High Speed On Ice

HIGH SPEED ON ICE

Hare's a suref ire way to make your local speed-skatwing ace look slow! Jawa's latest ice-racing motorcycles utilize the same laid-down engine configuration that recently debuted on longtrack speedway bikes. The benefits are said to he improved stability and less of a tendency to wheelie at the start. Another recent long-track speedway development that won't find its way to ice racing, however, is liquid cooling. With temperatures routinely below freezing, keeping engine temperatures up is more crucial for ice racers.