VOL. 54 ISSUE 20 MAY 23, 2017 P55
"I had so many customers at Super
Rat keeping me busy aside from my
full-time job at Electron Hydro, that it
was impossible to focus on returning to
Bonneville," says Mark. "But I'm thank-
ful for the work, and it does provide an
income to help fund our land-speed
projects. But after our successful visit
to the salt flats in 2012, it wasn't until
January of 2014 that I could begin
construction of the next bike. But what
to build? Well, here I need to go back
in time to 2006. I had studied the new
Ducati Monster S4RS and it seemed
absolutely brilliant. I had to have one,
but it seemed selfish. My brother Carl
and I had worked together on projects
for 20 years, and we're always doing
stuff together. I had just finished pour-
ing a huge concrete project where
Carl had spent three months with me
tying all the rebar, and for most of that
he'd been hanging off scaffolding. The
job had been very profitable, and it
"But I tell you, it feels magnificent.
It's the closest you can come to
feeling like Superman!"
Bjorklund's tall
body is draped
low down over the
frame, with legs
raked upwards
behind him to
the far rearset
footpegs, with his
helmet close to
the front tire for an
aerodynamic pose.
