It didn't take long to find out about Max's liner. After I passed the CCCP (USSR?) pit with a Swiss flag (?!?!) I ran into Bo Miller who told me that he was in Impound with his Triumph after qualifying for a record. He must have been on the short or "Mountain" course cuz he said the bike handled like a dream. I'll get photos of it when I can.
But right after that, I stumbled upon the Lambky pits and saw the liner in quite a state if disassembly. I talked to Stainless (Bob Steele) who told me that they'd made one "shakedown" run and the course was so rough that it shook all sorts of things loose...including tripping the mercury switch that controls the main chute...which then deployed and just made matters worse. A bearing for an idler pulley was also damaged, so Max went into town to get one (along with some coffee.)
Then, after pulling the Burb around so I could edit and post the photos, Belen Wagner came by and introduced herself. She and her dad are both racing, she's on her sit-on bike, he's in a streamliner called "Der Fliegende Thunfisch" (The Flying Tuna) which has a 2-stroke moter....and an exhaust leak which allows the smoky, oily stuff into the cockpit. They were trying to find the location of the leak when I asked if I could get a quick photo od dad and daughter.
More as I get it.
