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In about Jan 1992, I bought a 68 Dunstall Atlas. In July of 1992 I was Registrar of the INOA rally in Gunstock NH.
A local guy brought a dyno to our rally for norton dyno runs. I was keenly aware of dyno's and offered to be his "norton" assistant and help the hook-up process.
After the rally I got inspired to try and "test" my Dunstall for "truth" in measurement rather than sloppy bar room bragging.
In the fall of 92, I found a hydraulic "brake" in Craigs list in Ware, Mass for $1500. The guy raced a Hyabusa or Suzucki that the HP far exceeded 100HP and additionally far outgrew the length of the dyno.
As I would almost always be doing air cooled engines, I knew an inertia dyno was out of the question as it did not provide for heat soak....
Never did test the Dunstall atlas as I fully now know it is not even close to combat commando specs. It was high compression but otherwise IMO a very mild build.
A few years later with the internet I started using dynodave and my close friends fully understood and approved.
A local guy brought a dyno to our rally for norton dyno runs. I was keenly aware of dyno's and offered to be his "norton" assistant and help the hook-up process.
After the rally I got inspired to try and "test" my Dunstall for "truth" in measurement rather than sloppy bar room bragging.
In the fall of 92, I found a hydraulic "brake" in Craigs list in Ware, Mass for $1500. The guy raced a Hyabusa or Suzucki that the HP far exceeded 100HP and additionally far outgrew the length of the dyno.
As I would almost always be doing air cooled engines, I knew an inertia dyno was out of the question as it did not provide for heat soak....
Never did test the Dunstall atlas as I fully now know it is not even close to combat commando specs. It was high compression but otherwise IMO a very mild build.
A few years later with the internet I started using dynodave and my close friends fully understood and approved.