Butterflies used to be Caterpillars: 8 Second Jen has Arrived!

Roger has been working on the Turbo Busa now for several weeks - installing stainless steel bearings, new rear and front tires, new chain, and a ba-gillion (we all know what a ba-gillion is - it apparantly is the direction our national debt is headed) other little details that matter when you plan to take a motorcycle down a one mile track to set a new personal record.

Did you get that? A new 'personal' record - yes, that is what I said. The former female speed record of 222 on a motorcycle was shattered a couple of weeks ago. It now stands at 239! It is highly unlikely that our tiny stage one turbo can achieve this mph on the one mile track in Goliad. I suppose, if we have a 20 mph tail wind and no wheel slippage it is possible. (Don't ask me what all that means because I am clueless...I just hear them talk.)

Regardless, we will take the baby turbo to Goliad and try to have some fun, possibly setting another new personal record for 8SecondJen.

Speaking of new personal records! It is official...8 Second Jen has arrived! We decided last Friday was a perfect time to take the turbo busa to San Antonio Raceway Park as a pre-test for the upcoming mile. Never mind that the stretched busa is not exactly set up for 1/4 mile drag racing. It is designed to go fast...very fast...with optimum speed coming near the end of a one mile track, not a drag race in only 1/4 mile.

Jen and her Dad go over a few things before her 8.9 second, 169 mph run down the quarter mile. We predict low to mid 8's out of this bike very soon, as we anticipate retiring it from landspeed racing after the upcoming Mile.