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Hunter S. Thompson loved it, too, and it shows up in his work: https://www.vincent-hrd.co.uk/hst.html https://www.vincent-hrd.co.uk/hst.html > Fear and Loathi
by rdtsc 2y ago
Hunter S. Thompson loved it, too, and it shows up in his work:
https://www.vincent-hrd.co.uk/hst.html https://www.vincent-hrd.co.uk/hst.html
> Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1970)
> [At the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills, planning to cover the Mint 400 Desert Race in Las Vegas]
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"Well," he said, "as your attorney I advise you to buy a motorcycle. How else can you cover a thing like this righteously?"
"No way," I said. "Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?"
"Whats that?"
"A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."
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"It is," I assured him. "The fucker's not much for turning, but it's pure hell on the straightaway. It'll outrun the F-111 until takeoff."
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- brucehoult 2y agoIn the mid 80s I used to pace the taking off B737s at Wellington, on the road next to the airport, on my CBX550F2 [1] and later on my K100RT. I could get to about 200 km/h before I had to slow for the corner. The planes were rotating at that point. The speed limit on that road is 50 km/h now, it was a little higher back then ... not enough obviously... [1] https://hoult.org/cbx550.jpg https://hoult.org/cbx550.jpg
- rdtsc 2y agoThat is an epic story!
- morkalork 2y agoHells Angels a Strange and Terrible Saga is a good read too, that last passage made me want to go out and buy one immediately.
- cypherpunks01 2y ago"If you rode the Black Shadow at top speed for any length of time, you would almost certainly die. That is why there are not many life members of the Vincent Black Shadow Society." - HST From "Song of the Sausage Creature" (for Cycle World magazine, March 1995) mentioned there, definitely worth the quick read! http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html