chewing threw your cases ,, ling walk home
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on November 10, 2012, 05:38:27 AM
Quote from: fj11.5 on November 10, 2012, 01:06:49 AM
do you have to use a sump gaurd oil catcher thingo   :lol:,, and lock wire enging parts like most places, they seem pretty relaxed over there
No rules for that stuff at all... but maybe only in my class. Safety is a huge personal responsibility, not like in the U.S. where people sue for anything. I don't think lawsuits even exist here. Fair compensation at best. If you damage something, you pay for it. Pretty simple.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: fj11.5 on November 10, 2012, 05:59:03 AM
Sounds fair, insurance would be much cheaper  :biggrin:if everyone did that , , still a lack of lawsuits down here for now, , we havnt caught up to the states that much
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on January 11, 2013, 12:41:34 PM
Soooooo.....

How many teeth on a stock rear sprocket?
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: aviationfred on January 11, 2013, 01:21:47 PM
I believe the stock FJ1200 rear sprocket has 42 teeth.

Fred
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Flying Scotsman on January 11, 2013, 01:45:57 PM
Quote from: Lotsokids on January 11, 2013, 12:41:34 PM
Soooooo.....

How many teeth on a stock rear sprocket?

What year ?
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Flying Scotsman on January 11, 2013, 01:55:08 PM
1100's were 41 or 42 I have only seen 42.
1200's were 39 40 or 41 I think 40 was most common.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on January 11, 2013, 02:35:49 PM
Quote from: Flying Scotsman on January 11, 2013, 01:45:57 PM
What year ?

1988 FJ1200 (3CV)
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Flying Scotsman on January 11, 2013, 03:50:23 PM
Did some looking and I think its 40 teeth
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Mark Olson on January 11, 2013, 04:12:11 PM
if your fj has anti -dive forks you are more like a 87 ,so it would be 41 teeth.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: racerman_27410 on January 11, 2013, 08:08:13 PM
Mark is correct.... stock with the anti dive 1200s was 17/41


KOokaloo!
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: andyb on January 12, 2013, 04:04:01 AM
17/40 should be right on a 3CV.  Also was the best gearing that I used at the track with mine, though that was with the YZF wheel; equal to 17/41 on stock tires.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on January 12, 2013, 04:17:01 AM
Thanks. I was looking at Randy's RPM parts website and it seems my only options are 39, 40, and 42 teeth. I wonder if I should just go with a 42, but keeping in mind the nearly 6-hour ride to the track.

http://www.rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=RearSprocket (http://www.rpmracingca.com/proddetail.asp?prod=RearSprocket)
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: andyb on January 12, 2013, 08:39:01 PM
The 40 was decidedly faster for me than a 42 (41 vs 43 if you correct for the tire).  If you're not replacing the chain, go with the 40, which will give you more wheelbase and make it easier to launch hard. 

Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: movenon on January 13, 2013, 11:02:53 AM
Scroll down to Performance Spec's. I don't know how accurate the info is but it seems reasonable.

http://wiki.gfm.net:443/FJ1200_Specs (http://wiki.gfm.net:443/FJ1200_Specs)
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on January 14, 2013, 08:49:51 AM
I ordered a 41-tooth rear sprocket from Ebay. :good2:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Mark Olson on January 14, 2013, 09:43:26 AM
I hope you ordered the steel one and not aluminum.  the fj turns those to cheese.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: Lotsokids on January 14, 2013, 01:18:47 PM
Quote from: Mark Olson on January 14, 2013, 09:43:26 AM
I hope you ordered the steel one and not aluminum.  the fj turns those to cheese.

Yes, it's steel. Good to know, though!
Title: Re: Motorcycle Drag Race in Hungary - Aug, 2013! Who's Going With Me?
Post by: fj1289 on January 14, 2013, 05:24:00 PM
I got enough miles out of a aluminum rear sprocket to go through a good set of Dunlops -- but that also included just over 100 drag strip runs. Used aluminum since it was the only thing readily available for the PM Chicane rims.