Jalika (pictured) sewed the seat cover by hand. Speed week on the Bonneville Salt flats. The moto is a 650cc 1952 Pre-Unit Triumph Thunderbird built by Alp (blog).
On Monday, I crashed my Monster at about 50mph. I suffered road rash on my hip and lots of bruising- and Pandora has flesh wounds of her own. Here’s what exactly happened, and the lowdown on the gear that saved my life.
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Posted on August 27, 2011 in Motorcycles by Alicia Mariah Elfving