he Drag Specialties/G-Squared/S&S Pro Stock NHRA team makes quite a splash when they unload the trailer. As the 160ci Pro Stock bike rolls out of the transporter a crowd gathers around. The idea of an engine built at S&S in Viola, Wisconsin, competing in the top level of professional motorcycle drag racing pulls the hearts of American V-twin fans together. The “little” company taking on the corporate giants is too cool to miss.
     So, with a 330-plus horsepower, American-made V-twin bike drawing center stage, what can the Drag/G-Squared team do for a pit bike? It wouldn’t make sense to have a stock bike, nor would a little dirt bike painted over in the team’s colors do justice to the record setting Pro Stock bike. No, the team needed a custom-built pit bike; a bike that screams S&S power and G-Squared style and uses lots of Drag Specialties parts.
     Focusing on the engine first, G-Squared planned to build a 133ci monster. The stroke in this powerhouse is 4.60-inches and the bore measures 4.00-inches and with the S&S cast Pro Stock heads it produces a streetable 10.5:1 compression. Yes streetable–you could put one of these in your bike! With S&S gear drive cams, billet cylinders and Super D carbs with G-Squared air horns, this engine is certainly worthy of towing the real Pro Stock bike around.
     Next a Racing Innovations frame with a custom made G-Squared swingarm was put up on a bench. Up front a set of 41mm billet forks were connected to an RC Components wheel with a matching rotor and RC Components caliper. Out back a massive 300 tire was wrapped around the RC wheel and the swingarm was connected to a pair of LC Engineering shocks.
     Getting power out of the engine to the wheel called for a chain drive primary and a Barnett Scorpion clutch housed in modified billet covers. The transmission is a Baker right side drive and the final drive is through a 530 Oring chain.
     To skin this radical race chaser, the G-Squared guys pulled some fender and a tank from the FatBook and got out the welders and hammers to show off a bit. When they were done a deep black base coat was applied before the striping and Drag Specialties logos were added to the mix. A host of cool billet parts from the FatBook were added to assure the pit bike looked as good as possible.
     When the lights were turned on and the bike logged its first few miles on the streets of Americus, Georgia–the home of G-Squared Motorsports–a name for the bike was needed. A machine this powerful, potent and absolutely fun couldn’t live its life with just the pit bike tag, so the Punisher was born. Next time you are at an NHRA event, swing by the Drag Specialties/G-Squared/S&S pits and try to decide which bike deserves your attention; the crowd pleasing, record setting 160ci Pro Stock machine or the Punisher. Better yet, just allow twice as much time and enjoy them both equally!

Any bike that runs fast should be able to stop fast too. The choice of a Performance Machine front brake master cylinder is a good choice.

Stopping power on the front comes from HHI rotors with four-piston brake calipers.

The first hint that this motor has a little more bark than a showroom model are the S&S Pro Stock heads.

The Ness Full Length Floorboard kit looks great.