Whatever happened to? WALTER RUSK
It sounds so simple, produce more power and the bike will go faster. However, for straight-line speed to translate into correspondingly lower lap times the cycle parts must be up to the task, and occasionally that doesn’t quite happen.
Suzuki’s first TR750 ‘Flexi-fliers’ might be considered as examples, and anyone who was fortunate enough to witness Mike Hailwood’s now legendary efforts in riding the evil-handling Honda in the 1967 Senior TT will never forget the experience. However, there can now be few still alive who could say they had witnessed a comparable ride in 1939 when Belfast-born Walter Rusk rode the supercharged, water-cooled V4 AJS to record the first 100mph lap of the Clady circuit in that year’s Ulster Grand Prix, the first 100mph lap
