Friday, 14 June 2013

"BMW MOTORCYCLE RACING - ISLE OF MAN TT 1939" . . . . AN AUSGEZEICHNET MINI-DOC ON ONE OF THE GREATEST WINS IN THE HISTORY OF THE IOM TT . . . . GEORGIE MEIER FROM ZE FARZERLAND ASTRIDE HIS SUPERCHARGED REICH ROCKET BUZZ BOMBED THE COURSE AND TOOK HOME THE TROPHY TO ADOLF . . . . WHO PROMPTLY LOST IT TO AVID BIKE ENTHUSIAST, HEINRICH HIMMLER, IN A GAME OF NUDE POKER JUST PRIOR TO THE INVASION OF POLAND.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF THE FACTORY SUPERCHARGED BEEMER PRE-WAR RACER, IT WAS ONE AWESOME BIT OF KIT AND LOOKED THE ABSOLUTE TITTIES, THE FACT IT WENT ON TO WIN THE TT WAS CERTAINLY EVIDENCE OF THAT, IT WAS I BELIEVE, THE FIRST TIME A NON BRITISH BIKE HAD TAKEN OUT THE HONOURS . . . . SO CHUFFED WERE THE POMS THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY BANNED ANYTHING WITH A HAIRDRYER ATTACHED TO THE DONK TO ENSURE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE NEVER EVENTUATED, AS IT TRANSPIRED, A LITTLE SCUFFLE CALLED WWII BROKE OUT AND RACING WAS CANCELLED . . . . AS WE KNOW, ZE FARZERLAND AND THE THOUSAND YEAR REICH CAME SECOND IN THAT SKIRMISH AND THE LAST THING ON THE MIND OF THE KRAUTS IN 1946 WAS ENTERING A SCOOT IN THE TT, THEY WERE FLAT OUT WORKING ON THE SOON TO BE RELEASED, FULL RACE PURPOSED, ISETTA, ODDLY ENOUGH, POWERED BY AN ACTUAL HAIRDRYER . . . . SERIOUSLY, WOULD I LIE TO YOU ??

5 comments:

  1. Funny shit Whitey. Aussie history books differ slightly from the Amerikan version.

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    1. I could be guilty of a just a little bit of personal interpretation there Herm, but I'm sure you get the idea . . . never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn. Have a good weekend my friend.

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  2. Must say, those Isettas put the funny in funnycars...

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    1. I loved em as a kid Laz, and the wee Messerschitts, Heinkels and even the Vespa trike car things, still think they are entirely cute . . . but then I do own a SS125.

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  3. Had a friend in High school that had a Scrambler 125 twin, that had no trouble keeping up with our 175 twins. Pretty amazing little motors. Another guy at the school had a 'Schmitt, quit driving it to school...got tired of the football players turning it sideways in his parking spot.

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