These are the machines we race. One of these days I'll get a few more pictures and descriptions up here.
Frog's CB160
Here's "The Goods" from Frog on his bike - the "interview" by Bundy.
Rider Name: Frogly Pondscum
Motorcycle: 1966 Honda CB160
Class: None
M/C Size: 160cc
Horsepower: Not enough to speak of
Sponsor: My better half (Michele), U Honda
And here's some more information on his ride.
Frame & forks: stock
Fork gaitors: local off road 4WD store (cheap)
Clip-ons: Built by Bob Strode
Shocks: Red Wings (after wearing the stock ones out after several years)
Front brake: Honda Superhawk 305
Rear brake: Relined stock ( and I use it at SIR)
Alloy rims: front WM1, rear WM2
Tires: Avons, of course
Gas Tank: Honda CB350 (G I think)
Seat: Don't remember what it started life as, but it got modified a bunch
Flyscreen: Matchless G50 ( but don't tell the Anglophiles)
Engine mods: Head ported (by Bob Strode)
Carbs: Stock
Manifolds: Cleaned up and tapered
Exhaust: 2 into 1 with megaphone and can to take the bark off (by Bob Strode)
Rev limiter: point float
Tim Fowler's CB160
Here's "The Goods" from Tim on his bike - the "interview" by Bundy.
Rider Name: Fats Fowlinski
Motorcycle: 1965 Honda CB160
Class: Third
Horsepower: Not measurable without highly sensitive instruments
Sponsor: The names have been changed to protect the guilty as hell
Simon-Pierre Smith's CB160 - Smith Performance Services/Group W Racing Research and Development test mule #1
And more information on Simon-Pierre - Another Bundy interview.
Rider Name: Simon-Pierre Smith
Motorcycle: 1965 Honda CB160
Class: None we know of
Horsepower: Claims that appreciable gains have been made
Sponsor: Smith Performance Services
Michael Bateman's CB160 - (aka - "the Kid Bundy Bike")
I took this bike over from Tim Fowler who took it over from "Kid Bundy." It's been one of the Group W Racing research and development mules ever since.
Rider Name: Michael Bateman
Motorcycle: 1965 (or so) Honda CB160
Class: Class? I've got lots of class. It's all low, but I've got lots of it...
Horsepower: About 14 pavement ripping hp. Dyno operators cringe at the sight of the mighty CB160.
Top Speed: 82.2 mph on a GPS at Pacific Raceway
Sponsors: Some have paid to avoid being mentioned - the rest are on the sponsor page
Here's a little more on what I've done to my bike -
Frame: stock
Forks: CB175 (they don't yet work as well as the stock 160 forks)
Fork gaitors: local off road 4WD store (cheap)
Clip-ons: 1" forward extension, built by Craig Hanson
Shocks: Hagon (love them)
Front brake: Stock 160, relined by Metal Friction in Seattle (works great)
Rear brake: Stock 160, relined by Metal Friction
Alloy rims: D.I.D. shouldered WM1 front and rear
Tires: Avon Roadrunners in race compound - 80/90 size both ends
Gas Tank: Stock CB160
Seat: Glass from the Past
Engine mods: Head lightly ported and intake manifolds matched by Phil at MSI
Cam/Valves/Springs: All stock CB160
Carbs: Stock CB160 ported by Bateman Racing
Manifolds: Cleaned up and tapered
Exhaust: $3 special. 2-2 straight pipes with turn-outs using stock head pipes
Ignition: Pertronix points replacement, Accel coil
Rev limiter: Valve float, cringing rider/mechanic's ears
Mark Etheridge's CB160 aka "The White Bike"
Formerly an official Group W Racing Rent-A-Racer, now being campaigned by Team Ika/Group W Racing rider Mark Etheridge. Mark made fantastic progress this season, finishing 5th in the WMRRA season championship.
Dan Hill and his bike. Dan had so many problems with his bike this season it earned the moniker "Lemon Bike." He persevered anyway somehow, and managed to make huge improvements. We continue to think "That's the last of what could be wrong with it" but so far it has kept proving us wrong. We're hoping that a mid-winter exorcism, voodoo dance and ritual sacrifice will be successful and Dan will have a trouble free season next year.
Copyright © 2001, 2002 Michael Bateman
Email:
michael@groupwracing.com
