A 1:6 scale model

2008 A banner year

Special thanks to our photographer Gregor Halenda for making us look good. Overall a banner year for Team markertek.com Not only did we look sharp, we broke 5 nationalland speed records.

From left to right:

Dan Harper-support crew

Scott Kolb- rider, builder, owner

Annick Magac-support crew

Greg Meola-rider, fabricator

Tom Romano-Lead mechanic, fabricator

Dgango Zaloom-Rider, fabricator

Eric Omland-support crew

Chris bernard-designer, fabricator

Not shown: Mark Braunstein-lead sponsor

Not shown: Chris Cosentino-tuner

Not shown: Gregor Halenda-photographer

Django and Greg secure three records, nice work fellas.

Hurry up and wait, thats racing.

On the starting line waiting....waiting....



Once underway I realize after many attempts we will once again miss out on the 'partially streamlined special constuction' record by 3 MPH. THis record continues to evade me but I will get it in 2009.


Top secret plan being hatched as I type.

Django's ride seizes on course. So we set into replacing the top end. WE do not have a spare cylinder and set Dan and Django on the task that evening, in their hotel room, of etching off the aluminum deposits on the cylinder wall with Muriatic acid. While all of the aluminum comes off we find the Nickasil plating on the cylinder wall has started delaminating looking like bubbles of aluminum foil. We throw it back togethor for a run on the last day only to find no spark. 2 hours of hunting down electrical gremlins and we find a bad condensor. No problem, we pull the condensor of of the special construction bike and he is underway.

As the week roles on we have to really work at it . As greg exited the timed mile and established a new record doing so, the RS's motor siezed. He pulled in the clutch soon enough to avoid disaster. Once in the pits the bike restarts and we hope it was a very light seizure. So we prep the bike for The Partially Streamlined Fuel record, fatten up the jetting, and hope for the best.

The week involves constant tweaking to the bikes, gearing, jetting, and aerodynamic adjustments.

2008 underway

After experiencing horrific conditons in 07' we return to Bonneville to find perfect Salt! Record will fall.

Prep is underway, we are going after 5 records this year using three different riders. The RS 125 is shown unstreamlined. We did our homework and it pays off as Greg manages to break the two unstreamlined records.

More press.

We also make it into one of Australia's leading bike rags, Australian Motorcycle News, yahoo!

A fantastic shot as I leave the starting line. Our sponsors logo clearly visible, very important.

The Press

Lots of press show up at the 2007 Bub Motorcycle Speed Trials. While conditions were rough it did not stop Performance bikes from taking a spin on our lowered RS125. They loved it. PB is distributed internationally.

The crew from Performance Bikes Magazine could not get enough of one of our riders names...Django Zaloom! They refer to the name as an incantation and print it wherever it will fit! Django rode for us as well that year on the RS125 and grabbed a national record.