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p.dath
21st December 2011, 12:42
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228443.600-recordbusting-motorbike-will-be-jet-engine-on-wheels.html


RICHARD BROWN is a man with unfinished business. In 1999, he smashed the one-way speed record for a motorbike by hitting 584 kilometres per hour on the salt flats of Bonneville in northern Utah. But his claim on the outright world record - which is based on the average of two runs in opposite directions - was thwarted by technical problems.

Now he is trying again. He hopes to be the first person to exceed 720 km/h on a motorbike while achieving an average two-way speed of at least 640 km/h. Any old bike will not do: he will be using one that is jet-propelled ...

slofox
21st December 2011, 13:23
Good luck with that Dicky boy...

willytheekid
21st December 2011, 13:56
Meh...just another two wheeled jet engine, don't really see how these are classified as "motorcycle's" IMHO

Still, wish him all the best

haydes55
23rd December 2011, 17:44
need a record for fastest speed by a rear wheel propelled motorcycle, not a jet engine on rollers

tigertim20
23rd December 2011, 18:14
Meh...just another two wheeled jet engine, don't really see how these are classified as "motorcycle's" IMHO

Still, wish him all the best

agree with this