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doug713

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Went down to Tucson for Thanksgiving and the local paper had an article about the local karting track which somehow led me to The Death Race. Cool I'll dust off the old whizzer and have me some fun. But wait, whats this,open to any chinese 2 stroke?( guess thier afraid of 60 year old american 4 strokes LOL) So i tell the wife i know what i want for Christmas, Grubbe kit from Spooky Tooth.
Discovered this website one thing leads to another and i'm now in this deal about 4 times what the kit cost.Thanks to Sportscarpat for the tank Jim at Creative for the hub adapter and sprocket.
Wheels are from Husky with a front drum brake.Plans include red powder coating,solid white tires
and a brooks saddle to complete the boarbtrack look.Will post more pics when complete.
 

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Whizzer's are welcomed at the Death race doug

Hope to see ya out there......
 

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Doug,
Wow, very cool! It looks like your well on your way to a nice boardtracker. Nice choice on parts. I really like the wheels and the forks. If you want some boardtack drop brackets for your handlebars let me know. Also, I can't say enough about what an expansion chamber will do for your performance as it really opens up these engines. Oh, and don't forget to deck the head .040" and run the CNS carb. Hey, if your going to a real race let's see you kick some but!
 
Thanks Pat took some work to get the drum brake to work with those fork had to move the plates that hold the hub from inside to outside the forks and play with some washers to get the spacing right but thats what makes this stuff fun
 
finaly making some progress really want a whizzer motor a proper boardtracker should have a fire breathing 4 stroke
 

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Really nice. Pat's tanks are so cool and add a whole lot to that build. Look forward to seeing it all done and ready to ride.
SB
 
Hey Pat don't think you've seen this one heres you tank powdercoated motorbike decal and a repo whizzer fuel bowl i got from memory lane for that vintage look
 

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Wow, nice tank. Decals that big sure are a pain. This is great watching you guys customize your bikes with some of my parts on there, too. Makes my whole day! If you pull off the Whizzer engine on your Panther I'm buyin' the beer and shaking your hand. Totally cool. Let Quention do his thing.
Pat
 
Looks really nice, Doug. You should mount the CDI under the engine down by the bottom bracket. No one will even know it's there. That rear sprocket looks pretty small. What size is it?
 
36 tooth afterall i did build this for a race the tracks pretty flat should work well only took it around the block but it seems pretty fast hit on a good combo with the carb and pipe it runs really well and jims hub adapter and your tensioner run real smooth
 
Get some miles on it before the race and port the heck out of the intake and exhaust flanges. I don't think I have anymore intake manifolds left otherwise I would send you one. They add an easy 3 mph. I may have one left with a slightly different than stock bend. I will check it out. I sure want to see you do your best at the race. Decking the head .040" really helps, too.
 
I did open the exhaust and intake don't really want to tear open the motor at this point if you do have an intake i could probably use it i cut a little off of the stock one to get the air cleaner to clear the frame and i'm a little worried about it coming off. the cns car b is to big for the manifold and that plastic bushing they give you doesn't really work. I made a sleave out of 3/4 id 1" od vinyl tubing i think if i put a little weatherstrip adhesive on it i'll be ok. i also have the longer offset intake that came with the carb i might use
 
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looks really nice Doug (^)

hope to meet you at the DR
(I will be the skinny old guy with the black stretch ;))
 
Looking forward to meeting everyone this forum has been a big help to me . Used to live in fountain hills so i'll definately have to look you up
 
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