Ask Cris Shearer about Jon Whyte (sp) and his streamlined liner.
Wes
on 4/12/01 8:49 PM, brian falkner at falken@ihug.co.nz wrote:
> Bill, the most I have heard about Burns & Wright is from you!, but then I
> dont move in 2 wheel circles....does that sound funny?.
> I was aware of them but have never seen a detailed story anywhere.
> My fellow Kiwi LSRer Chris Harris knows more & probably has some articles
> on them.
>
> A Legendary bloke who I and many others are aware of was Frank ......
> blowed if I can remember his sirname, who went to Bonneville many times
> with his highly modified 1923, I think, Indian in the sixties & seventies &
> broke records.
> He was well into his sixties...about 20 yrs older than the bike.
> I think his speeds were in the 170mph region.
> One story that typified him & us adaptable Kiwi's was when he cast a
> piston in the salt & machined it up right there on the spot!.
> I have his story here somewhere just cant find it now. Others will know for
> sure.
>
> Brian
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