Long Beach 06

Heres some pics I took at the Long Beach Motorcycle show in 2006 or 2007. Some cool bikes there-AEE harleys and the worlds fastest motorcycle at the time...

Triumph Twin Drag Ruler

This is a pic of Boris Murray and his twin engined 750 Triumph running at Lions. Boris was the pilot of both Manning streamliners that are shown on the blog at little earlier in the month.
It consistently ran over 170 mph in the 8-second zone with two carbureted Triumph fuel motors, high gear only, with a 4 inch wide M&H racing slick.He raced, and beat, the likes of Joe Smith, Ray Price, Sonny Routt, Bonny Truitt, Leo Payne, Dave Campos, Russ Collins, etc.

Ive been looking for a Freedom

Happy Independence Day!! Have on burger and a beer and remember we still live in the greatest place on earth.
Take it from David Hasselhoff and his badass light up jacket!!!

NUTJOB

The man behing the ez-hook kawasaki streamliner!!! Humble beginings for sure....from 98mph in this contraption to 350mph in the other contraption.
Here is an excerpt from motorcycleusa explaining the details of Sam Wheelers first streamliner---
His first machine, the Electoral Conduit Special as Sam referred to it, utilized a Bultaco 125cc engine which went 95 mph in 1963. This early streamliner was shaped like a bullet and as the name implies, utilized lightweight conduit tubing as the material of choice throughout the chassis. Sparing no expense, Sam purchased the tapered nose cone and a spare from a surplus store for two dollars. This fiberglass cone was merely protective covering for a metal nose cone and was a throwaway item. A sheet metal “skin” surrounded the tubular chassis encapsulating the driver and his controls, minimizing aerodynamic drag.

The little guys

I subscribe to the cliche "theres no substitute for cubic inches", riding in a blown big block powered bantam kind of forces you to believe this.... But, after bench racing with Chuck- I realized its just as cool trying to make something with no displacement go fast as hell too. Here is a collection of pics of 50cc rockets 1956-2003

Handicapped?

After breaking my ankle pretty severly a couple weeks ago, I realized how hard it was to get around on crutches and how downright boring it is laying around waiting for the healing process to begin. I've never broken a bone before so its new territory for me, and I have newfound respect for people who have to deal with it everyday of their lives. Here is a pic of double amputee Carig Anderson "Peg Leg Craig". He lost both legs above the knee in a "work related accident" but that dosent stop him from flying down the salt in his record holding streamlined sidecar rig. He holds the AMA record at 168.333mph and his best one way average is 177mph. Handicapped?? I think not!!!!

Royalty

Hers is a pic of a Royal Enfield that runs at Bub. Good looking bike, from what research I found, theyre running 12.5:1 compression, Kibblewhite valves, Amal Gp carb, and a nx nitrous kit. 500cc single thumper that probably sounds pretty killer on the bottle- Its definately bitchin to see different stuff like this at the lakes, even if it is at the Bub event.....