Dress for the ride, not the crash

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/21/2020 at 10:21 • Filed to: None

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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ttyymmnn 02/21/2020 at 10:26

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Is that t he crazy Kiwi played by Sir Hopkins in The “World’s Fastest Indian”?

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 02/21/2020 at 10:27

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Well at least he has a helmet.

ttyymmnn > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/21/2020 at 10:30

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No idea.

ttyymmnn > vondon302 02/21/2020 at 10:30

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Safety head first.

DipodomysDeserti > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/21/2020 at 10:34

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No, that’s Rollie Free setting a speed record of  150 mph on a Vincent Black Shadow while wearing swim trunks.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 02/21/2020 at 10:36

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I have this picture on the wall behind my desk.

For those that don’t know the origin, that’s Rollie Free setting a speed record of 150.313 mph on a Vincent Black Shadow. They stripped off the seat and his clothes in order to attain the record.

http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=178

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > DipodomysDeserti 02/21/2020 at 10:37

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Yup. Just found his page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free?wprov=sfti1

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 02/21/2020 at 10:39

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Thanks for the background. I had seen the photo before. That’s just all sorts of crazy, though. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 02/21/2020 at 10:46

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Superman on a Fixie. The clothing provides about the same level of protection.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 02/21/2020 at 10:49

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Yeah, having done this sort of speed on a motorcycle, it takes some real cojones to do it laying flat, mostly naked, on salt flats. Especially when you consider how much thinner those tires are compared to modern bikes.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 02/21/2020 at 10:52

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I think of a little front wheel wobble and by testicles disappear. And I don’t even ride. I am, however, very risk-averse.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn 02/21/2020 at 11:03

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Yeah, when you start to hit high speeds with skinny tires, bikes start to float around a bit.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti 02/21/2020 at 11:06

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That was a hell of a save. I do enjoy watching the TT every year. Those guys are truly, well, not exactly insane. Perhaps insanely dedicated. 

3point8isgreat > DipodomysDeserti 02/21/2020 at 11:18

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Seems like it’d take some serious core strength to lay like that for any period of time too.  Holding your legs up like that wouldn’t be trivial.

Darkbrador > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/21/2020 at 11:58

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No, that was Burt Munro.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > DipodomysDeserti 02/21/2020 at 12:31

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I just shit my pants in solidarity with #55.

DipodomysDeserti > 3point8isgreat 02/21/2020 at 13:39

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That, and a lot of faith in the structurally integrity of that fender.