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The Victory Motorcycle company produces machines which challenge the cruiser market like no other company. They are made in the US and they have a reputation for reliability - even better than competitor and arch-rival Harley-Davidson, whose bikes have less performance when compared like-to-like with the Victory machines. Arlen Ness, customizer extraordinaire, has been working with Victory for some six or seven years and has produced some of the more amazing offerings from the company in terms of style and appearance. The Vision he penned is at the other end of the link...
http://tinyurl.com/y89a2fe
Rocky Robinson's column, 'Salt Addiction', is back this month and this time he is talking about timing. The Bonneville Salt Flats is where everyone goes to test themselves against the clock to see how fast they can go. Well, what about that clock? Timing is a very important and exacting science which must be applied perfectly to keep the record(s) straight. How is it done....well, take the link and see...
http://tinyurl.com/ye25bag
Another write-up from Rocky Robinson and his 'Salt Addiction' column. In this piece, Scott Guthrie is covered. a true renaissance man who also loves to capture land speed records. He has personally broken over 240 of them, and his team has broken over 380! You really need to read this one...
http://tinyurl.com/yhtgktt
Well, I will not be laying them all out here for you - there are too many details and too many great photos after the link below. But, I will say that Triumph will soon sell its 100,000 motorcycle since returning to North America some 15 years ago. Their market share is growing in the US and there is good reason for that - they make great motorcycles. Hop on over and see what they have waiting for you...
http://tinyurl.com/yfzw452
Apparently, the author of the linked piece managed to grab an interview with Dennis Manning at the Easyriders Show in California. For over 30 years, Manning has worked at achieving record speeds on the Bonneville Salt Flats - he has won and he has lost. But, him and his rider, Chris Carr, now hold the absolute top speed record in a streamlined motorcycle. For all of your fun and knowledge, please take the link.
http://tinyurl.com/yk9dtds
The Husqvarna TXC250 is billed as a “hybrid motocross/enduro model" - equally at home on a MX track or in the desert expanses or cross-country areas around you. It is light and powerful, well-balanced and full of new tech. It is an incredibly impressive mount and is worth considering if you are looking for a Lites-type bike which you can also ride off the MX track.
http://tinyurl.com/yl7dcj8
It's the story of Gabriel Uttley, from the U.K., and his dream of exceeding 400 mph in a motorcycle streamliner, and it is written by a now veteran of the Salt Flats, one Rocky Robinson. It's a good read about this team, and one to pay attention to this year. They could do it, but I think they will need a bit more practice - at least from what I have heard about racing those machines. Check it out, you'll likely like it.
http://tinyurl.com/ybdfz5v
This one is a bit odd, but it is working in the series. In the New Zealand Superbike Championship there is a class for 450c.c. machines of all cylinder configurations. It is called Formula Three. Marty Wood has set up a Yamaha YZF-R6 to run on only three cylinders, thus making it a 450c.c. and legal. He has been scoring rather well with this...check it out.
http://tinyurl.com/y8fgoty
Gear manufacturer THOR has announced their supported riders for the 2010 season. Take the link and have a look.
http://tinyurl.com/yexxa8t
Sky Sports has announced their schedule for the 2010 FIM Speedway Grand Prix TV air times. 29 March 2010 is the date, check the link!
http://tinyurl.com/yadqz9h
The man went 272 mph on a 1000c.c. motorcycle in the Bonneville Salt Flats - and amazing speed. Rocky Robinson takes a look into the man who rides the machine, Joe Amo. Performance is everything...
http://tinyurl.com/yech3md
Porterfield can be classified as the world's fastest woman due to her numerous world speed records, and simply because she is very good at going fast. She also picked up the AMA's Female Rider of the Year award - and she is the only (believe it or not) woman to be a member of the Bonneville 200 mph club. The link will take you to an interview from a Limey traveling through Dallas, Texas.
http://tinyurl.com/ydvpwok
This is the second part of the story, but it is still very much worth reading. In this piece, the author uncovers the stories behind the people who love to go fast on salt - the Bonneville Salt Flats. He gets three different questions answered from three different challengers - and the stories are very interesting. Check it out and learn something about people addicted to SPEED...
http://tinyurl.com/yat7nx6
The AHRMA and Miller Motorsports Park have now announced when you will be taking a vacation...well, I wish we all could do so to attend this event! It will be held during 3 - 5 September 2010 in Utah. The usual races will be held, speed trials will be going on at the Salt Flats, swap meet, vendor booths and some demo rides will be offered. It is - as the other two were - not to be missed if you can get your time off from work...
http://tinyurl.com/ykf9en6
There are many of these coming out in the press lately; it takes time for teams to return home and for journalists to get their stories printed. The group from Regina, Saskatchewan, consists of Al Elmer, Paul Godfrey, Peter Hintz and Jae Norelius. They took their 1972 Kawasaki 350 to 94.433 mph!
http://tinyurl.com/yctrwvs
Liberatore of Talmage, Califronia, caught the Bonneville speed bug in 2003 when he first visited the Bonneville Salt Flats with some friends. Since 2004, he has been taking his Guzzi V7 to run the Flats since 2004. He managed to set two records that year and another one in 2005, but he also blew up his share of engines along the way. This year, he went 138.491 mph on his Italian push-rod V-twin and set another record!
http://tinyurl.com/yepnxje
Now, I cannot seem to pull the exact average speed - as it has not been reported yet - it seems that the new speed will be set at around 366 mph! The Bub Racing Streamliner Seven managed to hit 380 mph in overall speed, and exited the recorded mile at 372 mph. Stay tuned and we will see more very soon....
http://tinyurl.com/ycmlsjp
Here we go - more information! The record set was 367.382 mph!
http://tinyurl.com/y93faag
This story has been popping up all day long and I like it. The Mission Motors team, who finished the 2009 TTXGP in fourth place due to a drivetrain failure (they had to use a lower-spec version for the actual race), managed to take their US$68,000 Mission One electric motorcycle to 150.059 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah! Quite a start, eh?
http://tinyurl.com/npu3m8
Leslie Porterfield of Dallas, Texas, managed to turn in a 240-mile-per-hour one-way run at Bonneville in order to get the award. However, this was most certainly not her first time on the huge Salt Flats...
http://tinyurl.com/pvf4ok
In a stunning performance for a non-supercharged, non-turbo engine, the Victory Kingpin (110-inch Victory Freedom engine) rider Gregor Moe set a new national speed run record of 165.8MPH. Another record may have also fallen to a Victory motorcycle; the Vision!
http://tinyurl.com/pjb29l
The MV Agusta factory team who traveled to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, has also started a blog about their trip there. They failed to set a new production record by 0.1 MPH; now, that's a close finish! Their blog covers travel, the event and is filled with photos. Have a look:
http://www.mvagusta.it/bonneville/
The Triumph Bonneville was introduced in 1959 and it exploded into the market and made a huge impact. Virtually everyone knows this motorcycle in one way or another. Alan Cathcart, well-known British journalist, took one to the Salt Flats and set three new record speed records!
http://tinyurl.com/nkdmlk
A little late, but an update on the Triumph speed records: http://tinyurl.com/mpabp2
Directly from the rider himself, James "the Rocket" Rispoli, comes the story of how he set the new record at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials. Great story...
http://tinyurl.com/parxaf
Of course, this is addiction to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Rocky Robinson has had a long and storied career in most forms of motorcycle racing. Now, though, he takes his skills to the Salt Flats and races streamliners against a clock...
http://tinyurl.com/llnaft
