what I meant to say is that, some of us
only have 4-5 days a year, when we show up
at Bonn. to get the job done and go fast
some of us dont build engines and work in performance
industry for a living, soooooo I really need to look how to
best spend our dollars for best speed per showing, may
be greatly enhanced by having some tech on bike
when Judie and I started I said we cant afford turbo or efi, for
the power we want, but we can afford pistons each year....
now we say, we cant afford to buy pistons each year, and
cant afford NOT to have some tech to make most informed,
and timely decisions, thereby saving us alot of money and heartache, because
for me, the fun factor has speed in the
numerator
Joe :)
----- Original Message -----
From: James Tone
To: Joe Amo ; land-speed@autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Technology
By reading what every one is saying, Joe you haven't spent enough money to
fast yet. I guess that I haven't gone fast either. I know I haven't spent much
in 28 years :) JD
Subject: Re: Technology
as for spending as much money as I like to go as fast as I can,
well, we save all year to to do what we can with what we have,
our 223 record on 65 ci, was on a bike we bought with 22000
miles, taken kids to school, street licensed and occassional
steet miles, about $1800 spent on fixxer uppers, $3600 for the bike,
almost every part bought of ebay/internet, 1960's molded carburetors,
rings, bearings, pistons from the best we could do from boxes of used
parts, 10 people in the family pitched in to buy the leathers we have,
I dont own a welder, a drill press, air compressor or ....didnt have a
vice until last year,
love the sawzall and hammer
now how we did things might not have been the best way, but its how we did
it,
Bonneville is life, we all have choices to make, we make them and enjoy
the return
if I had a roof of dirt and straw that has been maintained every yr to
keep my
family safe, I wouldnt tell my neighbor who just put up a composite
maintenance free
roof that I have had less leaks than him
its all goooood, life is gooood
Joe :)
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