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Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials => Bville Motorcycle Speed Trials General Chat => Topic started by: wobblywalrus on October 17, 2009, 12:15:31 PM
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The November Cycle Source magazine is a "Bonneville Special: Salt Flats Edition." Lots of coverage: the BUB meet in general, the women racers, White Beard Racing's Harley, Kiwi Indian's young rider, Wink Eller's E-85 Harley, Satya Krause's "Salt Tracker" Harley, and Matt Steven's Louisiana Harley. The Stevens bike is a really clean build. Impressive for a young rider.
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Cycle Source has another "Salt Flats Edition" for 2010. It the November 2010 Volume 14 Issue 7. Some general coverage and a few small articles. In addition, features are an article about California Fritz and his old shovelhead (#49), a beginner's guide to racing based on experience with a Triumph (#712), a story about Mike Sofrante and his knucklehead visiting the salt, and coverage of Alex Wirts and "War Pig," his Evo harley (#288).
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The BUB meet is getting good media coverage. Motorcycle classics, an American publication, in November/December 2010 (Volume 6 No 2) has a short article and a nice head-on picture of the new Norton on the salt with Alan Cathcart crouched down on the tank. The Norton is a very nice bike. Many of the issues that I have spent lots of money solving on my Triumph are not present on the Norton. I wish I would have started LSR on the Norton, but a person plays the cards they are dealt. The little Triumph has done me good. The article give the impression that Norton holds its class record. They made a very credible record attempt and they had it for a day or so. Hopefully the Norton will be back next year.
There is a multi page article in the magazine about the Vincent that Rlooie Free rode in the famous picture, a modified Vincent Black Shadow.