Land Speed Racing

.Via : www.motorcycle-usa.comA Sam Wheeler Photo GallerySam and friends with first streamliner loaded in back of old van.Go Speed Racer!Humble beginnings: Notice the surplus nose cone Sam purchased for a dollar…The Norton at El Mirage with bodywork removedSam set a record with the Norton streamliner in 1970: 208.747 mph on gas.Sam checks out the Ack Attack before making his only attempt in a

1970 Harley Streamliner

The year was 1970. Harley-Davidson, the sole surviving American motorcycle manufacturer, was sinking under pressure from Japanese imports. To survive, the privately owned company had become part of recreation conglomerate AMF.In an era when the Japanese were releasing the first generation of multi-cylinder Superbikes, the Motor Company decided it needed to do something dramatic to restore its