I have the DVD. Great stuff.Hogslayer on Amazon prime worth a watch.
Agreed. Very entertaining. I've sat and talked with him a few times. Nice guy. I have a signed copy.I have the DVD. Great stuff.
Hogslayer on Amazon prime worth a watch.
Hogslayer was the first Top Fuel dragbike to use more than 1 gear. Gregory built up a 2-speed Rambler overdrive unit for a gearbox. Also, the clutch was made from an earthmover brake. The Hillborn fuel injection was off a 4-cylinder Offenhauser Indycar engine halved for the two twins. I wouldn't say he "invented" anything, but he fabricated what was needed from other machines because the components didn't exist for motorcycle application at the time. Now Top Fuel dragbikes exist purely for exhibition.What things did John Gregory invent/improve in the engine? Anything that is used today?
Hogslayer was the first Top Fuel dragbike to use more than 1 gear. Gregory built up a 2-speed Rambler overdrive unit for a gearbox. Also, the clutch was made from an earthmover brake. The Hillborn fuel injection was off a 4-cylinder Offenhauser Indycar engine halved for the two twins. I wouldn't say he "invented" anything, but he fabricated what was needed from other machines because the components didn't exist for motorcycle application at the time. Now Top Fuel dragbikes exist purely for exhibition.
I was camped next to those guys at the Norton Rally at Dick Klamfoth's ranch in Ohio. The part in the film that alludes to the party atmosphere when the team wasn't on the strip is true.
I believe Hogslayer was the first dragbike to run an 8" slick on a wide wheel.
I was at that rally too.Hogslayer was the first Top Fuel dragbike to use more than 1 gear. Gregory built up a 2-speed Rambler overdrive unit for a gearbox. Also, the clutch was made from an earthmover brake. The Hillborn fuel injection was off a 4-cylinder Offenhauser Indycar engine halved for the two twins. I wouldn't say he "invented" anything, but he fabricated what was needed from other machines because the components didn't exist for motorcycle application at the time. Now Top Fuel dragbikes exist purely for exhibition.
I was camped next to those guys at the Norton Rally at Dick Klamfoth's ranch in Ohio. The part in the film that alludes to the party atmosphere when the team wasn't on the strip is true.
That's my tent right behind you in the pic.I was at that rally too.