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WWW.BMW.CAR-DIR.COM - BMW, BMW CAR, BMW DEALER, BMW 3 SERIES, BMW 5 SERIES, BMW 6 SERIES. - Stephens Convention Center Chicago IL Kern 1 R 1200 S February 2325 Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta GA Kern 1 R 1200 S San Jose BMW Sets Land Speed Record San Jose BMW and Willie Hodgson returned home from Labor Day weekend at Bonneville this year with an impressive new AMA Land Speed Record of 164.
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| Bmw Los Angeles 11 mph set with a BMW aircooled pushrod twin custom LSR bike built up from a 1978 R100. Will topped the existing record which he set last year of 155 mph by over 9 mph! |
| Bmw New York Asked how they did it Willie noted We just put it all together this year. Bmw Los Angeles. The mods we made to the bike the preparation and the tuning all really clicked and the salt was very dry smooth and fast. |
| Bmw Chicago We expected to run well but at Bonneville you really dont know until you make your runs. The salt is the ultimate dyno and its always a challenge to go faster. Bmw New York. I had some great runs this year and even though we were going much faster it was easier to ride than my record runs last year. |
| Bmw Houston Its all about the salt and it was way better this year so I was able to stay on the throttle hard all through the runs. The bike was just fantastic. Bmw Chicago. The coolest thing about this Beemer is that once it fires up it just keeps running even though its really been tweaked and is putting out very serious power. |
| Bmw Orange County Id like to give a lot of credit to my Bonneville crew chief Kevin Carr and the rest of the staff in the service department at SJBMW. Bmw Los Angeles. Everyone put in a super effort. |
| Bmw Washington Dc San Jose BMWs Land Speed Record program started in 1999 with the completion of the first version of the Salty Dog. Guided by SJBMW owner and legendary tuner Chris Hodgson Willies dad the service department team spent their spare time and weekends putting together the bike for the 2000 season. Bmw Los Angeles. The engine was built up from a set of 1978 R100 cases fitted with the famous Long Rod conversion specially designed SJBMW 1000 cc pistons oversize SJBMW Stainless Steel valves a custom camshaft Mikuni flatslide carbs and topped with a specially ported set of SJBMW heads. |
| Bmw Atlanta At each and every step of the way as the engine went together the SJBMW team learned more and went further than they had ever gone before with a BMW oilhead twin. Bmw Los Angeles. The chassis was based on an R100 center section fitted with a custom aluminum subframe a Paralever rear swingarm from an R1100GS the gearset from an R1200C Cruiser and a K12RS rear wheel. |
| Bmw Oakland The front end was sourced from a GSXR 1100 with a lightweight 3spoke wheel. At Bonneville in September of 2000 SJBMWs Jeremy Freeman rode the Salty Dog to not one but two class records. Bmw Los Angeles. In the MPSPG class (Modified partial streamlinedpushrod gas) he set a record of 154. |
| Bmw Dallas 432 mph and a best run of 156. 531 mph topping the old record of 150. Smith on a Harley by over 4 mph. Bmw Los Angeles. The Dog was clearly a runner. |
| Bmw San Diego, Bmw San Jose California Willie Hodgson made his first runs at Bonneville in 2004 and returned in 2005 to set his first record in MPSPG with a solid twoway average over 155 mph. Bmw Los Angeles. Willie notes It was a big thrill but I knew we could go a lot faster. Bmw Chicago. As soon as we got back we started thinking about how to get there next year. Bmw Houston. The SJBMW tech team tore the whole bike apart and started from scratch putting it back together with an eye for detail and the benefit of everything theyd learned in five years on the salt. Bmw Los Angeles. With an altitude of 4800 ft and unique weather Bonneville is an environment thats hard to simulate. |
