Biodiesel Sportster Land Speed Racer - Ohio Mile 2016 Part 1

 I have a ton of pictures and videos to sort through and edit, so the updates from Ohio will be coming in drips and drabs. First off, it was amazing! Many, many thanks to coachgeo from the DieselBike.net forum for coming out, lending a hand, and generally being awesome all day Saturday. He helped with troubleshooting and tuning, and he and my girlfriend basically kept me vertical and hydrated the entire day. It was a scorcher, and certainly wasn't helped by the armored leather tights I had to wear all day, but they both got me through it. He also introduced us to some traditional(?) Ohio cuisine, consisting mostly of pasta, chili, and beef in varying combinations. :-D

The trip began on Thursday. Anyone who has ever been to New York City will tell you that the traffic is insane, and the roads are Third-World, so I set aside an entire day just to get from Long Island to New Jersey. I loaded up all my parts and clothes, hitched up the trailer, and fought my way over the Hudson.

On Friday, I picked up my girlfriend, and we hauled across Pennsylvania towards Ohio. Along the way, we stopped in Lancaster to visit my grandparents for breakfast, and Pittsburgh to visit her cousin for dinner.

 We rolled into Wilmington, Ohio around 1AM, overslept, and nearly missed the driver orientation meeting in the morning. After rushing to the track, sitting through the rookie orientation meeting, and registering, we brought the bike to tech inspection, which it passed with flying colors. Next, it was time to actually go racing.