Here are a couple of excerpts from a story that was published on Motorcycle USA today:
"In 1951 at Utah's famous Bonneville Salt Flats, Marty and his "Blue Bike" earned the second-fastest speed of 129 mph. The next year, the pair achieved the fastest time and the AMA Class C record with a speed of 141.72 mph. (Class C rules restricted un-faired machines to pump fuel, an 8:1 compression ratio, and for riders to sit conventionally.) A year later, in 1953, he raised that speed and grabbed yet another Class C record at 147.56 mph - a record that remained unbroken for the next 20 years."
"This motorcycle...is being offered for sale at Bonhams' renowned annual auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, October 25th."
Full story:
Dickerson's 'Blue Bike' to be Auctionedhttp://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7087
