the Yamaha, including an 11.702 on an 11.700 dial-in! Michael Fraser
Best time :- 9.66 sec and 138 mph or 222 kph
Michael used to fit his various bikes –
both street and his purpose built drag bike - in Ron Collett’s
bus (along side Ron’s Top Alcohol Dragster) and travel the long trip
North to Hastings’ CRC Thunder park. Racing his Yamaha XJ900 in the early
1990’s, Michael ran a best of 11.70 on
the Yamaha, including an 11.702 on an 11.700 dial-in!
In 1983 Earl Nunn built the
bike with a V6 Outboard engine
fitted. In 1988 Murray Buckingham and Kevin Braid ran the bike with a 1545cc
“Supervee” engine (aftermarket Harley style engine we understand). The bike
then went to Alex Patterson, whom unfortunately never ran the bike. Michael
started drag racing his lowered blue 1980 GSX1100 ET in the 1992/1993
season, and then got hold of this bike, fitted a 1298cc block to his GSX1100
engine
and started racing it in A/Dragbike at the end of 1993.
Michael and Julia’s first son Jared came along in 1994, and the race bike got put away for another day. Their second son Lewis came along in 1997, and the bike is still in the garage, but we understand Michael is getting staging lane nerves again – hopefully we will see him and his bike on the track again soon!
Dragbike Details
| Frame | Originally by Earl Nunn, with a 1980 GSX1100 ET motor fitted by Mike Fraser & Ron Collett in 1993 |
| Front End - Wheel | Akront 18" Forks Kawasaki |
| Rear End - Wheel | Centerline (off drag car) Tyre Goodyear Eagle 26 x 9 x 15 |
| Engine | Suzuki 4 valve 1298cc |
| Camshaft | Stock with Yoshimura grind |
| Bike’s all up weight | Too much! |
| Gearbox | Modified stock - foot shifted - No air shifter |
| Carburetion | 38mm Mikuni RS |
| Ignition | Accel super coils, locally made (by Elite Auto Electronics) CDI box with 2 capacitors |
| Exhaust | Ron Collett 4 into 1 |
| Crewmembers | Greg Smith, Ron Collett and Julia Fraser. |
Sponsors
or thanks to:- 
| Ron Collett Engineering | Greg Smith (G&T Doors) |
| Driveline Imports | Elite Auto Electronics |
| Kelford Camtech | Linwood Ave Auto Spares |
| Pioneer Auto Parts |
Racing
Achievements:-
| 1991/1992 Ruapuna Dragstrip Compbike Pointscore Winner on XJ900 |
| 1991/1992 Ruapuna Dragstrip Dragbike Pointscore Winner on A/DB |
| 1992/1993 Ruapuna Dragstrip Dragbike Pointscore Runner Up |
| 27 December 1993 CRC Thunderpark Superbike Winner @ 9.86 sec |
| 2 January 1993 CRC Thunderpark Superbike Runner Up @ 9.90 sec |
| 1993 25th New Zealand Nationals CRC Thunderpark Forth @ 10.35 sec |
| 1993/1994 Ruapuna Dragstrip Dragbike Pointscore Winner |
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