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The first generally recognized motorcycle speed records were set unofficially by Glenn Curtiss, using aircraft engines of his own manufacture, first in 1903, when he achieved 64 mph (103 km/h) at Yonkers, New York using a V-twin, and then on January 24, 1907, on Ormond Beach, Florida, when he achieved 136.27 mph (219.31 km/h) using a V8 housed in a spindly tube chassis with direct shaft drive ...
The fastest production motorcycle for a given year is the unmodified motorcycle with the highest tested top speed that was manufactured in series and available for purchase by the general public. Modified or specially produced motorcycles are a different class, motorcycle land-speed record .
Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST) (AMA Land Speed Grand Championship / FIM Land Speed World Records) is a motorcycle land speed racing event, held annually at Bonneville Speedway, US. The event is sanctioned by American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) [ 1 ] as the Land Speed Grand Championship and Fédération Internationale de ...
Land speed racing is a form of motorsport. Land speed racing is best known for the efforts to break the absolute land speed record, but it is not limited to specialist vehicles. [1] A record is defined as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs (commonly called "passes"). [2]
Pages in category "Land speed record motorcycles" ... Big Red (motorcycle) BMW Type 255; BMW WR 750; BUB Seven Streamliner; C. Curtiss V-8 motorcycle; G. Gyronaut X-1; J.
In 1966, he set a 1000cc class record of 168.66 mph (2 way average) with his engine at 905cc. His unofficial top speed was 212 mph (341.181 km/h), his qualifying speed was 172 mph (270.807, km/h). In 1967, his engine was bored out to 953cc and he set an under 1000cc class record of 184.087 mph (2 way average).
Land speed records by type of vehicle Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs Land speed record [a]: 1,227.985: 763.035: ThrustSSC
Mike Akatiff with the Top 1 Ack Attack. The TOP 1 Ack Attack is a specially constructed land-speed record streamliner motorcycle that, as of March 2013, has held the record for world's fastest motorcycle since recording a two-way average speed of 605.697 km/h (376.363 mph) on September 25, 2010, in the Cook Motorsports Top Speed Shootout at Bonneville Speedway, Utah.