chriscraft Report post Posted August 13, 2013 So I recently started making these 1920's vintage style Board Track Racer Saddles for a motorized bicycle builder. This project is still in the works and I'm still improving on construction but things are look good so far. This saddle I made will be mounted on a Racer that will attempt to set a new Land Speed record in the salt flats of Utah. So I decided to carve a vintage board track racer image and include the drivers name/number like on most race car paint jobs. The racer already grabs your attention with a standard saddle but I just wanted to add a little more detail so when you walk up to the racer, the seats also grabs your attention. I think I succeeded with my creation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted August 13, 2013 Nice Job !!! How fast does he have to go to break the record ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olds cool Report post Posted August 13, 2013 Nice seat and nice bike too. Any info you can pass on about the builder? Do they have a site or anything. I'd like to see more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madhatterxlch Report post Posted August 14, 2013 That is too cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chancey77 Report post Posted August 15, 2013 BAD ASS!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paprhangr Report post Posted August 16, 2013 TUFF seat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chriscraft Report post Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) From what I was told, these are direct drive motorized bicycles. These have no transmissions to select gears from. So all you have is just one gear. To break the previous record, all he had to do is maintain a consistent speed of 79+ MPH. There is more involved than just going over the past record speed just once. Have to be able to run the track both ways as you may have a head wind assisting you in one direction and those speeds are averaged out. Then if you break a record speed , your vehicle is held at impound for tech inspection overnight. Then you need to run the following day and be able to back up your top speed again in order to go down in the record books. I was told by PAT that he was able to break the record and now is the new speed record holder in that class. Previous record was 78.048 mph and new record is 80.438 mph. It was an amazing story with a blown engine to repair on the salt lake while the clock was ticking between runs. He and his crew were somehow able to put together another racing motor from parts and get it inspected ready to run. Yet a great ending as he was able to bring home a trophy. Congrats Pat. I'm looking forward to the pictures from this event. Pat told me he has a nice photo of a Magazine Model sitting on my tooled seat. Will post photos soon. Chris Edited August 18, 2013 by chriscraft Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samalan Report post Posted August 18, 2013 Very nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
