And by the way, since Nancy and I have official press credentials I'm supposed to mention that Bub's is the event and AMA and FIM and PDQ (well, maybe not them!) are allowing us to post these photos and any commentary that I might make. There was a bunch of required verbiage (to which I signed my agreement) back a few months ago when i applied for the credentials -- but I can't find those words in the press packet we got today, so I'll try to cover my truckstop/sweetie-pie and say that I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be saying.
Okay, to some more photos:
When's the last time you saw one of the W-3 engines up close and personal?
And note the bodywork on the bike. It's from Switzerland, I believe...
Ah, just another day at Bonneville -- a couple of Royal Enfields...
And here's one of the Condor front-wheel chocks, like Todd convinced Nancy and me to switch to, but here used as a rear wheel chock. Still -- the units are slick and work really well:
To go on about the Condor - I didn't really think they'd work as well as they do, but I tried. We put the race bike into one and used just two tie-downs (from rear pegs, approximately, to D-rings on the floor on the sides of the front wheels), and the bike didn't move around at all during the 1,900-mile trip out here. Better still -- I put the front wheel of our 700-pound Gold Wing into a Condor and used a pair of tie-downs, located in about the same place as for the race bike -- and the Honda stayed put, too! I'll use 'em again.
Another one of the Swiss bikes:
And here's one just for those of you that are awaiting a bike with which you're familiar -- the Buddfab 'liner:
Final bike of this batch. Take a pair of Kawasaki ZX636R motors and cram them into one chassis, add the slickest chain routing I've seen in a long time, and you end up with this:
They moved the bike out from under my camera just as I was about to take some photos of the chain, but it is cool. I'll try to find the bike again and get better photos.
That's it for this post. Gotta download some more.