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  • trevor
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    • Oct 2011
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    • Victoria bc

    #1

    Speed Dreams: The fastest place on earth

    I'm watching this doc right now. Very cool. Bunch of British guys riding motorcycles for speed records at salt flats.
    Anyone here seen it?
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    #2
    Thanks for the tip, time well spent watching that!

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    • steve murdoch
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      • May 2004
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      • St. Catharines, On.

      #3
      You can find it on Youtube.
      Here is Episode 1.
      2@ \'78 GS1000

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      • allojohn
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        • Jan 2011
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        • NoMo, MN

        #4
        Originally posted by steve murdoch
        You can find it on Youtube.
        Here is Episode 1.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplt575Vr6k
        Thanks for the heads up, this is going to be good.
        -Mal

        "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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        78 GS750E

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        • trevor
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          • Oct 2011
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          #5
          Originally posted by steve murdoch
          You can find it on Youtube.
          Here is Episode 1.
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplt575Vr6k
          Yep that's the same doc I just watched on TV. Very funny and cool in a way only the Brits can.
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          • trevor
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            #6
            Here is episode two. Great stuff!

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            • Charlie G
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              • Feb 2009
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              #7
              Thanks Trevor. I watched them both yesterday. Love their shop and garage spaces.
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              83 GS1100g
              2006 Triumph Sprint ST 1050

              Ohhhh!........Torque sweet Temptress.........always whispering.... a murmuring Siren

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              • 850 Combat
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                • Sep 2006
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                • Spokane, WA, and Hampden, ME

                #8
                I'll have to buy that.
                sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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                • Carter Turk
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                  • May 2002
                  • 2309
                  • Bellingham Washington

                  #9
                  Thanks Trevor for posting that up.
                  I was surprised how supportive the wife's of these guys were. They understood the depth of what it takes to go there. Very cool.
                  GS\'s since 1982: 55OMZ, 550ES, 750ET, (2) 1100ET\'s, 1100S, 1150ES. Current ride is an 83 Katana. Wifes bike is an 84 GS 1150ES

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                  • William P. Guff

                    #10
                    Im watching the episode now. Really interesting.

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                    • Guest

                      #11
                      Stopped and played on the salt a couple of time on the way back from Cali after some dirt track racing (4wheels) had a blast out there nobody around the second time ran into Craig Breedlove truck and crew the first time.

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                      • William P. Guff

                        #12
                        Those guys that built that #775 from scratch I would like to have build my Kirisutos Pachyderm design. I have a dustbin fairing design for my models that would be a entirely enclosed version except for the single headlamp. I invented and designed these for a book I wrote.

                        During the season that Bama went undefeated I made a commemorative Bama bike, because Alabama has a elephant as a mascot, so my design was usable for that. One day I may do an Oakland As bike using my Kirisutos Pachyderm design

                        But iff those guys built my bike for me I think Id have a good chance of breaking a record at Bonneville. The length of their bike is perfect. I just wonder if they have an electric engine category.

                        Here are photos of my models, now that I have seen this documentary I want to visit Bonneville with my own build.

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