Help make a dream come true

The goal of this an environment for the discussion and consideration for what I would define as the first legitimate attempt at breaking the visually impaired/legally blind/blind land speed record on a motorcycle. Many records have been set and many attempts have been made. Most of these individuals have been assisted by others and their achievements are only made possible by other operators instructing them on left and right, overall speed achieved, and placement on track.

What we plan to accomplish is an untethered record, no assistive drivers, no radio communication, no buzzes or clicks, no smoke or mirrors or gimmicks.

This is an open call for sponsorship, small to large. Please be advised that although I am requesting sponsorship I reserve all rights for the conditional use of sponsorship funds.

The acquisition, preparation, and maintenance of the record breaking vehicle will be preformed solely by visually impaired individuals with the exception of purchased items, not created by us. What sets this record attempt apart from previous is that despite being the operator I will also be the mechanic, tire changer, "carburator guy", etc. All of which will be preformed under the supervision of my legally blind crew chief and father.

Please encourage your friends and family to join this group and please sponsor. The minimum amount needed to make this attempt is $125,000. In today's economy this is a relatively small amount of money and if many people give a little we will reach it quickly. Let us try as a group to make this record attempt before the end of the calender year 2012.

Adventures in harness work

Our mare Flower appears to be a well trained harness horse from her life prior to living with us.Our four year old gelding was started as a yearling or 2 year old before we got him. We tried him last year and he was not comfortable with the wagon. This year with a lighter, two wheeled training cart he is much more comfortable and a willing drive. Flower on the other hand, loves the wagon and the training carts.

She showed us the correct placement of the harness straps and she is a willing test pilot for each of her human's creations. Flower is shown pulling his latest design a high seat, bike fork cart. 
Each cart is tested by her first as she can deal with any problem that may arise if a piece fails. For the first mile of testing she is accompanied by a human acting as a groom or headman, whose job is to steady her and remove her from a broken test cart should it be badly damaged. 

This design above is the same piece as the previous but it needed to have the shafts trimmed down. She lets us know when things are not as they should be, she was huffing and snorting quietly to her groom to tell him that they were too long. 
After Flower tested this cart we hitched Tanka as he asked to try. He did fabulous! Of course I have no pictures as I was on call for assistance, since he was naughty last year. He wanted to try again a couple days later, but sadly we bent a wheel when Flower was giving me a tour.

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