LOL, in the first video, they were talking about exceeding 200 mph with the rail dragsters. I think it's up to over 340mph now in the quarter mile.
Back when everyone could go racing.
I was working for Yamaha when the RD 350 came out. We assembled the Bikes & test rode them.They used a RD 350 (?) cc twin cyl. motor
I vaguely remember the Husqvarna's. If I recall right they were really good looking bikes. I love bikes, but I'm terrified of the fools on the roads. No one watches for them, and if you get hit you are liable to end up dead or in a hospital room with a head injury and no way out. I heard such a thing when I was 12 yrs old. We had to go to Ann Arbor hospital to see my friends dad who'd had a brain tumor removed. There was some poor guy down the hall with said injury. All I heard was help, help moaned, when I asked someone what happened they said he'd been in a motorcycle accident, and had a head injury.It's nice that your 2 wheeler has front forks, for some suspension..does the rear have a rear shock ?
I used to watch a lot of those ATC's in the desert..guys riding them seemed to be having fun..but compared to my RM..they were slow.
I also remember that the early model atc's had no suspension..only the "give" in those balloon tires.
I did look at a Yamaha Banshee , when they 1st came out They used a RD 350 (?) cc twin cyl. motor, & had serious looking suspension, fr & rr.
I think that started the big interest in "quads" but there was no way a 4 wheeler was going to be as fast as a 2 wheeler...
I believed if you want to go faster, get a bigger motor! Got to ride a Husqvarna 500 4 storke, right after they came out.
Made my XT500 seem slow. Gave the guy my phone # & told me to give me a call if he ever wanted to sell it..
Some time later, saw the bike in the used bike section of a local dealer..guess he lost my #..
if you get hit you are liable to end up dead or in a hospital room with a head injury
Holy cow!Two sayings & remember from the Shop.
Motorcycles : Dangerous toys for girls & boys.
When you play cat & mouse with cars, the cat always wins.
When I think back of what I did for adrenaline rushes with bikes on & off the track I'm lucky to be alive.
Some shops would send a rider with your new bike to follow you home.
This guy with a Ford Mach 1 wanted us to follow him home & I got picked to ride the TZ 750 C home for him.
This sucker hit speeds of up to 140 & I sayed right on him. When we got there he said Dam man I never knew that bike would run like that.
So I told him this bike could run his car off the road & it would.
We rode bikes like this everyday, most big shops had test areas we could test um out.