Thorensen down & out of Bonneville

[T.W.R]

Well our Kiwi at Bonneville has crashed out during runs at the Bonneville speed week

The ZX14 stepped out sideways at 280kmh at the 5mile marker and continued to slide for another 800m taking out the 5.5mile marker tower and apparently damaging the bike beyond a repairable state due to lack of replacement parts availability (seems a bit odd though for the states).

Allen walked away from the crash with only a minor cut on one hand/arm and a few scuffs on the leathers.
He reckoned it was a bit of an odd feeling actually being on the bike as it slid sideways along the track at 280kmh perfectly upright before dispatching from it

(took bits of this from the ChCh press, couldn't find a link to any more info though)

[banditrider]

Bugger! Good to hear he walked away from it though.

[Filterer]

Linky
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4168656a6004.html

The bike then turned side on to the course, but he kept travelling in the same direction as if he was skidding on ice.
!!!!!

[merv]

Had he not sanded down his tread properly or put enough nugget on the tyres like Burt did.

[Big Dan]

Well our Kiwi at Bonneville has crashed out during runs at the Bonneville speed week

The ZX14 stepped out sideways at 280kmh at the 5mile marker and continued to slide for another 800m taking out the 5.5mile marker tower and apparently damaging the bike beyond a repairable state due to lack of replacement parts availability (seems a bit odd though for the states).

Allen walked away from the crash with only a minor cut on one hand/arm and a few scuffs on the leathers.
He reckoned it was a bit of an odd feeling actually being on the bike as it slid sideways along the track at 280kmh perfectly upright before dispatching from it

(took bits of this from the ChCh press, couldn't find a link to any more info though)

Serves him right to crash

This guy aint no saint i'm so glad he didn't achieve his goal hes a prick and should be castrated he's a cheater but the only good thing he has is a gorgous daughter

[merv]

Serves him right to crash

This guy aint no saint i'm so glad he didn't achieve his goal hes a prick and should be castrated he's a cheater but the only good thing he has is a gorgous daughter

Man what did he do to you to make you say this?

You got a pic of his daughter to share?

[Sollyboy]

Serves him right to crash

This guy aint no saint i'm so glad he didn't achieve his goal hes a prick and should be castrated he's a cheater but the only good thing he has is a gorgous daughter

surely not the guy your thinking of, and who here is a saint anyway?

[Big Dan]

Man what did he do to you to make you say this?

You got a pic of his daughter to share?

firstly this guy cheated on my mother with my mother's boarder no less he is such and up himself prick

I dont forgive easy where my family is concerned

[Big Dan]

surely not the guy your thinking of, and who here is a saint anyway?

I know he is the guy i saw him on the news a week about this

[McJim]

I had to read the article twice. He was trying to break the 300kmh barrier. I'm sure a friend of mine hit 320kmh on a Hayabusa along the back straight at Pukekohe.

This guy could have saved himself a bit of grief and money - Pukekohe's not too far from Hamilton.

Surely they meant 400kmh barrier?

I thought the whole point of Bonneville salt flats was that you could go faster there than anywhere else on the suface of the planet since you don't need to worry about bumping into stuff. Seems pointless if the surface is so bad that 280kmh after 8km of acceleration is deemed pretty good.

I'm a novice and managed 240kmh on a 636 on the Pukekohe back straight.

[Kickaha]

I had to read the article twice. He was trying to break the 300kmh barrier. I'm sure a friend of mine hit 320kmh on a Hayabusa along the back straight at Pukekohe.

There can be a big difference between indicated speed and actual speed

[Quasievil]

firstly this guy cheated on my mother with my mother's boarder no less he is such and up himself prick

I dont forgive easy where my family is concerned

sheesh thats a big call to say a biker deserves to crash ,what a dumarse thing to say.
who is a saint anyway ???? was DSS3 a saint, was Bruce a saint, fucking doubt it so did they deserve to crash to ??? I aint a saint do I deserve to crash?
keep your private opinions to yourself Im thinking
I understand we all know people in different ways but if you have issues with Allan take it up offline, this aint the place to bitch about your family baggage,
pull ya head in fella

[Quasievil]

He wanted to do 340kmph, he has done it before in NZ, on the salts its different as the surface is very slippery and hard to get the power down, he told me he got heaps of wheelspin at 175 mph and had trouble controlling the bike, he attempted to solve this by adding more weight to the bike but this obviously didnt work.
Oh well better luck next time, Im just happy he is okay and the leathers we made for him handled a 20 second 275 kmph slide (thats a BIG call)

I hope he has a crack next year !

I had to read the article twice. He was trying to break the 300kmh barrier. I'm sure a friend of mine hit 320kmh on a Hayabusa along the back straight at Pukekohe.

This guy could have saved himself a bit of grief and money - Pukekohe's not too far from Hamilton.

Surely they meant 400kmh barrier?

I thought the whole point of Bonneville salt flats was that you could go faster there than anywhere else on the suface of the planet since you don't need to worry about bumping into stuff. Seems pointless if the surface is so bad that 280kmh after 8km of acceleration is deemed pretty good.

I'm a novice and managed 240kmh on a 636 on the Pukekohe back straight.

[merv]

For Burt to have got the Indian over 200mph was quite a feat then given the conditions on the salt. I remember in the film of Burt seeing how bad it looked when it got wet there.

As for Big Dan if that is your beef with this guy like Quasi said it really doesn't belong on this forum about bikes. I'd initially assumed you meant he was some sort of bike cheat - as in not following rules for class etc.

[Big Dan]

sheesh thats a big call to say a biker deserves to crash ,what a dumarse thing to say.
who is a saint anyway ???? was DSS3 a saint, was Bruce a saint, fucking doubt it so did they deserve to crash to ??? I aint a saint do I deserve to crash?
keep your private opinions to yourself Im thinking
I understand we all know people in different ways but if you have issues with Allan take it up offline, this aint the place to bitch about your family baggage,
pull ya head in fella

Not once did i say he deserved to crash i would never say that

Bruce and DSS3 i'm sure they weren't saints i'm not saint either

no one deserves to crash

And keep my opinions to myself whats up with that this site is a forum last time i looked If anyone agrees with you that i should keep my opionions to myself say I and if that is the case I will leave the site forever cause there is no point in being here if i can't say a thing