1/4 Mile Motorcycle Sprints

**nodrog:Me** · 18th January 2008, 06:43

is the cliffhanger website down? im trying to download an entry form.

**skelstar** · 18th January 2008, 07:47

www.cliffhanger.org.nz?

**nodrog:Me** · 18th January 2008, 07:58

Originally Posted by skelstar

www.cliffhanger.org.nz?

correct. all i get when clicking the link is a page displaying

www.simantics.net
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email

**skelstar** · 18th January 2008, 08:06

You're right. Fixed ... cheers!

**Deano** · 26th January 2008, 15:38

Bump - any more people willing to lend a hand (who haven't already offerred).

We still need a few more marshals....

**skelstar** · 26th January 2008, 15:41

I'll be helping.

**Weaver** · 26th January 2008, 15:47

I can't help on this event sorry. Work wouldn't give me the day off

However I'll be more than happy to help out with the hillclimb.

**Ronin** · 26th January 2008, 16:29

PM Sent

10fc

**Madness** · 27th January 2008, 21:56

Seven more sleeps...

I shaved some excess weight off the Zed today, washed a years worth of bugs and bird shit off of it.

**DMNTD:Me** · 29th January 2008, 21:28

I know this guy...a bloody top gent that has allowed me to ride a few of his bikes

Paul Heard is a Tauranga based company director and owner of the MV Agusta Racing team and will be attempting to break the New Zealand land speed record on a 1000cc production bike. He has unofficially achieved 315KPH, so feels that he felt that he has potential to break the NZ record of 302KPH. This has been made possible by the help of Lindsey Beck of Bayride in Tauranga, Allan Nieper of Nationwide Accessories who provided Pirelli tyres, EBC brake pads, EK chains and AGV leathers and helmet.

The F4 has made history in the annals of sports bikes and gone on to become a legend. The R312 where "three hundred and twelve" is the ‘top’ speed, and this is achieved because the 1000cc engine has been developed with assistance from Ferrari. To go fast means, tests, hard work, sweat and winning on the track with all the sacrifices and dedication that calls for. With the F4 1000 R MV Agusta was the protagonist last season in the Superstock production series. Unlike others, it is style that adds to the MV machines lined up on the starting grid. Mere words seem hardly enough to describe the beauty and appeal of a model that leaves the competition unable to answer.
It is not just its streamlined elegant looks or prestigious name, this time it is also a record holder - 312 km/h. To win on the track you always need more speed. This is why the production MV F4 1000 R 312 now has an evolved professional suspension system. Huge 50 mm Marzocchi forks provide all the stability that an incredibly powerful bike needs.
The forks are carbonitride treated and feature 13 compression and 22 rebound settings. The Sachs monoshock absorber has double hydraulic compression settings to deal with acceleration stress. Compression settings can relate to high-speed use for tracks that have small uneven sections on the curves and for low speed handling to make shock absorption more progressive on accelerating out of a bend. The real beauty of monoshock absorbers is the fact that they offer spring preload options. To improve the gyroscopic effect of a motorbike that wants to be "Top Gun" has meant superlight forged Y- spoke aluminium Brembo wheels fitted with 190 tyres of which a full 6 inches meets the ground at the rear. It has meant Brembo brakes on the R312 with 320 mm front discs with P4/34 radial calipers. The F4 R 312 puts out over 180 CV at 12,400 rpm.

It is the result of painstaking development work on the 4 cylinder MV engine with special work done to the cylinder head. New 30 mm Del West titanium valves with reinforced springs were fitted and cams given redesigned raised profiles. Throttle bodies had their inner diameters increased from 46 to 48 mm and longer intake horns were fitted. All this provided an increase of 8 CV "sweetened” by the Magneti Marelli 5 SM Eprom Flash Memory CPU that not only manages the power output but the EBS (Engine Brake System) too. This anti-bounce system is controlled by a solenoid valve that allows the second cylinder to provide power even on deceleration with the valves closed.