Classic Bike (UK)

LAND SPEED LANDMARKS

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100Mph+ Gene Walker, Indian 103.56mph Daytona Beach, USA, April 1920

110Mph+ Bert Le Vack, Brough Superior 118.99mph Arpajon, France, July 1924

120Mph+ Claude F Temple, OEC Temple 121.44mph Arpajon, France, September 1926

130MPH+ Ernst Jakob Henne, BMW 134.67mph Ingolstadt, Germany, September 1929

150Mph+ Joseph F Wright, Zenith JAP 150.74mph Cork, Ireland, August 1931

160MPH+ Ernst Jakob Henne, BMW 169.72mph A3, Germany, October 1936

170Mph+ Piero Taruffi, Gilera 170.37mph Autostrada A4, Italy, October 1937

180Mph+ Wilhelm Herz, NSU Delphin I 180.92mph A9 Autobahn, Germany, April 1951

210MPH + Wilhelm Herz, NSU Delphin III 210.64mph Bonneville, America, August 1956

250MPH + Don Vesco, Yamaha Big Red 251.66mph Bonneville, America, September 1970

300MPH + Don Vesco Yamaha Silver Bird 302.93mph Bonneville, America September 1975

350MPH + Chris Carr, BUB Seven 350.884mph Bonneville, America, September 2006

CURRENT Rocky Robinson, Ack Attack 376.363 Bonneville, America, September 2010

Non-ratified speed landmarks: Glenn Curtis, Curtiss V8, 136.27mph, Ormond Beach, USA, Jan 1907; Johnny Allen, Triumph, 192.719mph (September 1955) and 214.4mph (September 1956) both at Bonneville.

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