Super Rat - Egg Salad - Bonneville Race Bike

The quest for speed is a haunting challenge. We have been slowly creeping up on our Buell race bike build but are stuck in limbo with the quest for parts. It is so damn inspiring to see other builds that are being made for Bonneville, El Mirage and now formerly our local track of the Maxton Mile. The Super-Rat build of a Rotax Motor matched to a flat track frame and custom fairing seems to be a killer combo. What we find the most interesting about land speed racing though is the camaraderie. Every time we go out to El Mirage with our friends in the San Diego chapter of the Bean Bandits there is such a solidarity on making every vehicle race ready. This bug has now infected us and hopefully 2012 will finally see the Buell hitting the 130mph to 145mph to which we are aiming for. Too much to do until then, so check out the Egg Salad build you see here. 

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Egg Salad from Chad DeRosa on Vimeo.

Super-Rat's custom Bonneville salt flats racer named Egg Salad which utilizes a 500cc Rotax Motor and Flat Track Frame

Super-Rat's custom Bonneville salt flats racer named Egg Salad which utilizes a 500cc Rotax Motor and Flat Track Frame

Egg Salad, land speed racer out on the Bonneville Salt Flats

Egg Salad, land speed racer out on the Bonneville Salt Flats

Roland Sands - The Road to 200 in Maxton

If you have any inclination on what it takes to undertake land speed racing, you know that its a game of physics mixed with weather and a dash of endurance. Circle track racing is just folks turning left and having to maintain steady speeds while fighting off the competition, relying heavily on lane position and mechanical endurance. Land speed racing is about the driver and the vehicle meeting in the middle to pilot through that magical radar line off in the distance at the fastest speed possible. Within those thousands of feet everything has to work to perfection or to your mechanical advantage, per sey if you have a tail wind or the cool morning air to help the motors run tip top. Have a look at Roland Sands going all out to reach 200 mph at our local Maxton Mile. After his last pass it is quite evident what level that components need to be at to be able to handle the stress of those speeds. We know that he will push that Victory to the coveted elite 200mph record as his determination is written all over his face.