1980 May Rider Motorcycle Magazine Touring San Diego Don Vesco The Fastest Rider

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1980 May Rider Motorcycle Magazine Touring San Diego Don Vesco The Fastest Rider On the Cover: The Suzuki GS1100 Outfitted withthe Pacifico Shadow Classic fairing. Photo byV V Hsu.©©Odomrocra®6/Denis Rouse8/Bill Estes13/Dick Blom26/Grace Butcher14/Rider Response31/Safety Forum64/Rider Insider8O/Rallying Around80/Rider Calendar95/Rider Clinic36/Suzuki GS11OO44/Moto Guzzi V-5040/Don Vesco — The Fastest Rider42/lllinois Leads in Rider Education47/Cross-Country on the Moto Guzzi V-5047/A Very Unusual Motorcycle Dealership52/Touring San Diego County84/Favorite Ride: Mt. Evans Highway, ColoradoIPbW Ewltafcira©39/Pacifico Shadow Classic Fairing48/Chaps — Tops in Leather Versatility50/Hein Gericke Leathers51/Calafia Touring System54/How to See Better at NightDon Vesco:The Fastest RiderHe designs by the seat ofhis pants, and understateshimself. But the records fall.His new goal: 409.227 mphThere we are, you and I, on our80-horsepower superbikes, making65-mile-an-hour moves through thefreeway traffic, watching for cops likerabbits watching for hawks. We're goinqtoo fast, right? Or we're oh a' Canadiantour and we're making likehundred-mile-an-hour arrows across theincredible flat vastness ofSaskatchewan. We're really rolling, now.But in a certain kingdom, there are nocops to worry about and 100 is slow. Sois 200. And 300, too. The kingdom is thebarren salt flats of Bonneville where theonly god is speed, and Don Vesco is hisprophet. Late in the summer of 1980,Vesco intends to pilot his new 550-hptwin-six Kawasaki streamliner over 400mph to capture the absolutewheel-driven land speed record.“The more I've done it. the more I’veacclimated myself to it," Vesco says.“Two hundred used to befast. The firsttime I went 250, I thought it was too fast.I wasn't sure I wanted to go any faster.Now, if I don't go over 300, I'mdisappointed. I’m not worried aboutgoing 400. I know I'll be able to handleit. The only thing that speed has to dowith anything is that it makes everythinghappen quicker."A lot quicker. At 60, it takes oneminute to cover a mile. At 400, it flashesby in just nine seconds.But those few seconds represent the... And much more! 13528

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