Record-busting motorbike will be jet engine on wheels

[p.dath]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...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]

Good luck with that Dicky boy...

[willytheekid]

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]

need a record for fastest speed by a rear wheel propelled motorcycle, not a jet engine on rollers

[tigertim20]

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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