I have seen the picture of Rollie Free on the Vincent Black Shadow. He
broke the Harley Davidson speed record by about 25MPH out there. Took the
record from about 125MPH to 152MPH as I remember.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Frye" <henry@henryfrye.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:13 PM
Subject: Rollie Free???
>
> At 08:56 AM 12/18/2002 -0800, Bill Babcock wrote:
>
> >Does remind me of the Rollie Free picture on a Vincent Black Shadow in
> >1948 on the Salt Flats. 150+ MPH in a Speedo (no, he didn't have the body
> >for one), bathing cap, and sneakers. Laying down. Thank god he had shoes
> >on.
>
> Statements like that, especially from Bill, cause one to do a quick
google
> search...
>
> http://www.diaries.com/motorcycle/pictures/viewer$209
>
> What were they thinking... ;-)
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