H-T Build a Bonneville Salt Flats Motorcycle: World's Fastest Panhead (10) - Softcover

Ball, Keith R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1929133510 ISBN 13: 9781929133512

Verlag: Wolfgang Publications, 2018

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Bonneville salt flats in Utah, USA, have captured the imagination of speedsters for almost as long as there have been motor vehicles to speed in. A cruel, harsh place that can see the highs of one form the despair of another, just surviving the enviroment is hard enough let alone creating a speed record. In How To Build A Bonneville Salt Flats Motorcycle, Keith Ball recounts the adventures of a team that is at times loosley connected, badly financed but utterly dedicated to getting a Panhead Harley onto the salt and going fast. As with any race team, there are the characters, there are the mistakes, there are the triumphs and the hard work. In his tale about the 5-Ball Racing - of which he is nominally in charge, though throughout the book it's his partner Nyla who calmly seems to hold things together - Ball sets out to show how they got an idea in the back of their minds into metal and onto the salt flats, where they met up with their rider, Valerie Thompson, who'd not even sat on the motorcycle untill it came to Bonneville. From the initial design sketches to the finished bike on the salt, readers will see a blow by blow account of the building and testing of this bike. If you're into speed, bike building or just want to read an account of how a group of truly alternative people live their lives, then this is one for you. --Classic Bike Guide

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The phrase Bonneville Salt Flats strikes a chord with any true gear-head. For motorcycle enthusiasts the allure is even stronger. How to Build a Bonneville Salt Flats Motorcycle documents the construction of The Worlds Fastest Panhead, conceived and assembled by Keith R. Ball, former editor of Easyriders magazine and current owner of Bikernet.com, the most popular biker stop on the internet.

Keith walks the reader through all the steps and all the hassles of creating a true Bonneville Salt Flat motorcycle. From choosing a class to picking a frame, from finding an engine builder to minimizing the aerodynamic drag at 200 miles per hour, Keith explains the how and the why of building The World’s Fastest Panhead.

A project of this size is bound to suffer setbacks. Keith Ball uses a personal, narrative style to take the readers on a wild ride - through the ups and down of building his dream Panhead. So come along for the ride, down the salt with the world’s best-known motorcycle journalist. 

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• Verlag: Wolfgang Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1929133510
• ISBN 13: 9781929133512
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 146