dougmeyer
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posted October 11, 2010 10:10 AM
 Edited By: dougmeyer on 11 Oct 2010 18:14
Slightly O.T., but a good story. (Bonneville)
"Vance Breese"
Anyone who has been around Bonneville for a while will recognize the name Vance Breese. Vance ran Harley's for a long time, FAST Harleys. Open bikes big power. In the early 90's he built a streamliner, probably the smallest tightest streamliner ever, with loads of innovative features including the special trailer. Ultimately it ran 340, I think, but unfortunately Vance suffered a horrendous crash with the bike pencil rolling a looong way. It was seriously ugly.
Vance was declared deceased, but came back and .... Well, listen to the story on the following 3 part pod cast. It is aviation related and Vance was interviewed by Paul Plack from Aviation News Network. It's a three part-er. Take the time to listen.
BTW, those that know Vance will instantly recognize that his voice is the same soft, funny, powerful voice he always had, despite his injuries. It was great to hear from him.
http://www.aero-news.net/podcasts/casts/3/ann-special-feature-2010-10-05.mp3
http://www.aero-news.net/podcasts/casts/3/ann-special-feature-2010-10-06.mp3
http://www.aero-news.net/podcasts/casts/3/ann-special-feature-2010-10-07.mp3 P.S.
Vance was in "The Lazy Man's Zen" Discovery movie along with Scott Guthrie, me, and some others. He said maybe one of the best things I ever heard about Bonneville. He said (when you go to Bonneville on a motorcycle), "You get to be Superman"
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posted October 11, 2010 02:06 PM
 Great listening and story. He cracked me up with the grabbing of the surgeon by the neck.
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posted October 12, 2010 10:53 AM
Thanks Doug. I've searched for "Lazy Man's Zen" - and although it got great reviews, it is no longer available for sale. Do you have a copy? -Dean
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posted October 12, 2010 11:51 AM
Edited By: osti33 on 12 Oct 2010 20:36
Listening now.
EDIT: Just finished listening.
Seriously cool stuff! Thanks for sharing it Doug.
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posted October 12, 2010 12:18 PM
man o' man, i gotta find some time to listen to this.
Tomorrow I will close my door and put a "teleconference in progress" sign on it.
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osti33
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posted October 12, 2010 12:37 PM
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man o' man, i gotta find some time to listen to this.
Tomorrow I will close my door and put a "teleconference in progress" sign on it.
Do it! It's worth hearing. Cool stuff.
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posted October 14, 2010 04:21 AM
Wow what amazing persistence.
That was great Doug. Thanks for posting the links.
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