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BUB Seven Streamliner is an American-built streamliner motorcycle that held the motorcycle land-speed record from 2006 to 2008 and again from 2009 to 2010. [6] BUB Seven and two other streamliners traded the title of "world's fastest motorcycle" during official speed runs at Bonneville Speedway in the summer of 2006.
Between 2006 and 2010, the TOP 1 Ack Attack and the BUB Seven streamliner have gone back and forth with the motorcycle land-speed record on five occasions. The current mark, recorded in the 2012 edition of the Guinness World Records, stands at 376.363 mph (605.698 km/h), set by the Ack Attack on September 25, 2010.
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 ...
Lightning Bolt, Don Vesco's streamliner, set record in 1978 that stood 12 years; twin turbo (2×inline-four engines) [39] BUB Seven streamliner, set speed records in 2006 and 2009; 500 hp (370 kW) turbo V-4 engine; Ack Attack, has held speed record since 2013; more than 900 hp (670 kW) twin turbo (2×inline-four engines)
Pages in category "Streamliner motorcycles" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... BUB Seven Streamliner; G. Gyronaut X-1; L. Lambky Liner;
List of motorcycles by type of engine is a list of motorcycles by the type of motorcycle engine used by the vehicle, such as by the number of cylinders or configuration.. A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel.
BUB Seven Streamliner, an American-built motorcycle that held the motorcycle speed record from 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2010 The ISO 639-3 code for the Bua language , spoken in Chad Lil Bub (2011–2019), a female cat and Internet celebrity known for her unique appearance
In 2006 Heinz Herz, son of Wilhelm Herz, was presented by BUB Enterprises (maker of BUB Seven streamliner) with a replica of the Delphin III, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world record 1956 in the course of the International Motorcycle Speed Trials, sanctioned by the FIM and the AMA, on the Bonneville Salt Flats.