The Spirit of Munro takes flight

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The Spirit of Munro takes flight

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Soooo beautiful. <Sniff> I'm going to fish out my copy of "World's Fastest Indian" and watch it again tonight. Here is a link to the article with pix and video.
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That is a beautiful machine! The craftsmanship is almost too nice for a salt flats machine. And that wonderful exhaust note!

I can see why you're feeling a bit verklempt. :whew: :lol:
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/me drools

Sweet. Beautiful. Thanks for the link.
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avesome to see that they took her to the salt. Burt would be proud :)
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az_slynch wrote:That is a beautiful machine! The craftsmanship is almost too nice for a salt flats machine. And that wonderful exhaust note!
Did you happen to notice how much that frame resembles a Norton Featherbed? Take a look at this.
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Post by Skootz Kabootz »

Nice. Nice. Nice. Definitely a screening of Worlds Fastest Indian is in order!
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Thanks for posting that link, good video!
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So...this is what real crotch rocket looks like:-D
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