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'Action Park was the site of several fatalities in just the first five years of operation' - Cannonball Loop: The infamous Cannonball Loop (pictured below) was the park’s biggest failed attraction, but it’s sheer audacity in concept has given it legendary status in amusement park lore. At the time, Great American Recreation was experimenting with new attractions. At Action Park, attraction experimentation sometimes meant abandoning convention. In the case study of the Cannonball Loop, the convention which was abandoned appeared to be physics. The design was extreme and bordered on the fantasy. Testing did not go well. Dummies exited the pipe missing limbs; one came out in two pieces. If there was suspicion of poor design, it was confirmed when a hatch had to later be added to the loop to remove riders who got stuck. Debris and rocks would collect at the bottom of the loop, creating a sandpaper-like surface. Those who dared make the plunge suffered terrible cases of slide rash. Employees were offered $100 to test the outlandish slide, but few dared accept the offer. Said one employee who gave it a go: “$100 did not buy enough booze to drown out that memory.” read more here http://sometimes-interesting.com/2014/02/07/there-was-nothing-in-the-world-like-action-park/ Horror stories here http://www.buzzfeed.com/danm3/35-horror-stories-that-prove-action-park-was-the-6wr

did the port matching on the Gilera, 1 hp extra on that is like 15% of total HP

this one brings a little tear to the eye

that was High, cool

managed to get one £81 delivered you can tell the Gilera's finished now

comes with the Halfords kit unless you have a particular deep spark plug recesses I have box spanners for that

a rubber mallet is in-dispensable too, great for putting in wheel axles, recalcitrant parts and loosening barrels/clutch covers stuck with age. the most ones I use are: Halfords 1/4" metric socket set torque wrenches x 2 to cover the diverse torque range 10mm and 13mm spanners x 2 12mm 17mm 8mm spanners various different screwdrivers as each head has different sockets Allen keys impact driver heavy hammer tack hammer

aww bless, such a nice thought....

thank you Mrs Brown

good one Heinz

hopefully the weather will have improved by then

see he was supping a bottle of wine too

get your wellies back on foams

no, it only arrived to the DVLA I dug out the spannie from the shed today and it hasn't got the end piece on the can anyone have a spare off an old exhaust?

letter arrived at DVLA! WTF with this signature? did Foams sign it, as its a penis! Signature of delivery for your item Printed name: BE TB

great pics, and I bet great memories (and mammaries on the beach!)

what dates the trip?

sounds great foams, picks up really well too. grunty grins eh!

compressor looks good, didn't know they did upright ones

we want gold

the home of my latest fave group "Black Spiders"

don't forget those spacers in the wheels first

true, mines an old bike so plod may/have to give some latitude in exhaust noise levels.

wow, that was some damage, glad its all sorted for the nice weather to come