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I saw a TV coverage of the first time Wayne Gardner rode a manx Norton. He rode up on the bike and got off almost crying and said 'I never knew what they were riding'. I gave my son a DVD of videos about racing Bentlys that I'd downloaded and he said 'they were only doing about 115 MPH'. I think many people miss the point about speed in the old days. It is easy to look at that stuff in a scornful way and believe that the speeds they were doing was not fast. I think if you were riding that 2 litre motor pace bike at it's max capability, you'd be shitting. As for the Bently, I think sometime that I'm going to have to pay for a fast ride in one, it could be a real hoot.

[QUOTE="acotrel, post: 237675, member: 4295"] I saw a TV coverage of the first time Wayne Gardner rode a manx Norton. He rode up on the bike and got off almost crying and said 'I never knew what they were riding'. I gave my son a DVD of videos about racing Bentlys that I'd downloaded and he said 'they were only doing about 115 MPH'. I think many people miss the point about speed in the old days. It is easy to look at that stuff in a scornful way and believe that the speeds they were doing was not fast. I think if you were riding that 2 litre motor pace bike at it's max capability, you'd be shitting. As for the Bently, I think sometime that I'm going to have to pay for a fast ride in one, it could be a real hoot. [/QUOTE]

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