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[email protected] gfretwell@aol.com is offline
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Default Found out about why this place is packed with slingshots.

They are having a rally and there are hundreds here from all over the
country.
BTW at what point is this not a motorcycle?

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Mash%20stom...0slingshot.jpg

These things are stock with a 2,4l engine but there is one here with a
small block V8. There are several with turbos or blowers.
I talked to some drivers and the consensus is when you "lose" one it
spins out. Nobody admits they have heard of flipping one but I did see
a few with substantial roll cages. The pipes holding up the T tops do
not look like they are up to the task. There are plenty of customized
ones buzzing around once I really started looking. They seem to be
owned by fat old bikers who can't pick up a Harley or Gold Wing if
they drop it. Or so one guy told me.