Dealing with unbridled horsepower .

We could build a cafe racer out of an M20 BSA and a Norton rotary engine. Might give us an adrenalin rish.
 
Most of the guys who ride modern bikes on public roads would probably neck themselves, if they got aboard a Manx on a race track. 50 BHP is plenty. A 1959 Bonneville is quick enough for most riders. One of my mates rode a 1000cc Vincent around Europe. He ended up in Nobles Hospital on Mad Sunday. When he came back to Australia, he raced cars. The first time he tried tp race motorcycles, I took him home to his wife with a broken collar bone. - Manx Nortons have drum brakes, and he had over-reacted anyway, Then another two of his silly car-racing mates tried the same thing and also crashed and never tried again.
The only time motorcycle road racing is really dangerous, is when you first attempt to do it. - It looks easy.
Nuvolari, Rosemeyer, Brabham, Surtees and Hailwood - all began their racing careers by racing motorcycles - going the orther way from cars to bikes, is much more difficult. - 'Monkey see, monkey do' ?
 
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Most of the guys who ride modern bikes on public roads would probably neck themselves, if they got aboard a Manx on a race track. 50 BHP is plenty. A 1959 Bonneville is quick enough for most riders. One of my mates rode a 1000cc Vincent around Europe. He ended up in Nobles Hospital on Mad Sunday. When he came back to Australia, he raced cars. The first time he tried tp race motorcycles, I took him home to his wife with a broken collar bone. - Manx Nortons have drum brakes, and he had over-reacted anyway, Then another two of his silly car-racing mates tried the same thing and also crashed and never tried again.
The only time motorcycle road racing is really dangerous, is when you first attempt to do it. - It looks easy.
Nuvolari, Rosemeyer, Brabham, Surtees and Hailwood - all began their racing careers by racing motorcycles - going the orther way from cars to bikes, is much more difficult. - 'Monkey see, monkey do' ?
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Maybe they should consider stamp collecting.
 
Those car guys who try to race motorcycles send me on guilt trips. When they are fantasising, I cannot shout at them. But when they hurt themselves, I am still forced to say nothing. When you watch motorcycle road racing, it looks easy. And when you are experienced it IS easy. The only time it is really dangerous is when you make your first attempt. Car drivers are used to going fast and they seem to believe that driving cars has something to do with riding a motorcycle. The only thing which is dangerous about car racing are the fuel loads.
 
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