I've been to Classic Fighters and Hood Airshows. They're great too.
The metal is always nude.
I've been to Classic Fighters and Hood Airshows. They're great too.
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Una Storia Italiana
Damn right it is.... was at Omaka, brought over from Oz... awesome sound was real freaky.Originally Posted by nudemetalz
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
The metal is always nude.
They were a great aircraft in WW2. Based on the Harvard, the Aussies used them in the ground-attack role against the Japs in the jungles of Borneo etc. Very tough aircraft.
Another of my fav's is the Corsair. This was taken by me at the Classic Fighters airshow in Omaka last year.
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Forum whore
The B family were supposed to be going, but we've had a change of plans.
Thought I should mention something; according to The Press, there will be two of the replica 'Munro Specials' used in the filming of Worlds Fastest Indian on display. One of them will do a demo run. But thats not the big news. If the report I read is to believed the ACTUAL Munro Special will be on display. I believe it is the first public showing of the streamliner since it was bought by the Lewis(?) family many moons ago.
My daughter telling me like it is:"There is an old man in your face daddy!"
Una Storia Italiana
STOP right there.....
theres the problem Tony, I have been talking about this bike you mention and it lives in the US... I never knew it existed, note the lack off tail.
Now the yanks ont give it back, funny really whan they dont like the movie... I'll try and find the link and post it up here.
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
Fair weather rider
Cheers Big B good thread mate
See ya friday morning (remember your phone charger)
Hi to all hope to catch up with a few of the KBs on our trip around will keep a look out.Its our first time to the warbirds as well so looking forward to it
Cheers
9 down 26 to go
Una Storia Italiana
Hey any of you guys, if ya passing (I'm on state H/W1) then drop in if ya fancy a coffee, beer, whisky or to rest ya arse.Cheers Big B good thread mate
See ya friday morning (remember your phone charger)
Hi to all hope to catch up with a few of the KBs on our trip around will keep a look out.Its our first time to the warbirds as well so looking forward to it
Cheers
Gezzz... considering going to the air show now.
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
Forum whore
D- I'll see if I can dig up the article. It was in the specail feature liftout The Press did. Was on the smoko table at work- might still be there.
My daughter telling me like it is:"There is an old man in your face daddy!"
Watching & Waiting
Welcome to the site mate, we leave this Friday so maybe we'll see you there. I'll be wearing my KB shirt, so rock up and say hello.
Good to see so many KBer's are going.
Only one more day of work then I'm out of here.
cheers
L-Plate Rider
Thanks BigB. The 'Storm is yellow.
3 more days of work!
Hardcore Biker
Kiwi Rider will be at race to the Sky (same weekend) but myself, Dene P and Colin Cooper will be trying to get over to see the planes in action. I'll be happy to just hear a Merlin!!
If anyone is visiting Race to the Sky, we are Team Kiwi Rider / BMW and are somewhere in the middle of the paddock (will have two HP2's so will be hard to miss us).
Chris
Highway Biker
wrong the bike is and always has been in nz check out the indian owners register website for photos etc
there is a bike in teh states but not the bike
Una Storia Italiana
Yes I know, and I agree with you.
I brought this up on the MG forum, and here is the reply from the guy that posted the pics.
Dangerous: The first, and most important, thing you need to do is stop thinking the movie is a documentary. It is a fictionalized version of real life. The movie covers thing that happened on all nine trips. The scene where he set the record of 183.586 MPH was in 1967, the incident with the trailer wheel being replaced by a chunk of wood happen on his drive back to LA on his third trip, the incident with the cop on the highway never happened. Condensing a life as rich and exciting as Bert Munro's into 90 minutes requires a LOT of creativity and a willingness to sacrifice truth for beauty. The bike in the pictures I posted is the bike (chassis and body work) that set that record. In my mind that makes it the world's fastest Indian. Your opinion may well be different. The engine is another story, it may be the engine in the bike in NZ is the one that set the records, I don't know. I know he took the engine back and forth, the bike stayed in the US.
The bodywork on the bike in your picture was replaced (if I understand Marty correctly, the next time I see him I'll ask to be sure) on the first trip. The "triple tail" caused the bike to wobble uncontrollably at the speeds that Bonneville allowed Munro to reach. Marty said Munro just cut off back of the bike and replaced it with part of an aircraft (external) fuel tank. Typical of his direct solutions to problems. Anyway, the triple tail bodywork shows the bike (or at least the body work) in NZ never went fast at Bonneville, it was not possible to ride it at speed.
Lex
It seems that there must be a few Munro bikes about. TROLL... see my post on the next page
cheers DD
(Definately Dodgy)
Highway Biker
I'm going to the race to the sky too chris so i'll keep an eye out for you
For whom the bell tolls
my old man is working over at hobsonville at the moment. A couple of years back (2004) the Corsair was over there in the old WW2 hangar that used to be occupied by 3sqn until the airbase closed. I think it looks quite the part!
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
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