A trip to Indy in advance of MotoGP

[the Ferret]

Had a great day. Met forum member dUh over in Indianapolis and he showed me a good way to get into the track for the MotoGP race on the 10th hopefully avoiding traffic and construction. 315 miles round trip on the freeway and it was 59 degrees when I took off so the ST call the call for me. Rick was waiting for me when I pulled into the meeting spot.

dUh and his ultra cool 13 CB 1100.. notice fairing, side covers and cool 4 into 2 titanium Moriwaki pipes that sounded too good.

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while at the track he suggested we visit the Museum..it was great! Notice the cool T shirt (must be a racing year for me..I have visited Indy, Bonneville Salt Flats and Pikes Peak this year)

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I was surprised that the Indy car racers has disc brakes in 1959 since we didn't get them on street bikes until 1968. Long time for that technology to trickle down I thought.

At one point I am pointing out some Rube Goldberg looking steering set up on a French racing trike and said something like "wonder what engineer came up with that?" Then I said "oops, hope you're not an engineer". There was a moment of dead silence from Rick. I could hear crickets chirping it was so quiet. I thought "uh oh". Then I said "what DO you do for a living?" and he said "I'm a mechanical Engineer" aarrgghghh open mouth insert foot Mickey!. We had a good laugh about it and found out he works for a company that does a lot of engineering business for the company my wife works for. Small world.

anyway....

Here is the 1909 Indian that Cannonball Baker won one of the first motorcycle races at Indy with in 1909

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we also took a lap around the track (no, they wouldn't let us take our bikes, they made us take a bus but it was still pretty cool)

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after the museum we went over to pick up my parking pass for the MotoGP race, then headed over for some awesome BBQ for lunch

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Then Rick led me back out of Indy and pointed me in the direction home. By mid afternoon it had climbed to 84 degrees and it was a beautiful ride back to Cincinnati.

dUh at speed leading me out

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We had a great time, Rick is a fun guy, laughs easily, smiles a lot, easy to get along with. I invited him over to ride the curves in Ohio/N Ky. Hope he takes me up on it.

Thanks again Rick and I will see you on the 10th at the MotoGP race when the forum members get together..

[DAC]

Great post! When you get a chance, pm me the tips and tricks to getting in there on race day. I'll be there all three days so maybe I'll figure it out by then anyway, but will take any advice.

[the Ferret]

DAC will pm you tomorrow.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

That is a great looking museum. And I'd love to wrap my laughing gear around that BBQ. Didn't someone once say (croon) "Such a lot of world to see".

Cheers, and cool bike Rick.

[dUh!_imp]

It was really nice meeting you Mickey. Had a great time riding around, hanging out. I certainly will be heading your way to explore a little more outside of my normal box haha - If I can help on on Race day when you roll into town, just let me know. I will try to help anyone - just let me know what you need.



ST has an interesting sound to it. Nice looking bike.
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Spirit of America did have an unbelievable exhaust port. Looking down the lines of the vehicle, I'm reminded of a shark.
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Nobody is looking - You should hop it!!
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I couldn't capture the contol cables, but the tape and freyd cable ends are there. Surprised this this could even run without RLET's
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Thank you Pterodactyl - if I can just get you to like my Subaru WRX - Have to work on that next

[the Ferret]

ST sounds like George Jetson's car

For the record, I never saw dUh with a backwards hat on..or any hat on for that matter.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

It was really nice meeting you Mickey. Had a great time riding around, hanging out. I certainly will be heading your way to explore a little more outside of my normal box haha - If I can help on on Race day when you roll into town, just let me know. I will try to help anyone - just let me know what you need.



ST has an interesting sound to it. Nice looking bike.
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Spirit of America did have an unbelievable exhaust port. Looking down the lines of the vehicle, I'm reminded of a shark.
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Nobody is looking - You should hop it!!
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I couldn't capture the contol cables, but the tape and freyd cable ends are there. Surprised this this could even run without RLET's
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Thank you Pterodactyl - if I can just get you to like my Subaru WRX - Have to work on that next

ST sounds like George Jetson's car

For the record, I never saw dUh with a backwards hat on..or any hat on for that matter.

Are you two ganging up on me? Lads, I've got nothing against the WRX, per se; they are fast, reliable and very sturdy. In fact here in Australia they are, without question, the premier vehicle of choice for the discerning ATM ram-raider. dUh, this is in no way a slight against you - they normally use other peoples WRXs and often forsake the baseball cap (backwards) in favour of a balaclava.

However, getting back to on topic. More good photos of the museum. There must be some real gems of motoring history around the walls and on the floor of that place. Another place in the States I would like to have a look at is the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Pickering OH I believe so it probably isn't far from your place ferret, or Indianapolis for that matter. There is a small exhibit there dedicated to a man whose history has always held an interest for me, one Harvey Mushman by name (sometimes). Home town Indianapolis, rough beginnings, some flaws, made good, motor and (real) motorcycling enthusiast and rider. A real bloke gone before his time.

Cheers, and no using Google.

[the Ferret]

Lol no ganging up, the only thing I remotely remembered about the wrx conversation was the hat on backwards comment lol.

Can I use my reference books on your Harvey Mushman cause with my faultering memory he isnt ringing a bell. i have a feeling its a nom de plumb or something.

Been to the AMA museum in Pickerington many times. Its relatively right up the road (about 100 miles) and more up my alley than a car museum, however the Indy museum was not just a car museum, it was a collection of race winners showing a real spectrum of racing technology. Col stuff

[Pterodactyl_imp]

OK. Clues: Born 1930 - Died 1980. Born Beech Grove, Indiana. Boys home (correctional) in California. Marine - poor record initially (ill disciplined), then came good and assigned to presidential honour guard, honourable discharge 1950. Went on to another life. Harvey Mushman (his nom de motorcycle racing) raced in many top off-road races on the West Coast, including the Baja 1000, the Mint 400 and the Elsinore Grand Prix. In 1964 on a Triumph TR6 Trophy, he represented the United States competing for the Silver Vase award in the 964 edition, held in Erfurt, East Germany of the International Six Days Trial, an off-road motorcycling event. His competition number was 278. Kicked in $300,000 to the making of "On Any Sunday". And he was an amateur, spent the rest of his time just looking cool.

Cheers, come on man, think!

[the Ferret]

Steve MCQueen ...now its ringing a bell. That's the name he would sign up under so others and maybe the studios wouldnt know he was racing. Good one and clues were great