{"id":81,"date":"2016-01-27T03:05:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T03:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2016-01-27T03:05:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T03:05:55","slug":"in-print-rapid-bikes-100-from-stock-to-short-bus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/in-print-rapid-bikes-100-from-stock-to-short-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PRINT: Rapid Bikes #100. From Stock to Short Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the very first issue, Rapid Bikes has been a solid supporter of dragbike racing in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Our own Mick Withers was the original author of the ET column and almost every single issue from 1 to 100 came from his keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>When Mick introduced The Short Bus, Jeff offered him a column in Rapid Bikes so that the progress and pitfalls of the Staff Bike could be shared with readers.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a copy of the column from Rapid Bikes #100, the final issue with Jeff Ware as editor. We thank Jeff and Heather for the opportunity to share our journey with the readers and show them that everyone makes mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-79\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/RB100_pg99_1-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"RB100_pg99_1\" width=\"781\" height=\"1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/RB100_pg99_1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/RB100_pg99_1-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/RB100_pg99_1-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/RB100_pg99_1.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the very first issue, Rapid Bikes has been a solid supporter of dragbike racing in Australia. Our own Mick Withers was the original author&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/in-print-rapid-bikes-100-from-stock-to-short-bus\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IN PRINT: Rapid Bikes #100. From Stock to Short Bus<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","ratio-natural","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theshortbus.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}