In this chapter we’re taking all the plans, boiling them in oil and spinning them into action—no bullshit. The frame is underway, as you will witness. The wheels are in hand. The transmission was delivered and the Avon Tyres were shipped today. The notions and input keep flying my way via e-mail and phone calls, […]
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Here’s a racer from 1936. Hopefully we’ll kick his ass.Okay, we had a plan, like a musician with a blank sheet of music paper and a rhythm running through his mind. I had a notion based on every element I absorbed on the salt in 2006 and a myriad of conversations since. Time is also
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So it begins…..I’m not sure when I finally decided to start designing one of our custom bagger models for a run at Bonneville, but I guess it had been rolling around in the back of my mind for some time. As a kid I remember seeing streamliner cars like Spirit of America and The Blue
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Click on the banner to become a sponsor.We’re hot after another record and interest is high. Hell, we haven’t peeled all the salt off the Salt Shaker and already the pressure was on to return to the salt and make our own title: The World’s Fastest Panhead. Berry Wardlaw, the mastermind behind the Panhead Powerplant
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This will switch, change and fluctuate through out the process, but the notion is simple—Build The World’s Fastest Panhead. Of course there’s no goddamn Panhead class, but what the hell. We’ve never followed any rules in the past, why start now. I’ll ramble about racing on the salt, some of the rules and some of
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Brother Bob T. riding out to the salt encampment in the morning light.We checked into the Wendover Nugget late that night with a broken motorcycle, two teeth busted off the distributor drive gear and just 50 miles on our Bonneville project. We woke up at exactly 7:00 a.m. My cell phone rattled across the nightstand.
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Wow, what an incredible report this will be. It covers final assembly and the road to Bonneville for the 2006 Bikernet Adventure. Talk about an exploit. Also, this build was fraught with abnormalities. At one point I wondered what the hell I was doing? At several other junctures I was like a kid in a
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Click Here To Be A SponsorHere we go. I’m buzzed. It’s Thursday and we just completed the news. It kicks our ass every week, but we love doing it. It’s what this site is all about, constant, quick and complete news of what’s happening in this industry. Okay, enough of that. The lovely Sin Wu
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Click Here To Be A Sponsor Getting down to the bottom line here. I was beginning the wiring and hooking up hydraulic brake lines from ISR controls, from LA Chop Rods to Brembo brakes. These controls are slick and mechanical looking. Gard told me right up front, “Use only DOT 4 brake fluid.” I was
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Click Here To Be A Sponsor We were flying on this build, one item slammed together after another. We were flying, because I’m at a standstill at this moment waiting on a couple of elements. But that’s another story. Six days until I’m due to pull out for the run to the Badlands. It’s currently
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