TREBLE RIDES THE AGELESS SUZUKI TO THE TOP
are.Treble, of Harvey, La., rode his Kingston Honda-sponsored Suzuki to the provisional No. 1 qualifying position at the NHRA SuperNationals in Englishtown, N.J. His run of 7.008 seconds at 198.43 miles per hour topped all sixteen bikes in attendance.
“The conditions got a lot better for us out there in the second session,” Treble said. “We were a little soft on the clutch and over-jetted for the first session. We saw that on the computer, leaned it out [the engine] and tightened up the clutch, the track and the air came to us.”
Hondas and Suzukis are living in perfect harmony. At least on Craig Treble’s ageless Pro Stock Motorcycle they are.
Treble, of Harvey, La., rode his Kingston Honda-sponsored Suzuki to the
provisional No. 1 qualifying position at the NHRA SuperNationals in
Englishtown, N.J. His run of 7.008 seconds at 198.43 miles per hour
topped all sixteen bikes in attendance.
“The conditions got a lot better for us out there in the second
session,” Treble said. “We were a little soft on the clutch and
over-jetted for the first session. We saw that on the computer, leaned
it out [the engine] and tightened up the clutch, the track and the air
came to us.”
That was a good thing for Treble, who is running the 2009 season on lean funding.
Treble continues to beat the odds astride a ten-year old bike and a
borrowed motor from fellow Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Michael Philips.
“I try not to run up and down the track with that engine and I baby
it,” Treble admitted. “I hug and kiss it every night, tell it I love it
and caress it. That’s my only bullet.”
Making his low budgeted effort even more impressive is the fact he’s running this weekend with a pickup crew.
“My regular help, my brother and Scott Williams, couldn’t make it this
weekend,” Treble explained. “I have borrowed help in Johnny Thompson
and Malcolm Philips, Michael Philips’ nephew. We’ve got a bunch of
vagabonds over there.”
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