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Vintage Drag Waye drag motorcycle.
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...motorcycle.jpg
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...8541#post87726
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...473#post139173
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...792#post133257
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...819#post119134
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...4976#post80948
A fascinating story I knew nothing about: https://thevintagent.com/2018/04/04/...als-drag-waye/
"Waye, an electronics boffin, equipped his dragster with recording equipment, so data could be analyzed from each test run; an unheard-of practice at the time. One instrument recorded the distance covered every tenth of a second, while a second instrument recorded the acceleration in G-forces, utilizing a weighted pencil pushing against a spring that plotted a graph on a scrolling piece of paper"
The Drag Waye got considerable publicity at the time because it was so different and was a low budget attempt at a more scientific approach. It did achieve some success but was handicapped by the use of a VW beetle engine. Very few people could ride it because of the unfamiliar layout.
hell the first time I got on a bicycle it was a unfamiliar lay out.... figure it out then grab it and growl !!