I don't know what good a cardboard fan will do on a liquid cooled engine, hmmm, but this video is fun to watch for some reason.

YouTube - Ryan Thibault cbr 600 hill climb bike warm up

 

He's fanning the rider, not the bike.

I reckon it's to keep the moose flies away.

 

True. It was a long shot

 

That was pretty funny. I think the other two guys had a bet on as to whether they could make him do it.

After I watched it, I was curious to see the bike in action. F#CK ME!!! It's a monster. I looked at a couple of others too. There's one mad sod using an XJR 1200 motor.

I like the look of that sport.

 

At least that one will get up your driveway when it rains, Dave......

 

Right up' and probably across the north forty and right into your neighbors house as well.

 

They use just about anything. I was joking about using a 1kF as a hill climber but they really use just about anything. I have seen Sportsters to 2-strokes to anything in between. I have heard of someone using a Triumph 2300cc Rocket III. Last year I went and the fastest time was from a guy on a sled. Yep! A brand spanking new $15,000 sled that he opened up full bore and went screaming up a muddy, rocky hill. There are different classes so you can run just abut anything that fits the class. Last year they would not let a guy run a bike with a track on the rear of his bike. He only wanted to see what it would do but they would not let him run it.

A lot of the bikes they only fill the fuel lines with just enough gas to start it and then run full nitro. They rev the bike at the start line and you hear it kick in and off he goes.