[OHPV-list] OHPV site/Battle Mt. ? ?

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>    FW: this weekend in Pacific City (VanGundy)
>   4. New streamliner in town (maybe?) (Jeff Wills)
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> Hello friends. Looks like a party at the beach this week-end, looking
> forward to seeing everyone. Because of weather, Martin and I are going to
> have the evening party at our house. If it doesn't rain, we can have a 
> fire
> on the deck. We will have a Mexican Fiesta complete with large amounts of
> margaritas. We will provide two main dishes, guacamole, and margaritas.
> Terry, can you bring your famous salsa? Can someone bring desset please? 
> We
> also need a large pack of fresh white corn tortillas (small size). Dave,
> (Slug) we will happily take the beer donation. And anything else people 
> want
> to bring.
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> Can someone send this e-mail onto Todd and anyone else that is coming for
> sure. See you all Friday or Saturday. Barbara
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> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:52:33 -0700
> From: "Jeff Wills" <jwills at pacifier.com>
> Subject: [OHPV-list] New streamliner in town (maybe?)
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> Hi, all-
>
> I've been chatting with a student from WSU Vancouver who's planning on
> building an entry for the Society of Mechanical Engineers HPV races next
> year. Here's what it looked like a couple years back:
> http://www.ihpva.org/Races/ASME_2004/
>
> Anyhoo- I've been encouraging him to come up with some ideas so I can tell
> him who's built it already... you know I'm good at that ;-) .  So far he's
> got a FWD lowracer with a full fairing that looks very similar to  the
> various Varnas we've built, so he may be on the right track.
>
> Would anyone object to my inviting him to the next OHPV meeting (next
> Tuesday) so he could meet some people? I'm sure he'd like to meet some 
> real,
> live streamliner builders. Lonnie and Todd, if you guys could bring your
> Varnas to the meeting I'm sure he'd be encouraged even more. Pretty 
> please?
>
> Jeff
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> Hi Guys ~

Yes - I'm going to the annual Pacific Coast CO training ride. I'm out of 
"winter" shape and need the trianing ;-)

Where is the OHPV meeting going to be held ? ?

If Mo is tired of hosting - I'll volunteer my place this time. I would hate 
to wear out the welcome at Home Style Coffee House.

I must say that Battle Mt. really did get the juices going. It's always 
better to see the fabrications of World Class Racers first hand and 
understand the reasons for their designs and the little details. A whole lot 
of my questions and reasons for, were answered by being there. Todd and I 
both were seduced by the Graceful Beauty of a Serious World Class Racing 
Machine. After seeing the first 70 mph Varna quietly slip thru the traps I 
became gun ho about building another Varna for Battle MT. I could see it in 
Todds eye's also - ONLY - After a couple of sleepless nights did I return to 
my original plan of campaigning my Varna in every available Time Trail that 
is safe to race on. I simply cannot justify a twice a year use machine when 
I can have a similarilarly fast Varna being used three times a month in race 
season. Now - I didn't say that I wasn't going to battle Mt. next year. The 
qualifying speed is certainly achievable in my Varna as is. Like Fred 
Markham said to me at the awards banquet. If you have a Varna your already a 
contender. Todd and I feel we now know the difference between fast Varnas 
and sub 60 mph Varnas "other than the motor" Sorry "racers secret" if we 
told ya we would have ta kill ya"  :-)) It's our secret reward for being 
there, watching, comparing, and seeing the too obvious.

Many fabricative methods have been brought back from Battle Mt. These 
techniques are currently being used on the world class racers. I will be 
making the much needed wheel fairings soon as I can find a window of time to 
do so. Feb. is not far off for the Jack Frost TT. - by then my Varna should 
be a self starter and a much faster racer with the addition of wheel 
fairings, new tail and the newly acquired Zephyr lowracer snug inside. I 
really can't wait. It's all I can do to not go to the garage and work on it 
until done - but I have a new business to get launched so the next few 
months are crunch time for me - so what else is new :-))

High points for Battle Mountain for me:

Meeting the people/owners/builders personally that I read about so much on 
the web.

Seeing their machines actually disasembled and rebuilt - somtimes daily.

Observing the comradery of the competeors giving a hand to other racers in 
need of crash repair.

Also seeing the builders scouting out what the competetion is doing - that 
was fun to stand back and watch.

Witnessing the 70 + mph speeds. It's simply  - - - well - - - I can't 
describe it !

Understanding that air density rules when world records are set..

The road race was a hoot to watch - very challenging - more dangerous than 
the 200 meter "my opinion"

Down points:

Not having Tom Breedlove there with us because of a serious bike accident. 
He was missed terribly.

Watching the IHPVA and HPVA trying to get along - interesting ?

I feel blessed that we "in the NW" have such a solid organization without 
the destruction of politics. Hopefully we can stay that way for a fun 
future.

More info at the OHPV meeting.

later ~




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