[Kenneth_Moore]

Wow, I was watching the race and wondering the same thing! First, why red flag the race when the other races just shove the bikes off the track and rarely even throw a yellow flag? And second, what the heck is Mladin taking before the race that has him leaping up from that crash and literally RUN around the track? Either he's got some great "meds" or he's one tough mofo!

The races Speed covered in the UK in the rain were cool too. I liked it when those riders were crashing out and sliding for 10 minutes...I was waiting for one of them to make a cell phone call while he was waiting to come to a stop.

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

Back in the 70's we had a joke that if you drove slowly up US1 you could gather up enough spare parts from the HDs to build a new one! It's taken me 10 years to get my Shovelhead to a point where stuff stopped rattling off. But it still leaks oil...

 

[Kenneth_Moore]

That's a solid suggestion, no doubt. But I have this bizzare desire to try to keep the bike as close to original as possible. I did concede on the points and get a Crane ignition, and replaced the Kehnin carb with S&S. Those were "had to dos" to make the bike rideable day to day.