part 2: Sam gets Motorcycle record BACK
to Kawasaki 2003
to say he is poised this year is a HUGE understatement
I got a dinner bet brewing on this one, thats how serious
I am about it!!!
Joe
ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
>Hi folks, most of you know I'm a lifelong motorcyclist, and among my
>other hobbies nowadays I write for Bonneville Racing News. Not for pay,
>just for my own enjoyment and to advance the speed trials sport in a
>small way.
>
>A lot of you read BRN but for those who don't, and care about motorcycle
>streamliners, SOMETHING SPECIAL has come along and you may never get
>this chance again.
>
>Sam Wheeler, now 60, is one of the few masters of the Bonneville
>motorcycle streamliners on the pjlanet. His latest, the well-known
>E-Z-HOOK 'liner, was built beginning in '88 for an assault on the
>World's Motorcycle Speed Record, which stands today at 322+ mph, the
>Easyriders twin-nitro-Harley-powered bike ridden by Dave Campos.
>
>Sam uses Kawasaki power and at present holds the Bonneville 1350cc Gas
>Streamliner record at 285+ and 1350cc Fuel Streamliner at 294+. His
>best official timed speed there so far is 304+ at the end of the Five
>Mile Long Course. So Sam is close, and HE WANTS THAT RECORD!
>
>Part Two of this Post to follow.
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