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22nd August 2011, 02:37 #1
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Salt-flat racing in remote South Australia
Hi guys
A photostory here from The Weekend Australian Magazine about a guy who has transformed a 1973 GT750 into an amazing salt-falt racing machine
Here's the link:
Lake Gairdner 5710 | The Australian
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22nd August 2011, 14:37 #2
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That's pretty amazing. 373km/h from a bike powered by an engine of that vintage is some pretty impressive engineering!
Get off my lawn
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8th September 2011, 03:40 #3
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Way cool!
One of the original team at Deus Ex Machina in Sydney had a salt flat racer that he'd keep in the showroom when not racing or modifying it. Was a very nice little bike.
Another good short article about racing on Lake Gairdner here:
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