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French rider Katy Calmon will bid for a FIM 500cc motorcycle land speed record on a prototype motorcycle at a disused English RAF base this weekend (15-16 September 2018). Katy aims to break the 1km record of 103.913mph (167.233km/h) with the prototype bike based on a Ducati 999R. Her bid will be part of the Straightliners Autumn Top Speed …
The future of the famous Bonneville Salt Flats, where Burt Munro so famously broke several world speed records on his 1920s Indian Scout, is in jeopardy. The annual Speed Week is facing its third consecutive year of cancellation because the salt crust is too thin. Apparently the “dry” lake is threatened by mining and wet weather conditions …
The future of the famous Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week is in jeopardy after the event has been cancelled for the second consecutive year. A thin layer of salt has caused the cancellation of the annual Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week that was scheduled to start on August 8, 2015. The persistent and worsening problems also spells …
Indian Motorcycle is heading back to the Bonneville salt flats while sister company Victory motorcycles has tackled the Isle of Man TT Zero (electric bike race) and Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. It seems parent company Polaris is keen to show the performance credentials of its motorcycle brands and cash in on its enormous cred at …
A British engineer hopes to break the 400mph barrier, set a new world record and possibly go as high as 450mph in his two-wheeled, helicopter-powered streamliner motorcycle. Richard Brown, 50, of Oxfordshire, and his team of friends, family and enthusiasts will head to the Bonnevlle salt flats in Utah this September in an attempt to …
Evelyne Scholz of Perth hopes to set a new land speed record this year and become the second female admitted to the exclusive Bonneville 200mph club riding a ‘naked’ bike. She already has multiple and speed records at up to 211.398mph on her Turbo Suzuki GSXR1000 nicknamed ‘Tiger’, and will attempt the 220mph ‘Naked’ Land Speed …