kspz3
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posted December 30, 2007 05:55 PM
 Edited By: kspz3 on 30 Dec 2007 17:57
Nice Christmas Gift - Bonneville 2007 Memories
My son put together a nice video for me for CHristmas - commerating our first trip to Bonneville that I thought I would share - it gives a bit of the feel for the event.....
This is an edited version that he posted on youtube.com -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPvDpGfh_Aw
Kevin
PS - assist needed on the link.
  
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LandspeedLarry
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posted December 30, 2007 06:16 PM
Welcome to the addiction. Been going for 33 years. (from the East Coast.) 2007 was not a good course for BUB. That is one factor that makes racing there difficult. I admire all who try. Will you return, and if so what is your speed goal? LSL
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kspz3
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posted December 30, 2007 06:55 PM
Larry,
The course was tough that is for sure. Every time I went above 185 the rear tire would break lose and the ride would get wild. I would stand up on the pegs and it would settle down - and then the ruts would make it shutter on occassion. I loved the experience but - I do not think I would ever run wet salt like that again - at least not WOT. My primary goal was to match some old records from the fifties - Russel Wright on a Vincent Black Lightning - the last time the outright Land Speed record was set on a production based bike, and the last one not set at Bonneville - it was the end of the era. That record was 187.15MPH - I matched it at 184.7MPH - I also hoped to match his Bonneville run from 1956 - 196.3 average with an ideal goal of hitting 200MPH - but with the salt I could not get there. I will run Maxton this year - and may return to Bonneville in two or three years - It is an awesome experieince - but a really expensive and demanding adventure also. I am also toying with the idea of a turbo Busa build - maybe chase the NSU and Texas Cigar records from 1956...... as I recall they were both blown set-ups.
Kevin
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lucky14
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posted December 30, 2007 07:33 PM
Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Gooooooooooooooooooood!!!
Thanks for posting! 
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