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13 September 1948 Rollie Free Sets The Land Speed Record For A
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Roland free november 11 1900 october 11 1984 was a motorcycle racer best known for breaking the american motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the bonneville salt flats utah.
Vincent motorcycle salt flats. That same year a black shadow was clocked at 150 mph on the. On the morning of monday september 13 1948. Vincent motorcycles the book. The bathing suit vincent is the hook but there s so much more in flat out worth reading.
Owner herb harris of harris vincent gallery with the bathing suit bike the pride of his collection. Rollie free made made history aboard a 1948 vincent hrd v twin motorcycle often referred to as the bathing suit bike due to the scant attire of its rider roland rollie free. William edgar photo edgar motorsport archive that 1948 session on the bonneville salt flats may have been free s most famous escapade but his decades as a racer tuner and dealer of indians is every bit as compelling as a life story. Posted on december 30 2013 june 29 2014.
The picture of free prone and wearing a bathing suit has been described as the most famous picture in motorcycling. Salt speed addiction at bonneville. It s jay leno s favorite motorcycle. Photo by phillip tooth it is just before 8 a m.
In 1948 a british built hrd vincent black shadow motorcycle taken right out of the shipping crate could do 125 miles per hour. On 13 september 1948 rollie free achieved the us national motorcycle speed record at bonneville salt flats in utah riding the first vincent black lightning. All in the name of speed rollie free who on sept 13th 1948 broke the 150 mph motorcycle speed record at the bonneville salt flats on a modified vincent black shadow. The most famous motorcycle photo of all time.
He stripped down to bathing trunks and lay flat on the bike to decrease wind resistance. John edgar hired free to make the attempt at the bonneville salt flats on sept. Rollie free stretched out on the bathing suit bike bonneville salt flats sept. The classic english superbike known as the vincent black shadow.
More than 50 years after the last one rolled off the line the black shadow is still an.
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