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Rollie Free breaking speed records on a motorcycle, positioned and clothed to minimize wind resistance, Utah, USA, 1948 (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

There is a radical song about a guy who is dying of a desparato lifestyle and he says to his lover she can have his Vincent to ride.... I always thought it was a car. Now I get it.

[โ€“] kalpol@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

1952 Vincent Black Lightning, Richard Thompson