RB Racing History

First visited Bonneville in 1958...bought a Rollie Free/Vincent post card. 1972-1976 imported US motorcycle products into Europe selling high performance parts, racing chain, tie-downs, shock absorbers etc., to European race teams. Also specialized in high performance brake systems selling AP Lockheed, Scarab, Brembo, and Fontana brakes to European constructors.

1976-1977 Built special Monoshock, Kawasaki Z-1 powered Endurance Racing chassis in Los Angeles...Taking first USA team in 41 years to 24 Hour Bol d'Or Race at Le Mans, France. 390 lb., 24 liters gas, 3.5 sec Quick-Fill Systems, 165mph. Sponsored by Joe Miller, Tri-Mil Industries; and Russ Collins, R.C. Engineering; Michelin France; Total Petroleum France; Amortisseurs DeCarbon; Champion Spark Plugs; Jerry Greer, Camber Fairing..and Dave and Vic... Born in the USA.

1978 Won 24 hour races: St. Louis, W. Palm Beach with Monoshock chassis. Various pilots included: Roland Freymond, Gilbert Piot, Jean Paul Chaubert, Francis Erard, Gary Scott, Lang Hindle, Greg Cox, Peter Cooper, Charles Finney, Gene Harris, Frank Mrazek, Carry Andrew, Gary Gates, Sam Williams, Jim Kress, Ed Hileman, Terry Statum, Paul Turnbull. Produced customer versions for Kawasaki Z-1, CB750, Suzuki 1000. Began production of RB Racing exhausts for Harley Davidson, BMW and Japanese motorcycles.

1979 Built first turbo kits - 150 hp Harley Davidson Shovelheads and Japanese 4 cylinder. Imported brake systems from Europe selling to US wheel manufacturers and race teams.

1980 Began producing BMW turbo kits and exhaust systems for BMW distributor. Built last monoshock chassis. Ran Kawasaki turbos (street) 9.40 @ 148mph.

1982-1984 Developed special "Powermaster"carburetor for Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

1985 Returned to Bonneville 27 years later with Harleys and Suzukis. Built first fuel system and inlet breather/blow off valves for turbochargers. Introduced first blow-thru turbos for Harleys. Built the first intercooled fuel injected BMW K100 Turbo kit.

1987-1988 Developed specialized carburetor calibrations for CV carbs..ran GSX750's in the 10's and GSXR1100's in the 9's with stock engines. Began fuel injection development program., First Blow -Thru the carbs intercooled Suzuki Turbo.

1989 First fuel injected Harley. First Fuel Injected Harley Turbo. Suzuki GSXRTurbo runs 187 mph at Bonneville. Expanded BMW Turbo kits to include newer models.

1990-1992 Suzuki Turbos/Harley Turbos set 200 mph Bonneville speed records--all fuel injected and inter cooled. Introduced AIC (Additional Injector Controllers) for use on fuel injected bikes and cars. Sponsored two separate motorcycle streamliners in Bonneville speed records - BMW and Harley powered. Worked extensively and crewed with Bob George's 2nd generation Nitro Burning, Double Engined streamliner. Bonneville and El Mirage records set with both streamliners as well as BMW, Harley, Suzuki RSR Fuel Injected Turbos.

See Bob George's double-engined Harley streamliner at Bonneville in a new video. Get an idea of how complicated these nitro burning missles are. We worked on this one for several years before it was retired and sold in the 1990's.

1992-1998 Continual racing at Bonneville/El Mirage/Muroc resulting in seven 200 MPH Club Speed Records. Developed new turbo systems and exhaust systems for Harley Davidson and continued testing with customers on Fuel Injection on 11 different types of motorcycles as well as automotive and marine applications. Introduced AUTOCAL Fuel Injection Software. Built the first intercooled BMW R1100RS turbo kit which ran a 10 second quarter mile.

1999 Introduced new Blackbird, Pro Street and Pro Gas Harley Turbo Systems. Expanded exhaust system line to over 200 applications. Began testing of advanced brake systems and brake rotors. Introduced revised AIC 400 to the automotive market for supercharged/turbocharged applications. Developed new Black Hole muffler systems for cop-evading high speed runs.

2000 Continued testing of new brake systems and brake rotors. Introduction of 113" ORCA RSR Fuel Injected Motors. New 500hp capable BoostMaster wastegates integrated into all turbo kits. Completed 25,000 mile year-long test of new Harley "Blackbird" 250hp turbo with zero problems. RB Racing turbos dominate AHDRA/SCTA events.

2001 One year of designing and testing new BMW K1200RS/LT turbos. Designed new 113" ORCA turbo pistons. New ORCA transient engine dynamometer. Expanded Harley Davidson exhaust line to 300 part numbers. Brake systems finalized, durability testing continues.

2002 Began production of older BMW K100 and R1100RS Turbo Kits and updating existing kits. Set up a large separate R&D Facility for testing, engine assembly, prototyping and installations. K1200 series BMW forged turbo pistons tested in K1200RS and LT models.

2003 Completed testing of new BMW Black Hole exhaust systems. Launched new Bonneville project based on 132 cubic inch ORCA motors. Expanded exhaust system line to include LSR Black Hole 2-1 Harley exhausts. Launched new polished silver ceramic finishes. Developed new water injection system for high output street and racing applications.

2004 Continued development of Black Hole Exhausts with introduction of BMW R Series exhausts and fuel system upgrades. New solid state digital instrumentation developed to replace troublesome analog and liquid filled gauges. Introduced new RSR EFi systems with new billet enclosures and 40 pin waterproof connectors with gold-plated contacts. Finalized designs of 132" Turbo ORCA motors. Introduced BMW R series turbos.

2005 Introduced new Harley LSR 2-1 Pro Stock Challenge systems which win AHDRA championship in first year. Redesigned Harley Turbo systems with larger intercoolers and both center mount and left mount turbos. New RSR ECUs enter competition setting records.

2006 Designed new Twin Cam Dyna exhausts and introduced new 113", 126", 132" and 139" ORCA motors in both Twin Cam and V2 configurations. Installed new production and test equipment to include an eddy current dyno. New BMW turbocharger systems designed. Expanded turbocharger applications for Harley big twins both oem and custom as well as race versions.

2007: Readied introduction of solid state instrumentation packages. Fabbed up new 500hp turbo configurations. Purchased new CNC equipment to introduce new, sort of unusual, products. Continued a 6 year support system for Nitro burning Harley Top Fuel and Pro Fuel projects. Bonneville Bullett nears completion.

Mike Geokan's Bonneville Bullet nears completion as a testbed for new technologies. Salt Flats in 2007 were wet and less than ideal. Follow Mike's progress as he gears up for 2008.

2008: Flat out completion of the Bonneville Bullet project ending in first test runs at Bonneville in August of 2008. Starting producing digital gear position indicators.

2009: Graduated a Caltech Physics major now headed for a 5 year Doctoral Physics program. While we grab the twist grip and go past 200 mph others use particle accelerators at 99.99% the speed of light to study gluons and quarks. Someone always has more expensive toys than you do. Qualified the Bonneville Bullet for long course at Bonneville at the 2009 World Finals with Bryan Stock taking over for the injured Mike Geokan.

2010: Expanded operations 100% and purchased more CNC equipment to build a new range of high performance products. Stripped the Bonneville Bullet down to ground zero in preparation for 2010 record attempts.