![]() ![]() Races take place on public roads which have been temporarily closed to the public by legal orders from the local legislature. ![]() This was once commonplace but currently only a few such circuits have survived, mostly in Europe. Historically, "road racing" meant a course on closed public roads. This form of road racing differs from others as it takes the form of an individual Time Trial, but other historic TT events have differed, using mass-grid starts and Le Mans starts We at ISR keep our fingers crossed for Karling Racing Team and hope you�ll get the best of seasons during 2004.Competitors line up at the start of the 2010 Senior TT race. ![]() His best ET (� mile) so far is an astounding 6.361 sec. He is the European record holder and he�s closing in on the world record for every run he makes. Charley�s bike has got a pair of 320 mm ISR discs with our biggest 6-pot calipers up front and at the back there�s a 250 mm disc with an ISR 4-pot caliper.Ĭharley Karling has been both National and European champion several times around. H-u-n-d-r-e-d! No wonder you�ll need a decent set of brakes to stop the nitro train once it�s crosses the finishing line. Mind you, it does put out some 800 hp when conditions are good� That�s e-i-g-h-t The bodywork is made out of carbon fibre, still the bike weighs in at a respectable 350 kg � race ready excluding the rider. The on-board computer registers everything from clutch slip, engine rpm, rear wheel rpm, fuel pressure to G-forces generated during the run. It�s got, naturally, a special chrome molly tubular frame, made by Karling and UCC. ![]() Fuel consumption is a whooping 0,8 litres per second. It�s got a supercharged(!), with a Opcon/Autorotor screw type blower, 45 degree V-twin engine. The quest for more power has resulted in a mind blowing 800 horsepower in his latest version of the Super Twin race bike. Karling Racing Team can today offer various go-real-fast-products for your twin bike. What should one do? Naturally, he started to build his own engine � that is extreme-DIY for you.Īs a trained mechanical engineer Charley�s got the skill to turn ideas into computerized drawings and then the knowledge to get those drawings programmed into various machines. Back in �93 he realised that the �standard� Harley Davidson engines couldn�t cope with his expectations. Charley is on a constant quest to find more power and to go faster. However, as the saying goes �a wolf in sheep�s clothing�, is probably not far from the truth. If the bike is something of a mentally unstable cruise missile, feeding on liquid dynamite, chances of survival is much higher if the pilot is one cool dude. Maybe that�s why he has had so much success with his Super Twin. He comes out as a very cool, calm and collected guy. Prior to taking up racing he�s been riding, modifying and building bikes basically all his life. Before that he was dragracing in other classes, starting his dragracing career back in �85. 0-100 kmh goes in under 1 second, 0-200 kmh in 2,70s and 0-300 kmh in under 5 seconds!!! At the end of the quarter mile long drag strip the Karling Racing Super Twin crosses the finishing line doing more than 350 kmh! Motorcycle racing doesn�t get much more insane than this.Īs one of the founders of the Super Twin class Charley Karling has been living with these monster motorcycles since 1989. (By the way, Nitromethane � that�s liquid dynamite with a splash of methanol to keep it from exploding, just.) The bike launches with such ferocity that you can hardly believe it. The fume from the Nitromethane fuel brings tears to your eyes. The sound from the bike makes your entire body vibrate. Have you ever been standing real close, say 10 meters or so, to a Super Twin drag racing bike when it launches from the start pad? It is truly an awesome experience. You are here: Home / Gallery / Karling Racing ![]()
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