c.2017/18 “Sharpe Shooter” drag bike, 1229cc. Registration n...

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£3,200

c.2017/18 “Sharpe Shooter” drag bike, 1229cc. Registration number not registered. Frame number none found. Engine number
Drag racing cars and bikes are one person’s dream to go as fast as possible over the famous Quarter Mile. Steve Sharpe had such a dream and commissioned renowned drag bike builder Jim King to engineer a mount for him.
He started with a mid 1980’s Suzuki GSX 1100 EFE. The frame was lengthened with a lower and longer rear sub frame, the front was racked and the tank became a stressed member, Kawasaki ZX6R swinging arm, forks, yoke, wheels and brakes were adapted to fit. A one off wiring loom with Dyna 2000 ignition was built and a seat designed by Robby Slots.
The engine was heavily worked over, bored out to 1229cc, gas flowed, G4 cams, heavy duty studs, four Mikuni RS36 Flatside carburettors, MRE lock up clutch with billet hub, Pingel air shifter with Nitrous injection.
When completed Steve Sharpe and Jim King won the Best Engineered Bike at the Manchester Bike Show in March 2018. It was ridden by Steve at Run What Ya Brung at Santa Pod five times in 2018 and twice in 2019, with a best time of 135.66 MPH. Steve then became ill and could not ride it in 2020, one of his last memories was when he loaned it to Nigel Limb, a visually impaired rider of Blind Bloke Racing who rode it at Melbourne Raceway in September 2020, its last outing, reaching 75 MPH.
Steve widow’s dream is that it takes to the strip again and is further developed so it is being sold with no reserve. Sold with various spares including the nitrous kit which has only been used about six times.
Jim King has been in contact and says the following;
The bike has only four switches on it. Two red flip top switches and two buttons, one on each handle bar. The left flip switch is the main on off. When this switch is on the right hand button is the starter switch. When the right hand red switch is on , it does two things, it converts the right hand button to the nitrous activation switch and it powers up the left hand button which controls the air shifter.
Prior to Steve’s last couple of outings on the bike , I honed the bores and fitted new piston rings. I also lapped in the valves and fitted new valve guide seals. So the engine should be fine.
Pretty much everything else on the bike should be good. I made all the clutch and throttle cables and the brake hoses when we built the bike so they will all be good, as new really. It was all wired from new too.