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Offline octane

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #495 on: March 18, 2009, 03:43:16 AM »
Octane - Many thanks for bringing up that photo.
You're welcome !

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Warner has been a total inspiration to me and our Gray Ghost Project. Would you please send me that photo in post 491 in jpeg...
I'd be glad to.

Pic emailed.

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #496 on: March 18, 2009, 09:41:15 AM »
754 Newbie - We had our pit set up next to Jay Allen from Broken Spoke Saloon, one over from Sean McAvoy & the Gates Engineering crew, and I think it was Larry Coleman and his red side car on the other side. Sometimes I get this C R S and you know what happens then.

Lars - I got the picture - Thanks a bunch   :cheers:

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #497 on: March 18, 2009, 10:19:23 AM »
754 Newbie.  Ronnie Scroggins and I were the Westlake and the white Buel next to our pit was a couple of guys from Chicago,  Andy and Holeshot were their names,  lovingly know as "the Chicago boys."  They completly rebuilt the buel about two times, and still got to make a couple of runs.,..... :cheers:  Crow
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #498 on: March 18, 2009, 11:56:46 AM »
You mean...THE Larry Coleman, and his record setting (w/passenger Warren Ryan) "red sidecar" from Bakker Motorsports.......................................

PS> We really do love you "solo" riders....we really do....but remember....2 wheels are not enough.......4 wheels are to many.....3 WHEELS ARE JUST RIGHT......................................................................

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #499 on: March 18, 2009, 12:08:46 PM »
but only if that wheel is on a stick! right BAK.?.. :-D
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #500 on: March 18, 2009, 01:01:53 PM »
Crow, are you one of the B.C. guys?

I didnt ride out last year, we went by truck.. had the MISTER tent set up beside Goldammer. I was stuck riding my Rusty Tanker Balloon bike, and we had the Orange Barstool too.

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When the pics were posted of them old streamliner bikes, one was from Big D the Triumph guys.

Beside us (toward tech area) was a guy with a red turbo Sportster, he raced for big D in the 70s, cant remember his name. However he said he had made 6 runs over 200 that week (Bub 08).. pretty fast bike.. and it is heavy.. was surprised when he told me it was over 700 lbs! :-o

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #501 on: March 18, 2009, 01:05:29 PM »
His name is Jon Monono.

Jack Wilson was his father-in-law.

He rode the Triumph twin for many years.

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #502 on: March 18, 2009, 01:12:38 PM »
Sounds like thats it, & yep he was the son-in-law.

There is a lot going on on that Sportster, not a simple bike..

Freud, thanks for emailing me that pic.

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #503 on: March 18, 2009, 01:25:58 PM »
In addition to Jon Monono outstanding Bonneville efforts (he had been several times over 250mph)  he also competed as a great roadracer on Big D's Triumph's....................................

Kent, I kind of hate to admit it, (must be my  age) but I have somewhat excepted the "wheel on a stick"
as long as it involves 3 WHEELS

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #504 on: March 18, 2009, 01:30:12 PM »
 :-D 754  I'm not from B.C., but my pards with the Weslake are.  One of thos Bonneville dream come true stories!  I'm from south B.C. (Mammoth, Arizona)  I had the pan/shovel bobber at the Weslake pit.  Moon Eyes on the flat black sporty tank!   /Crow
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #505 on: March 18, 2009, 08:25:33 PM »
You mean...THE Larry Coleman, and his record setting (w/passenger Warren Ryan) "red sidecar" from Bakker Motorsports.......
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Yep thats the one. A great bunch of guys.  Warren Ryan likes to be called "W' and a very knowledgable person. They turned us on to a bunch of CalGuard products that they were promoting, which was very cool since we don't see that stuff here in the Chicago area.

Hey Octane - I found a little info on that picture in reply 491 that you sent me.  Its from 1972 and Warner clocked a couple of runs at 206 and 212 mph on the H.D Sportster. From what I understand Warner and George Smith (S&S) were the two that really started to put the Nitromethane into action on that old Iron Head Sportster.
Warner was testing some of George Smiths carburetors and on the "Nitro Express" it had .240 Main jet and ran 92% Nitro.

Jimbo   :-D    :cheers:
ooops - sory about the goof on the quote box - first time I ever used it, dont know how to end the quote yet -
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #506 on: March 18, 2009, 09:08:37 PM »
ooops - sory about the goof on the quote box - first time I ever used it, dont know how to end the quote yet -
Jimbo   :-D    :cheers:

they all end with a /quote in brackets, if you skip a line after that your typing will not be inside...  :cheers:
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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #507 on: March 18, 2009, 09:12:30 PM »
Great - Thanks for the help Stainless - I guess I am still a bit of a cyber Neanderthal

Jimbo    :cheers:
From days of old, when knights were bold, and rode Iron Horses
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M/PP 1350 AMA/BUB - M/CPG 1350 - M/CPF 1350 - LTA
M/PG 1650 - M/PF 1650 - AMA/BUB
A/PG 1650 - A/PF 1650 -  ECTA - LTA
Top speed to date 194.664

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #508 on: March 19, 2009, 12:14:18 AM »
OK, I'm 5 hours post - op on my second cataract surgery. If it's as good in the morning evaluation as it seems now, I'll have some posts in this Old Fotos area in a day or so.

I hope they are of interest to everyone.

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Re: Old Bonneville Pictures
« Reply #509 on: March 19, 2009, 12:57:12 AM »
Mr. Freud..Sir, do you have any pictures of Bob Braverman's 1000c.c. 6cyl. (2 H-1 Kawa Triples
coupled together) drag bike.  He had plans to run it at Bonneville....but never did.......................................................................................