Land Speed Record on 1931 Harley V

[Buzz Kanter]

Ahh Buzz........ we know what you meant by your record....... Chris is very factual though ain't he????

Factual? Yes, I guess that is one word that might apply. There are many more that work as well or better. ;-)

[Buzz Kanter]

Dear Buzz, yes it's great fun blasting these old flatheads down the track. I took my 1930 VL in stock rebuilt condition including saddlebags up to 81 mph on a UK airfield the same day I got my '34 up to 103 mph. There's an article about it in an old AMCA mag. That six extra horsepower, all above 4000 rpm, from the Y-manifold and new cylinders on the TNT motor really helps. By the way, that's the 1935/6 style rear muffler on your bike, I guess a factory replacement when they stopped making the 1932/3 type with the perforated fishtail. But that original paint on the front mudguard is a great find...

Thanks for the kind words Steve.
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a TNT motor and what makes it one? I sure could have used an extra six horsepower out there - above, below or at 4000 rpm.

[Chris Haynes]

The TNT motor was the later VL with the redirected intake ports. "Y" shapped intake instead of "T" shaped.

[Chuck#1848]

Man Am I Loving This!!!!!!!!!!

first Buzz blasting down the track on a 31 VL now Steve doing 104 on a 34 man it don't get better than this

I gotta get my 30VL finished

[Buzz Kanter]

first Buzz blasting down the track on a 31 VL now Steve doing 104 on a 34 man it don't get better than this

I gotta get my 30VL finished

Hope you get it finished soon so you can try a Maxton Mile run - what a lot of fun. And it shouldn't take much for a well tuned high compression VL or flathead 80 incher to beat my record. BUT be warned, I think Dale Walksler is busy building an assault weapon for the Maxton Mile too.

Should be fun.

[Chris Haynes]

I think Dale Walksler is busy building an assault weapon for the Maxton Mile too.

Should be fun.

He will have to do quite a bit of extreme high tech to beat Tom "Rodan" Evans 137 MPH UL.