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Vincent HRD isimli firmanın 1948 yılındaki bir rekor denemesinden bu kare

"On a cool Monday morning on Sept. 13, 1948, Rollie Freee lifted from Harley Davidson the US national motorcycle speed record by riding the first Vincent HRD Black Lightning racing Rapide motorcycle to a speed of 150.313 m.p.h. When Rollie's leathers tore from early runs at 147 mph, he discarded them and made a final, heroic attempt without jacket, pants, gloves, boots or helmet. Aboard the motorcycle owned by the California sportsman, John Edgar, this final run resulted in the most famous photograph in motorcycling, the "bathing suit bike" shot taken from a speeding car on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Rollie lay flat out on the motorcycle wearing only a speedo bathing suit, shower cap and a pair of borrowed sneakers. The AMA certified Free's record. The Lightning remained in California and was raced as well as seeing duty on the street until it's owners moved to Michigan in the 1960's. Out of sight for decades, the bike has re-emerged recently in the hands of it's new owner in Texas. Special features included the first-ever Vincent use of a rear shock absorber, the first Mk II racing cams and horizontally mounted racing carbs still in place today on the Lightning. Seldom has a racing bike survived virtually intact for almost 50 years.
Following a feature story in CYCLE WORLD MAGAZINE, the Bathing Suit Bike was flown to London as the star of the show for the LOUIS VUITTON CLASSIC in June, 1998. From there, it appeared as the featured bike at the VOC North American Rally at Mid-Ohio in July of last year. Since then, feature stories on the bike and its owner, HERB HARRIS, have appeared in magazines in France, England, Sweden and Italy. Stories about the bike have recently appeared in THE LONDON TIMES and THE LONDON INDEPENDENT newspapers and a segment on SKY TV in England. Most recently, it was featured at the Greenwich Conn. Concours D'Elegance covered by Speedvision. Little wonder that it has been named THE MOST FAMOUS MOTORCYCLE IN THE WORLD
http://www.thevincent.com/vinbath.htm


Yukarıda ki fotoğraf karesi "The bathing suit picture" olarak tanımlanıyor wikipedia'dan öğrendiğim kadarıyla



The famous picture of Rollie Free stretched out in only a bathing suit on a Vincent is not in fact a Black Shadow but a Black Lightning. The Black Lightning was a custom order from the factory and was some 100 pounds lighter and 25 hp more powerful than the stock Black Shadow. In one of his books, Phil Irving (the designer) said that there were only about 16 of the model produced. The Black Lightning is the fastest Vincent ever produced.

As for the famous "bathing suit bike" picture, it is of Rollie Free, an American, riding on the Bonneville Salt Flats on 13 September 1948. Free was determined to break the land speed record in the "Flying Mile." His first pass hit 148 mph (238 km/h), which broke the record, but Free was determined to break 150. Noticing that his riding leathers had started to come apart at the seams from the force of the wind, Free borrowed a bathing suit, cap, and a pair of tennis shoes and laid down on the bike. With the decreased drag, Free broke 150 mph, topping out at 150.313 mph (241.905 km/h), breaking his record of only a few moments before. That bike, also known as the "John Edgar Lightning" after its sponsor, is currently in the private collection of Herb Harris of Austin, Texas.
Detaylı bilgi için buraya bakabilirsiniz :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Black_Shadow

Anladığım kadarıyla bu motor Vincent HDR Black Shadow(linkte var) motorunun 25 hp güçlendirilmiş hali.

Black Shadow 998 cc ve 55 hp.

Yarışa konu olan Black Lightning (kara şimşek) ise 80 hp.


İlk rekor denemesinde 148 mph (238 km/h) hıza,sonrasında ise 150.313 mph (241.905 km/h) hıza ulaşıyor.


Bizim yarışçılar da Black Lightning'in rekorunu zorluyor




Bu fotolar ise eski yarışlara ve eski yarış motorlarına ait. Eskiden -şimdiki manasıyla bildiğimiz- SS mi varmış yahu?

















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