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ne of the greatest things about attending Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trails are the stories. The personal triumphs and even the defeat that come with reaching a lifetime goal. That one run, that special accomplishment that very few get to add to a list of their lifetime achievements. Sure, there are those who are fixtures at Bonneville, there year after year because once they make it they know, this is as good as it gets.
Still, more are passing through, either only able to make it once or unable to give in to the dance that is a love affair with the salt flats. You can see the ones with the great stories, just waiting to share them, so full of the exhilaration of what they are doing that it brims over. A long stare as if they are gazing out to the edge of the universe itself, and in some ways, even beyond. This is a story just like that, a great story, of a great group of people doing a great deed in the name of an amazing man.
Article And Photos By: Chris Callen
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December ‘18 - CYCLE SOURCE MAGAZINE
It all started with one man that was very well respected in the motorcycle community of Europe. His name was Zed, and from the stories of his friends and family, I got to know him during my time on the salt flats, although we never had the chance to meet in person. In France, when Harleys became popular in the early seventies, there were a few people who really shined through that time. He was one of the first guys in Paris that started to build choppers; he became a pioneer of custom
