The tires shown on the bike in the second photo appear to be Firestone
Bonneville tires which date to the late 50's. I've never run across a
mention of this attempt in my research but I'll make some calls and find out
what I can.
Wes
on 12/14/03 11:38 AM, todd at todd@twinjugs.com wrote:
> Very much appreciatted Bob, thanks. I'm interested in any facts before I hang
> this on my little LSR picture wall here at the shop. The "ancients"(as
> Guthrie calls them) blow me away with what was attempted sometimes, hell even
> some of you "old timers" keep me thinking some of my ideas are fairly sane.
> Todd-(just hoping to be a "has been" 30-40 years from now)
>
>> There was a feature (and cover shot) of this bike in Popular Science
>> or Popular Mechanix back in the 1930's. iIll go through my stack of
>> things and see if I still have it. Bob in connecticut
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