How to Build a Bonneville Salt Flats Motorcycle

Download or read book How to Build a Bonneville Salt Flats Motorcycle written by Keith Ball and published by Wolfgang Publications. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase Bonneville Salt Flats strikes a chord with any true gear-head. For motorcycle enthusiasts the allure is even stronger. How to Build a Bonneville Salt Flats Motorcycle documents the construction of The Worlds Fastest Panhead, conceived and assembled by Keith R. Ball, former editor of Easyriders magazine and current owner of Bikernet.com, the most popular biker stop on the internet. Keith walks the reader through all the steps and all the hassles of creating a true Bonneville Salt Flat motorcycle. From choosing a class to picking a frame, from finding an engine builder to minimizing the aerodynamic drag at 200 miles per hour, Keith explains the how and the why of building The World's Fastest Panhead. A project of this size is bound to suffer setbacks. Keith Ball uses a personal, narrative style to take the readers on a wild ride - through the ups and down of building his dream Panhead. So come along for the ride, down the salt with the world's best-known motorcycle journalist.