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Encyclopedia > Pro Stock Bikes

Pro Stock Bike, or sometimes Pro Stock Motorcycle is a drag racing class that is the two-wheeled equivilant of Pro Stock. It has been a feature of NHRA drag racing since the 1980s when it was added to the professional class structure and has since spread around the globe. The class has for years been dominated by straight-4 Suzuki based bikes but in recent years Harley-Davidson based V-twin machines have become more competitive due to favourable rule changes. Frames are purpose-built specifically for drag racing and are not based on their road-going counterparts. A European Top Alcohol Dragster at Santa Pod Raceway Front engine dragsters are what they raced in the 1960s. ... Pro Stock Drag Racing is a class of drag racing featuring Factory Hot-Rods. The class can be known as all motor, as there are very strict rules governing the modifications allowed to the engines, and the types of bodies used. ... The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ... MacGyver is one of the symbols of the 1980s in America The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... Suzuki Motor Corporation (スズキ株式会社) TYO: 7269 is a Japanese manufacturing company producing a range of small automobiles (especially Keicars), a full range of motorcycles, outboard motors, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Honda 90° transverse V-twin A V-twin is a two cylinder internal combustion engine where the cylinders are arranged in a V configuration. ...


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