Riding across the US a little while back
Timo Geusch
ago) - a demobbed Brit rode across the US back in 1919:
http://www.archive.org/details/acrossamerica00sheprich
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Mark Olson
> This link has just turned up on the IBMWR list (well, a couple of days
> ago) - a demobbed Brit rode across the US back in 1919:
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/acrossamerica00sheprich
"The total number of replacements to the engine alone
comprised the following: Five new cylinders; three
pistons; five gudgeon pins; three complete sets of
bearings; two connecting rods, and eleven sparking plugs."
Relative of yours?
"The machine was entirely overhauled on four occasions
between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and on three of
these by the recognized agents of the manufacturers.
The engine cut-out switch was the only part of the machine
that did not break, come loose, or go wrong sooner or
later. I was thrown off 142 times, and after that I stopped
counting! Apart from that I had no trouble."
Fantastic stuff.
The Older Gentleman
> Relative of yours?
*Snigger*
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Wicked Uncle Nigel
Gentleman <totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> typed
>Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Relative of yours?
>
>*Snigger*
Dunno what you're sniggering at. NY to LA is 2,462 miles, or 13,949,760
feet.
Which, divided by 53 is 263,203 spark plugs.
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"Wicked Uncle Nigel" <w...@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older Gentleman
> <totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> typed
>>Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Relative of yours?
>>
>>*Snigger*
>
> Dunno what you're sniggering at. NY to LA is 2,462 miles, or 13,949,760
> feet.
>
> Which, divided by 53 is 263,203 spark plugs.
>
> --
JB
Buzby
130100060935
I think I might be reading it online.
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bod43
> JB wrote:
>
> > "Wicked Uncle Nigel" <w...@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message
> >news:qnD2ce5Z...@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk... >Using the
> > patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older Gentleman
> > <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
>
> > > > > Relative of yours?
>
> > > > *Snigger*
>
> > > Dunno what you're sniggering at. NY to LA is 2,462 miles, or
> > > 13,949,760 feet.
>
> > > Which, divided by 53 is 263,203 spark plugs.
>
> > > --
> > Oooh! Harsh. Very harsh. (But also fair) ;>)
>
> 130100060935
>
> I think I might be reading it online.
Fabulous stuff. Very well written, an astonishing tale.
Worth a read I thought, in print too.
http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem.asp?isbn=160355095X
if that is what tickles your fancy.
I read the pdf on PC which was not too bad, OCR ed (it
seems) in decent font, not 3 bad.
Thanks a *lot* for the pointer.
Kevin Weller
wrote:
> This link has just turned up on the IBMWR list (well, a couple of days
> ago) - a demobbed Brit rode across the US back in 1919:
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/acrossamerica00sheprich
Thanks, downloaded for reading. A similar era book is 'One Man Caravan'
by Robert Edison Fulton Jr. Which tells of his wander from London to New
York, across 22 countries, on a Douglas twin starting in 1932; it's an
excellent read IMO.
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