Smooth_G
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posted July 03, 2008 10:46 PM
18 yrs ago today
july 3rd 1990 i got hit by a car that ran a red light while riding a kz1000 punched out to 1428,,i compound fractured my right leg,,almost lost it,,5 surgeries, bone grafts, n 5 yrs to recover,,i got addicted to drugs n lost everything,,i have 11yrs clean now n a counselor n try to help others overcome their addictions,,n got back into this in 2005,,i was really an enthusiast when i was younger went to motorcycle school in 75,n, 76,,my teacher raced bonneville salt flats in the 40s,, he made a vincent go 151mph in 49,,u might have seen him n his friend on the history channel,,his friend raced across bonneville in his underwear laying flat on the machine,,my teachers name was Marty Dickerson,,,n he is 80 now,,n still rides a ducati,,,,,but all the machines i was familiar with were 2 valve,,carburated, air cooled,,no plastic,,so this is a new world for me,,,,,,
  
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Bawls
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posted July 04, 2008 12:10 AM
congrats on the remarkable comeback and keep going strong. It's pretty neat getting to be an understudy of someone who has done remarkable things like that. My dad is currently working on rebuilding my grandfathers old BSA dragbike from the 70's. it was a 68? model rocket 3 750 with a 1050 kit in it. My grandpa tells stories of running 9's at houston raceway, but my dad only ever saw it run in the 1000ft. My dad said that he can remember the last time that he ever saw it run. the old pushrod beezer went a 7.56 in the 1000ft. It was built by my grandfather, Jack wilson (owner of big D cycles in the dallas area), and John Minnono who set all kids of records back in the day from bonneville to drag racing to road racing.
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Smooth_G
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posted July 04, 2008 12:45 AM
bawls,, thats cool,,i remember that,,that was the last british made attempt to compete with the japs,,my friend had a trident 3,,same thing made by triumph,,the only dfference was the BSA cylinders was slanted 15 degrees forward,,,,,it had a triplex primary chain,,n 3 sets of points,,i had a 57 triumph T-110,,,n a 72 triumph 750 bonneville,,,bawls these bike broke alot,,,always working on them
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Bawls
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posted July 04, 2008 08:00 AM
Here are a few pictures of the old bsa. It's rough, but a work in progress. can you imagine turning 7.50's in the 1000 ft on this?
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bigdtd
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posted July 04, 2008 10:25 AM
back in 1984 i got off my honda 1100f at around 150mph when i overestimated the length of a road at night, i was warming it up to race one of the first ninjas that had just come out, a red 900. i compressed some vertebrae and spent 4 months in a body cast that went from my armpits to my waist. that was a hot summer. i actually rode my remaining bike, a 1980 honda cbx, with the cast still on. once riding is in your blood it never leaves. it still is one of my great joys in life. keep that old trumpet going!
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Bawls
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posted July 04, 2008 10:53 AM
my dad almost had a shitty experience back then too. He and my grandpa were racing in dallas and a car cut them off. my dad had to swerve and his footpeg stabbed into my grandpa's vance and hines 4-1.they were hung up for a few seconds and then when they finally came apart my dad went into a speed wobble and saved it by running up an exit onto the mix master. When they got to big d cycles, jack wilson just shook his head and laughed.
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Smooth_G
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posted July 04, 2008 02:42 PM
u r lucky bigdad,,,u could have been in a wheelchair,,in 74 i out drove my headlights going about 95mph on a bmw r75/5,,missed the apex of turn so i layed it down low side,,then hit a little burm just a couple ins, n high sided ,,fucked me up,,road rash,,was in the hosipital for six weeks,,,bawls thats cool pics,,i see it has a magneto,,,looks like a fairbanks morse,,or joe hunt mag,,i doubt its a lucus,,or b.t.h. mag,,,n it looks like an akron rear rim,i am from that time i get a kick out of this stuff,,,
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bigdtd
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posted July 05, 2008 05:02 PM
outdriving the headlight is exactly the right term for what i did, they didn't sell 150 mph headlights back then.............
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