Mr. Egan's Bridgestone

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Just don't fill it full of formaldehyde and bolt it to a wall in the den. Leaves a nasty stain.

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Peter, I worked in a Bridgstone shop many years ago in East Los Angeles by the name of "Tillmans Sport Center". I am sure it's out of business by now, or moved and under new management. We had thousands of parts for all the Bridgstone models, and I even had the Bonniville record holder ridden by Tony Murphy built with factory money and the expertise of Don Vesco. My dad told me he hauled it to the dump. This was right after I installed the new $1000.00 Ceriani forks, Fontana 4 leading shoe front hub custom laced to Boranni aluminum rims with 6-8 stainless spokes! I believe that the sand cast remote float GP carbs were one of a kind. Tony had another frame and the spare engine, and if I remember correctly, they were sitting among the trappings of a tired old OHC Norton Manx. <BR>
One of Barny Tillman's mechanics was a fella named Armando Quesada, who still has a repair/road racing shop on Atlantic blvd. in East L.A. He used to be the Central and South American open class RR Champion riding an NSU late fifties, early sixties. <BR>
Another lead might be the "Bridgstone Collectors" web site. Somewhat dormant, it lists some of the names of old club racers and collectors around the country.<BR>
Hope this helps. They used to be some of the fastest "production" motorcycles available, and were pretty high tech for their time.