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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 ...
This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. [3] Working from his home in Invercargill, he spent 20 years highly modifying his 1920 Indian motorcycle that he had bought that same year. Munro set his first New Zealand speed record in 1938 and later set seven
William Walter "Bill" Warner (February 11, 1969 – July 14, 2013) was an American motorcycle racer who set a land speed record on a conventional motorcycle in 2011. [1] [2] He was killed in a motorcycle racing crash in 2013. [3] Warner was born in Little Falls, New York. He studied marine biology and chemistry at the University of Tampa.
Pages in category "Motorcycle land speed record people" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Motorcycle land speed record people (19 P) Pages in category "Land speed record people" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.
"Big Red" at Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. His motorcycle land speed records were set in 1970 at 251.66 miles per hour (405.01 km/h) in a twin-engined streamliner "Big Red", becoming the first person to ride faster than 250 mph; [3] [5] in 1975, when he pushed past the 300-mile-per-hour (480 km/h) milestone for the first time with "Silver Bird"; and in 1978 at 318.598 miles per hour (512. ...
World Record Motorcycle on display. On September 5, 2006, Carr broke the motorcycle land speed world record at the Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah), with a two-pass 350.8 mph (562.6 km/h) average. [1] He was the first motorcyclist to break the 350 mph barrier. [1] Carr's fastest run was at 354 mph (567.8 km/h).
Campos' record was broken by Rocky Robinson driving the Top 1 Ack Attack streamliner on September 3, 2006, only to be broken again two days later by Chris Carr. The current motorcycle land speed record belongs to Rocky Robinson and the Top 1 Ack Attack team and was set September 25, 2010 at 376.363 mph (605 km/h) with an exit speed on the final ...