As a bit of background for the viewers at home, the Spirit of Sunshine is surrounded by a group of like-minded blokes... the word team doesn’t really fit, more like a collective of strong-willed nutters that click together easily. We stay in touch during the year, travel to the lake together, occasionally help out with separate projects, and definitely share the highs and lows of this sport and life in general.
We all ride motorbikes (except for The Rev) and share a couple of other things in common.
Lack of money, streetwise smarts when it comes to building things, and a deranged, but fierce, determination to succeed.
Please bear with our enthusiasm for one of the bikes running 230+ MPH. Although we’d all acknowledge the Booza as a great bike, none of us are in a position to own one or have the inclination to do so. The bikes in this group are old enough to qualify for Historic racing and there’s a constant state of re-build in backyard sheds with bits fabricated, borrowed, scrounged, or won on ebay for $6.80 plus delivery.
The tank is the only car in the group, and the 230 bike was a 72 Suzuki GT750, built as described to 1000cc. That’s just background stuff to set the scene, not meant for anything else.
** a Team works together cohesively as a unit. Getting any three from this group to focus on one job is like herding cats.