james(burt) monroe

this is such a cool article.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...I7GGLL_en&sa=N&um=1&ei=3oIIS-iXIdCztgfnrqWLCA

Good movie too. The World’s Fastest Indian

Good reading Billy. Thanks

That was a good read, thanks for sharing!

I also really enjoyed the movie, the World's Fastest Indian. Burt was a genius.

the patron saint of rat bikers everywhere.

one of my favorite!!![cl

i rember reading about him in a popular mechanics many many years ago, this was just way to kool, i think i'm gonna whatch it again tonight....[P

Burts ride was too well engineered to be a rat bike. For the real deal just google:
E.J. Potter aka The Michigan Madman

his micrometer was a bicycle spoke and he cast his own pistons in tin cans.[cl

Anyone that cast his own pistons at home for a land speed record holder has my respect.

nefareous said:

Burts ride was too well engineered to be a rat bike. For the real deal just google:
E.J. Potter aka The Michigan Madman

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Who was that?

Very cool, thanx.....really enjoyed the movie. Ive done about 170 mph in a car. Let me tell you that 140mph on a bike feels scary as hell. I couldnt imagine doing almost 200 mpg 20 inches off the ground...

Jonnyrod65 said:

Anyone that cast his own pistons at home for a land speed record holder has my respect.

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boy you got that right.
what a stud!

We talked about Burt on here sometime over the past year. That genious is one of my all time hero's and the movie is one of my favorites too. I have a close friend from New Zealand who as a kid got to watch Burt run on the beach down there. He said it was amazing to see. He never thought a movie could come out of it. He didn't ever meet Burt in person but he did get the chance once to get up close to the bike and said it was a real beast compared to what you would expect. Very primitive by today's standards but fast as hell, is how he described it.

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