Q: Do you have to do all
the engineering and design
on these bikes?
A: Yeah, I bought this bike,
but I changed a whole lot
of stuff, pretty much everything except the paint. I
have upgraded, it trying to
make it really reliable. Last
time I had it out I had a
couple of problems with it.
I couldn’t get it to shift, so
I said the heck with it I am
getting all new stuff.
Q: Thats not good!
A: The problem was, it was
corroded, the connectors
were corroded, and I had
a hard time tracing it. It
would become a danger
factor if I didn’t fix it.
. I was trying to run IDBA but mostly its local tracks
and stuff. I always worked two jobs, so I was trying to
make my wheels spin.
Q: Always trying to fund the next project?
A: Yeah, my first bike I ever bout brand new was a 1993
GSXR 1100, and I got pretty quick on it and had to sell
it because I wanted to get off the street and get on the
strip. I raced it down there (Brainerd Optimist) a couple
times before I got into drag bikes. I then got my black bike that I ran from early ‘94 all the way up to 1999. I won a lot of
money with it.
Q: what was your top accomplishment with any bike?
A: Money wise?
Q: No just most prized to you.
A: Ah, my most prized was always getting best engineering trophies. I got two trophies with my black bike,
and hoping to win some with this new one here (Susuki
GSXR 1100).
Q: Tell me about some
other awards you have.
A: Mostly if you win, you win money. Unless you go to a big track, that’s what I am
going to do this year. I’m going to get some
trophies! I want some big trophies to go
along side of it.
Jim smith road my old black bike in the
IRHA nationals and came in runner up,
that was when I won the best engineering
award.
Q: Lets talk about one of your favorite projects.
A: it would definitely be the Harley that
was featured on the _ issue of Road Rash
Magazine.
Not only did I help a friend build it for
his family, it also accomplished his dreams. He wanted to redo the bike for his brother “Uncle Bob”. That bikes got a lot of
memories for him, I felt like I helped make a dream come true.
Q: Any worse projects?
A: That’s far few in between, I really don’t know. If you are really into what you like, and no matter how bad the job is, you
will really like it. That’s what you do for a living and a lot of people depend on you.
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