Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Capri sai d. The forks have different springs a nd an anti-dive kit installed. The shock comes from Works Per form an ce and the bike runs on PV M wheels. The rear wheel carries a Michel in 160ho-18 ro ad racing ra in tire. For im p roved aero dynam ics a nd sta bility, the KIOO wears a Pa rabellum fa iring a nd front fender. All o f the trickery is straigh t off the shelf. Every part on th e KIOO is ava ilable for sa le through.Luftmeister, Capri said. " Most bikes that do th ese world records, yo u can 't bu y any of th e parts, none o f them," Capri sa id. " It really isn 't the case here. I have a standing joke a t th e (tra de) shows. If th ey think that th at sh oc k is speci a l, they ca n just tak e it off a nd give me $350 bucks for it and I'll go get a new one out of th e stoc k." Capri said he wo uld sell th e entire mac hine for $25,000. For a ll the expense, L u ftmeister has created a machi ne that is incredibly pow er ful yet ex tremely ridable, on the tra ck a nd o n th e street, Ca p ri said. Whil e blasti ng do wn El Mirag e at 180 mph , the ride is wind-free, thanks to the b ul b ous fairin g . Engine noi se is non-existen t, a nd it feels like travel i n~ 80 mph down th e freewa y, Ca pri sai d. " I' m now to a point where I ca n li tera ll y adjus t the boost with one ha nd at 180 while I' m going - just reach up and start fidd li ng with these knobs," he sa id. It 's a little un. nerving, but you learn to get used to it. After 170, it gets really sm ooth." Carefully adjus ting th e boost can make the bike go fast er because m ax im u m boost do es not m ean maximum speed. Turning th e boost down can improve speed by improving traction. The KIOO ca n lo se tra ction at a n y speed and Capri has to feel if the wheel is spinning a nd slowi ng the bike down. Unintentio nally slowing on EI Mirage's o ne-mile dirt co u rse is easy. Doin g it on p urpose, at th e end of a run, is another matter. There are o nly four-tenths of a mile for stop p i n g , a n d it mu s t be do ne methodically. Bei ng a shaft-dr iven motorcycle, the Kl O sus pe ns io n unl oad s a nd O's the bike co llapses when the throttle is turned o ff. The bu m ps become noticeable as th e speed decreases , a nd the ride worsens a t th e end of the co urse where deep ru ts ap pear. Ca pri is looking forwa rd to h is run at Bo n nevill e, where th e co urse is five miles long. " Usuall y they run betw een 15 and 20 mph faster at Bonneville, if cond itio ns a re right, because you have five ti mes the distance," Ca pri said. " Mos t motorcycles do not need to use th e whole five m iles." With th e ex tra di stance, Ca p ri sai d he will be able to carefu lly a dj us t the tu rb o boo st a n d the a m o u nt o f gasoline being injected into the motor, improving his chances o f reaching 200 m ph. Once he reac hes his goal of 200 mph, Ca pri sai d he will quit the record a ttempts, train someone else' to do them, a nd stick to street riding like mo st of his customers. While most o f them aren't hunting for land-speed reco rds , some of th e wealthier ones have purch ased many of the trick Luftm eister parts for th eir K-bi kes, which are legitimate, man ageable street mach ines. Capri has often ridden th e recordbreak er on public pavement. H e has used ·it as a co m m u ter and even a tourer, on a tri p to Yosemite. And during all that street riding, he has only picked up one speeding ticket - written for a mere 75 mph. • MOT 0 R eye L E There's no other feeling like it in the world ••• This is the magazine you halfe been waiting for: Road racing . High speed . 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