Our Sponsor is thrilled as we nail down another record during our

effort. Billy Gillis from Boston joins us on his Aprilia 250 and establishes a National record for 250CC Modified production.

Record confirmation / inspection

The bike getting its motor measured in the impound area to confirm its displacement. Only then can they confirm a record run.

The paperwork has been signed and our record confirmed by the AMA.

The markertek.com team, left to right:
Mark Braunstein
Chris Bernard
Django Zaloom
Scott Kolb
Tom Romano
Greg Meola, not pictured.
Victor Vondracek, not pictured.

Warming up the bike before the start.


Tom lends a helping hand to get the bike underway. We try for four days and miss out on the 'special construction partially streamlined' record by 4 MPH. Our top speed is 129.5 and the record is 133.5.
The other record we hoped for is 'special construction unstreamlined.' So for our last run of the event we pull off the streamlining and run for the unstreamlined record.

The unstreamlined record is 115.5
and we run 119.368, yahoo! We were the last bike to run at the event. This picture shows the bikes configuration when we took the record.

It takes us 20 hours of assembly and packing before we hit the road, with about 4 hours of sleep we embark on a 48 hour drive, straight through to Wendover, Nevada. The first day of the event we get the bodywork mounted onto the bike.



Big thanks to all involved.


Right side of the bike. We were trying to keep a vintage feel to the bike. I have too say we were heavily influenced by whoever photographed for Popular Mechanics circa 1970.

This detail shot shows the steering damper, required on all bikes running at the BUBS speed trials.

Home stretch

We tear the bike down and get the frame powder coated. A view of the front swingarm and its Mountain bike shock.


The finished product less bodywork.

Test ride and details

A quick test ride of the chassis on a small grade to ensure the steering works.


Wow, it actually works.


With the chassis sorted and the bodywork well on its way we take the time out to mount radiators and manage the plumbing.


Also on the to-do list, have chris re-route the stock RS expansion chamber to fit our chassis. Very nice.

Buck finishing and lay-up

Our quick and dirty technique is as follows. The wire form gets attached to a rigid board, the black piece on the bottom, in an area that will remain open on the finished part. The foam attached to the front of the rear cowling form is in place to make the back of what will eventually be the seat.


Stretch packing wrap or seran wrap is gently wrapped around the form. I say gently because if you pull on the stretch wrap it will deform the wire form. Two layers of fibreglass are layed over this plastic to create a part rigid enough to have bondo applied to its surface and faired out to create a finished buck.


The finished bucks with a coating of mold release.


Greg and Django handle the Carbon fabric being layed-up with resin onto the finished buck.