stumbled across this the other day, it's a letter written by Burt Munro (the guy "the world's fastest indian" is about).

http://www.antiquemotorcycle.org/The...urt_monro.html

ho-ly sheeit.

seriousy? breaking land speed records on cams filed BY HAND and cylinders made from scratch from GAS PIPE?

Genious is genious, but damn. Talk about using what you have handy to get the job done.

fucking wow.

 

I have yet to see that movie guess I need too. nice find!!!

 

that movie is FUCKING AWESOME, but doesn't go into nearly the detail it should have.

gotta appease the masses I guess.

 

I agree, after I saw it I did some research and he did a lot of work to learn and make parts out of about anything. And he would do it with extremely simple tools. A true gearhead. The movie was damn good though.

 

If you havent seen the movie you should. Just goes to show what gearheads do for the love of it.

 

"to the gods of speed"

 

It's "offerings to the gods of speed", lol, I have a shelf kinda like that too.