From regular correspondent, Roger F...
Narrated by Country singing star and motorcyclist Lyle Lovett and a host of off-road racing stars, the full length movie about John Penton hits theaters this June and I can without reservation, proclaim it a must see for anyone who has ridden on knobby tires. He flat out revolutionized woods riding in the U.S., developed Penton motorcycles, and helped put American riders on the map in the ISDT. Penton was eventually absorbed by a little backwater manufacturer named KTM and set KTM on the road to becoming arguably the most successful off-road motorcycle producer in the world today.
Check it out... Roger
Looking forward to seeing that!
ReplyDeleteThe little Honda SL 100 I plan on racing in DirtQuakeUS has a Carl Cranke connection. My brother and I put it together from a basket case in the early seventies. Carl was working at a local shop and bored the cylinder and did some machine work on the piston. A few years later we used to see him riding a Penton out by where we were living at the time...he was married to our landlords daughter.
With some new rings, seals, and a valve lap the little Honda should be good to go...after all these years...