Wednesday 10th August 2016

Triumph land speed record attempt update: PH2

Guy's record bid is on track. Or should that be salt?

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Guy Martin and Triumph's bid to break the motorcycle land speed record is on track after the team set a blistering 274.2mph during practice. The time was logged on August 8 at Bonneville and is actually a record in itself, as it surpassed the previous record speed for a Triumph of 245.7mph (and an unofficial record of 264mph) set by Bob Leppan in the Gyronaut X-1. So Guy is now officially the world's fastest Triumph rider - congratulations. Will the records keep on tumbling?

According to the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner team, Guy has adapted very quickly to piloting the streamliner and the team is confident that they will be able to break the record of 376.4mph later this month. "It's good and we are moving in the right direction, but it is just one step on the way to what me and team are here to do," said Guy after becoming the world's fastest Triumph rider. Which is a bit restrained considering he had just beaten a record that has stood for 46 years - more to follow when we have it!

[patmahe]

Great stuff, nice to see in an era of health and safety and lack of risk taking that there are still some people willing to push the envelope. To go over 100mph faster before the end of the month sounds a tad ambitious to me, but I have to assume the guys at Triumph know what they are doing.

I wish them all the very best and look forward to hearing that they've cracked it.