Bonneville salt

[redstedman]

Yesterday I took a drive up to a friend's house/shop to look at a pals 1100F.(he hurt the motor) My friend is an engineer/Fer/ & CBXer. He also is on a world record Bonneville team. The fellas were working on thier 750cc supercharger methonal burning Triumph for this Aug assault on the salt. It was a gas to meet & visit with Roosevelt Lackey. He has raced the salt since 1969. He is 74 yrs old. The bike IS A WEAPON! & the fuel smelled GREAT!!!! Ken Sperry is the owner builder tuner(& a CB1100Fer & friend) Here are a couple of links on these guys.

Need I say that I really really want to go with them this year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7nmDfp3nYQ

http://www.ferracci.com/community/story-landspeed.php

[steve murdoch]

That clip really shows the comraderie of the Salt riders.
John, you should go and cross it off the bucket list of both of us.

[Guest]

Pretty lucky to meet those fellas for sure. A good day indeed.

[850 Combat]

I rode my GS1000G out to El Mirage dry lake to watch speed trials last August. The wind came up, and it was curtailed after we watched a dozen or co runs. Lots of off beat innovation. Saw a Model A Ford powered streamliner approach 250 mph. Lots of interesting stuff in the land speed record crowd. Open and friendly, too.

[GreatDane]

Thought of the movie "World's Fastest Indian" when I saw the title of this thread (great movie by the way).

Sounds like you had an awesome time. Memories for a lifetime!