The blog without a subject

A little over 7 years ago i started this blog when i bought my first dragbike which i named the bopchop. With work now well underway on the 3rd dragbike I'd started to run out of space, and so i decided that i needed to rehome the original bopchop.
I didn't even get chance to post on here that i was looking for a buyer. I mentioned it on our facebook page on Wednesday and by Thursday it was sold. Only the rolling chassis, no engine or electrics. And today, it was collected by it's new owner.
Hopefully it will be out again before too long, which is something that was unlikely to happen if i kept it anyway.

And so, here is a concise recap of the bopchop!

As it was when purchased in 2007

One full rebuild later and ready to race 2008

Open Sport Nationals at Shakey 2008

 

At the extreme bike weekend 2008 the bopchop did what i never imagined it would when i was rebuilding it. It ran the into the 8 second zone with an 8.87 at 150mph

By the middle of 2009 it was running fairly consistent mid 8's and the best time it recorded was an 8.33 at the National finals, and a best terminal speed of 158.36mph

And finally - here it is today, ready for a new home and an engine transplant!