Wow. Thanks for the history lesson!

On a similar note, while recently reading Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen & The Greatest Race Ever Run I stumbled across an interesting detail. Apparently, Dave Scott himself did not actually care for the ride of his signature model bike, and during his Centurion sponsorship days he was actually riding a custom by Nor Cal builder Albert Eisentraut painted mimic the Centurion! I know this was a relatively common practice amongst pro tour roadies during this era, but for some reason it surprised me nonetheless.

Also interesting (though not directly relevant to this thread), one of the photos in the color insert was of Scott Tinley riding a really beautiful blue & chrome Dave Moulton in the 1983 Ironman-- ah the days of beautiful steel racing machines...

Anyhow, the book is an excellent read, and it got me motivated to take my Ironman out on the road more, even if "The Man" wasn't actually crushing records on that very bike...

It's been posted elsewhere, but once more for posterity my Shimergo'd 1986 (87?) Ironman Expert, s/n #N6P7510: