MAY 24,1996

DEAR TRYCLOPS,

YOU ALSO WANTED TO KNOW MY (1) WORST AND (2) BEST EXPERIENCE ON MY TRIKE.

(1) DOING 95 MPH, ON A "2" LANER (ROAD), WHILE PASSING A CAR, I WAS GOING DOWN HILL TOWARDS "HALF MOON BAY, CA. (IT'S A GREAT BIKE ROAD WITH LOTS OF "S" CURVES AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TURN IT ON!) WHEN MY THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN! CARS WE'ER COMING AT ME AT HIGH SPEED... DECISION! FAST! I MEAN REAL FAST! AT TIMES LIKE THIS YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LET PANIC OF FEAR BECOME YOUR OVER-RIDING CONCERN. IF YOU DO- YOUR DEAD. PERIOD.

REACHING BACK, I CUT THE IGNITION TO KILL THE ENGINE, AND CHOPPED THE CLUTCH WITH MY LEFT FOOT TO DISENGAGE THE MOMENTUM OF THE ENGINE. THIS WAS ENOUGH TO DO, THEN TO SEE MY HEAD-LONG RUSH TOWARDS THE FRONT END OF A "66" CADILLAC GRILLE! I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK ON THE DRIVERS FACE AS HE PASSED. HIS EYES WERE AS BIG AS DINNER PLATES!

NEEDLESS TO SAY, I STOPPED AT THE NEAREST INN TO QUELL A BAD CASE OF NERVES!

(2) MY BEST EXPERIENCE? IT'S QUITE SIMPLE- IT'S SOMETHING THAT KEEPS HAPPENING, OVER & OVER. IT'S WHEN PEOPLE COME UP TO ME WHEN I'M ON MY "P-4O" AND THEY SAY WITH WIDE-EYED WONDER- "WHERE DID YOU GET IT? YOU BUILT IT?! OH, MAN!! HOW LONG DID IT TM~E? HOW MUCH? CAN I BUY PLANS TO BUILD IT?" ECT, ECT I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO KNODY~ THAT I HAVE CREATED NOT ONLY A VERY EFFICIENT MACHINE BUT A WORK OF ART! IT REACHES INTO PEOPLES HEARTS IN SOME STRANGE WAY WHICH BRINGS OUT THE ADVENTURE IN THEM. (SOMETHING WHICH IS SADLY LACKING NOWADAYS.)

THIS THEN, IS MY BEST EXPERIENCE- TO SELL THE PLANS TO THE "P-40" SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SHARE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO FLY!

BRING WINGS TO THE PEOPLE,

RAY AUSTIN

A.V.G. ENGINEERING

P.O. BOX 634

BRISBANE, CA. 94005

415-467-6603