Aug 5 (edited)

The fastest guy I know.

I'm going back to the West Coast to visit some friends this summer. One of the guys set four world records at Bonneville on a streamlined 1969 Triumph Trident.
He's a Rolls Royce guy too...

Check it out:

https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-worlds-fastest-triumph-trident-mellor-streamliner/

Aug 5, 2026

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· Aug 5

This is the part I like!

· Aug 5

Quite the tow vehicle.

· Aug 5

180 mph?! 😳

· Aug 5

200 now I think.

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· Aug 5

These guys are all insane. I did like the movie though.

· Aug 5

That was a good movie.

· Aug 5

Kiwis are all crazy.
I've met a ton of them in the vintage motorcycle world and they're all like that.
Very creative people. Since everything has to be imported to New Zealand, people there have built all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
There's a saying: "If you give a Kiwi a roll of number 9 fence wire, in a week you'll have a car."

· Aug 5

Shawn, do you know Buzz Kanter? I met him on a tour last year. Nice guy and probably carzy.

· Aug 5

I don't but I've heard stories.

· Aug 5

Shawn, not sure what is more impressive. That your friend is going 180mph on bike or that he tows it back and forth 6 days in a 1950 RR with no problems.