Leroy-Thompson Salt Flat Racer

Leroy-Thompson Salt Flat Racer

One of the most interesting motorcycles at last year’s AMD World Championship was the Leroy-Thompson Salt Flat Racer built by Scott Webster. It attracted a lot of attention but to everyone’s surprise it didn’t register in the top 20 results. Why? We’ll never know. But it’s a bike that deserves closer inspection because it’s not just an unusual concept for a mainstream US ‘chopper’ builder; it’s also packaging some interesting engineering. The motor is a Twin Cam 96 Harley running a gear-driven ProCharger B-1 supercharger with a faceted intercooler to increase power even more. The official power output of the stock 1584 cc engine seems to be a closely guarded secret—Harley merely claims 93 ft. lbs. of torque—but the ProCharger kit will boost the presumably meagre horsepower of the stock motor by 50-65% with a useful increase in torque as well. The front end is an inverted Mean Street item and meaty Brembo brakes will haul the Salt Flat Racer to a standstill double-quick. Maybe that’s why this Harley racer didn’t win: it’s as much about the go as the show.

Source: Bike Exif