Monday, 1 July 2013

"HOGSLAYER - WORLD'S FASTEST NORTON" [FROM 'CHOPPERTOWN'] . . . . JUST BOUGHT THIS TODAY AND LOOKIN FORWARD TO ITS ARRIVAL, BY THE LADS WHO DELIVERED 'CHOPPERTOWN', 'THE HARBORTOWN BOBBER' AND 'BRITTOWN' . . . . I'VE GOT VAGUE RECOLLECTIONS OF READING ABOUT THIS MEAN MOFO BACK IN THE DAY IN 'MCN' . . . . IT WAS ENTIRELY THE BOOBIES AND RULED THE ROOST . . . . IT WAS DEFINITELY THE 'UNAPPROACHABLE' NO-TONE !!

DRAG RACING IS FESTOONED WITH LEGENDARY, HOME AND GARAGE BUILT TWO WHEELED MISSILES FROM THE CRAZY HEYDAY OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AND EVEN DOWN HERE IN OZ AND ENZED, BUT THIS DUAL, THEN TRIPLE POWERPLANTED NORTON IS ARGUABLY THE MADDEST QUARTER MILE MOSHEEN OF THEM ALL . . . . IT WAS SIGNIFICANT IN PIONEERING FUEL INJECTION FOR BIKES, FLAT DRAG SLICKS, RUNNING WHAT WAS THEN BIZARRE, UNTRIED BRAKE SETUPS TO BRING THE JIGGER TO A HALT, AND IN THE PROCESS BECOMING THE FIRST BIKE TO PULL A SUB 8.60/180+mph PASS IN SOMEWHERE LIKE '73 . . . . THE PRIVATEER DUDE CAMPAIGNING THIS FERAL FLYER, T C CHRISTENSEN, ALSO FOUGHT THE POWER AND MIGHT OF THE MILWAUKEE LEGAL TEAM AT THE SAME TIME, AS THEIR HIGHLY SPONSORED 'FACTORY' TEAMS DID WHAT THEY DO BEST AND TRIED TO HAVE THEM LEGALLY ELIMINATED FROM THE COMPETITION  . . . . SUFFICE TO SAY THEY FAILED AND THE HOGSLAYER SMASHED THEM INTO EMBARRASSING AND SILENT SECOND PLACE . . . . LIKE I SAID, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DVD TO TURN UP, SHOULD BE A WICKED VIEWING SESSION.
TC Christensens Hogslayer

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