Comments on: Ride Fast Rollie Free http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:12:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Derek K. Miller http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/#comment-5816 Derek K. Miller Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:39:07 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=9449#comment-5816 Part of the charm of that famous photo is how normal Free looks. Indeed, it's interesting how nearly everyone in the pictures looks a bit old and schlumpy. Today a similar group of enthusiasts, while maybe of the same age, might have done a lot more working out and had a lot more cosmetic surgery for the cameras. Part of the charm of that famous photo is how normal Free looks. Indeed, it’s interesting how nearly everyone in the pictures looks a bit old and schlumpy. Today a similar group of enthusiasts, while maybe of the same age, might have done a lot more working out and had a lot more cosmetic surgery for the cameras.

]]> By: JP http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/#comment-5815 JP Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:59:03 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=9449#comment-5815 ...meant Mad Max Bubeck, not Munro. Bubeck still holds the title for fastest speed on a non-streamlined, normally aspirated 80 c.i. Indian. …meant Mad Max Bubeck, not Munro.

Bubeck still holds the title for fastest speed on a non-streamlined, normally aspirated 80 c.i. Indian.

]]> By: JP http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/#comment-5814 JP Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:55:02 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=9449#comment-5814 Nice. He's an icon. The swimsuit came about because at those speeds his clothing was literally ripped off in shreds. I have a write-up on Munro over at the Black Watch blog. JP Nice.

He’s an icon. The swimsuit came about because at those speeds his clothing was literally ripped off in shreds.

I have a write-up on Munro over at the Black Watch blog.

JP

]]> By: Chris http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/#comment-5813 Chris Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:21:14 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=9449#comment-5813 Check up on the World's Fastest Indian, about Burt Munro setting a motorbike record of his own in the Sixties there. Check up on the World’s Fastest Indian, about Burt Munro setting a motorbike record of his own in the Sixties there.

]]> By: Eric http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/#comment-5812 Eric Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:25:25 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=9449#comment-5812 That's a cool photo man. F**in awesome to be able to do that. I wish I could put rockets on my bike and fly down riverside drive like a mofo with wings. That’s a cool photo man. F**in awesome to be able to do that. I wish I could put rockets on my bike and fly down riverside drive like a mofo with wings.

]]> By: roseskunk http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/07/05/ride-fast-rollie-free/#comment-5811 roseskunk Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:26:44 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=9449#comment-5811 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o Great shot, great bike, great song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKTzwaEa2o

Great shot, great bike, great song.

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