http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html
I came across this on the S/T forums and found it interested, I figured some of you would too
http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html
I came across this on the S/T forums and found it interested, I figured some of you would too
very cool. Also it is amazing to see how skinny EVERYONE was back then.
That was a great read & look through! Thanks for posting man, that made my day. It's gonna be really hard to keep working all day long without taking an extended lunch break now.
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That's a pretty awesome story.
Must have been pretty cool to have The Fonz on the ride!
I've got more flavor than a packet of macaroni.
My favorite part of the story was at the very end when he told this story about his father in later life..... When I first bought it (a Ducati 888SP4) it had a speedo in kilometers and I rode it round to show Dad my new bike and he wanted a ride and I told him it had a K calibrated speedo, but it started pouring with rain so it was a few days later before he had a go and by then I had put an MPH speedo on it. I forget to mention this as he was off on it as soon as I arrived. When he came back I was surprised to hear from him that whilst it was quick - "it took longer than expected to reach a ton". A short chat and the mystery was solved. He had taken it to an indicated 160 still thinking that it was a kilometers speedo and 160kph would be 100mph. So my 70+ year old father had just done 160mph on the Alton bypass! Mum was not amused, though dad clearly was and had a cigar and a beer to celebrate...
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that was a great and really cool story! Thanks for posting it
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