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Old 07-23-2011, 04:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Trout at Bonneville

I froze the crash scene in 'The World's Fastest Indian' to photograph the plan view of Burt Munro's 1920 Indian Scout streamliner LSR bike of the 1960s.
Then I compared it to the 'trout' in Sir George Cayley's Notebook of 1800.
The nose and tails are virtually identical when viewed in plan.
Burt's bike is just stretched a bit,with a constant-velocity section in the middle,making its overall length a bit greater.
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Old 07-23-2011, 04:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Lousy movie. They barely showed any scenes of the bike, and the main thing I remember from it was that he was a slob that urinated on his trees and burnt his lawn so he wouldn't have to mow it.

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A pic here would be worth 1000 words~
Frank,I'll post 'em when time permits.The shot from Bonneville is pixelated due to the TV screen.
Cayley's image is pretty good though.
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I added the two images.They're in the original permalink @ thread beginning.

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