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  1. 21st December 2011, 12:42 #1
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    Record-busting motorbike will be jet engine on wheels

    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 ...
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    Good luck with that Dicky boy...
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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

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    need a record for fastest speed by a rear wheel propelled motorcycle, not a jet engine on rollers
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    Quote Originally Posted by willytheekid View Post
    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
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