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unfeas ib le fo r an ybody to to ur a t op
fu el b ike u nless th ey h ave a la rge su m of
m o n ey to b egin wi th .
Ma intain ing a top fue l Harley (orany
to p fuel bi ke ) is n o small cost. In o ne
ru n , Bill us es o ne ga llo n of fu el an d
about o ne -sixth of a ti re, n ot to
men ti on w e ar on th e e ngi ne a n d chassis.
S l i c k s c o s t $50 . 00 ea c h a n d
nitro methane fue l co sts $ 7 .50 a gal lo n .
Wh en you sit d own and figure it ou t ,
o ne - ru n costs Bill n o less tha n $ 3 0. 0 0 .
Five runs a t a m aj or m eet a re not
uncomm on so tha t's $ 15 0 righ t there ,
co n sid erin g n othin g break s.
Wh en it com es to break age , Bill's
bi ggest problem is con nec ti ng rods.
T he y a re co n st a ntly b ending o r
b r e a k in g, " T he w a y .. you ob tain
h o rsep ower fro m a H arl e y' is to lug it ,
th a t's wh a t b end the rods."
O ne o f Bill ' s ou ts ta n d ing features is
g e ll i n g hi s b i k e to ru n good
immedi a tel y after being buil t. T ha t's n o
easy t ric k w hen yo u 're wo rkin g wi th
fu el. For exa m p le; in order to ge t t o an
AMDRA meet in Ohio o n ti me last
su m me r, Bill an d fa mil y threw all the
p ar ts into hi s tru ck and to ok off.
Upon a rriv in g, Bill assembled the
P r ic e s vary ..•se n d $8 .5 0 w e w ill p a y all
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The bike he was ru n ni ng was b rand ne w
and had n eve r b een fired. Bill's on ly
thought was to m a ke a n easy breakin
pass an d m aybe qual ify fo r the p rogram .
Bill went a h o u t h alf throt tle t o half
tr ac k, , t h e n t urned it on. Wh en h e
reach ed the ligh ts t he c h ain id le r b roke,
w hi ch in tu m cau sed th e ch ain to sn ap
and strike Bill's lef t leg.
Now tha t ma y n ot so und like much
b ut when y o u 're tr aveli n g a 15 3 MPH
it can smart a b it. Bill still h as a lump
th ere.
T here a re severa l id eas th at Bill's
been t o yi n g w ith . O ne o f the m is a
Canard-type wi n g th a t m o un ts u nde r
th e engin e, h elpin g t o st abilize th e b ike
a t h ighe r spe ed s. Bill is a lso h avin g so me
su cce ss w it h a slipper clu t c h. Afte r T . C .
Cris tense n's u se o f a slip pe r c1u tch an d a
t wo - s pee d
tr a nsm issi on at the
S upernati onals m an y racers ar e now
realizin g th e value of th is com bi n a tion .
Bill is saving hi s p e nn ies in o rder to
m ak e a U.S. t our t hi s su mmer. If he ' s
lu c ky an d tak es at leas t se mi -fin a lis t a t
m o st of th e ra ce s he a tte n d s, h e might
b reak eve n . The m oney t ha t's pu t up at
most b ike drags a cro ss th e c ou n try is so
poor th a t it is b e,c oming ' t o t a lly
p o stage
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. A t first sigh t, Bill Chambers lo o ks
n othin g lik e a to p fuel m o t o rcy cl e ra cer.
Tall , thin, ex tre mely quiet an d shy , h e
looks m o re like an e le me n t ary sc hoo l
m usic teache r .
Bill is 28 , m arried t o J an ie, h is lovely
p it c re w -woma n and has tw o lively
ch ildren : Billi e an d Vickie. He is
prese ntly living o n Mt . Baldy.
Bill's inv olveme n t with the spor t of
drag racing began when h e w as 16. He
b egan , as did m o st bi ke rs of today ,
racing cars . H is inv olvem en t blosso med
to th e poin t of buildin g a C-A lt e red . At
this time Bill lived in Padu a Hill s, Calif.
and ran th e alte red m aily a t Fo n tan a.
T h e ca r's b est time "w as 11.11 , 124
MPH .
A ll this tim e Bill w as riding a Ha rley
74 p an h ead o n the stree t. A ll a t o nce, it
d awned o n Bill t h at h e shou ld give th e
hik e a t ry .
" O n e d ay l took it t o th e drags and
tried it o u t. Fir st time o u t it turned a
12.6 9 , 10 2 MPH . Th e n ex t we ekend it
was a drag bi k e , I so ld th e car. "
R umor h as it that piloting a top fu el
b ik e can b e n on advantage ous to one's
h e a lth. B ill d iscovered th is last
Nove mber d u rin g th e Superna tion als.
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Dese rt Ce n t e r, Calif.
Saturday and Sunday
APRIL14&15
Entry Fees Include
BLM & Liability
Insu rance Fees .
Entry : $13.50 Mail
$15.00 Post
Opens Jan . 15
' Closes April 4. 1973 .
Team Riding Is Encouraged
Hacks Welcome
For Fu rther Info.
Call (213) 787·5208.
(213) 988-2967 .
or (213) 421 -9179 or Write :
Un ited Rac ing Assoc.
6600 Gerald Ave.
Van Nuys. Calif. 91406
