One fast 600

[RemaL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrBwyEW5kfA

[rsv gone!]

Riding at those speeds on a loose surface like that? Rather him than me...

[SS HSV]

Wheelspin at 195 followed by a 190mph wobble

Nutter

I love that bike.. 230hp out of a 600cc four

[flattotheboards]

i would want to ride a bike on those surfaces tbh.

[makatya]

Freeking hell! You would not like to have a tank slapper at that speed on a salt bed! Respec in the hood! Would be like sitting on a sanding belt at 5000 rpm. Ouch! Brave bod me thinks but just makes me want to fit the Dynojet kit and K&N filter I bought about 6 months ago and not yet fitted!

[hiccy]

I think that 600 had a bit more than all the Dynojet stuff.

[Scrooloose]

I'm a tad confusd as to how that constitutes a land speed record....

Unless it's only a land speed record for a CBR600

[anonymous-user]

makatya said:

Freeking hell! You would not like to have a tank slapper at that speed on a salt bed! Respec in the hood! Would be like sitting on a sanding belt at 5000 rpm. Ouch!

What was this guy thinking!!!



"The famous picture of a man stretched out in only a bathing suit on a Vincent is not in fact a Black Shadow but a Black Lightning. The Black Lightning was a custom order from the factory and was some 100 pounds lighter and 25 hp more powerful than the stock Black Shadow. In one of his books, Phil Irving (one of the designers) said that there were only about 16 of the model produced. The Black Lightning is the fastest Vincent ever produced.

As for the famous "bathing suit bike" picture, it is of Rollie Free, an American, riding on the Bonneville Salt Flats on 13 September 1948. Free was determined to break the land speed record in the "Flying Mile." His first pass hit 148 mph (238 km/h), which broke the record, but Free was determined to break 150. Noticing that his riding leathers had started to come apart at the seams from the force of the wind, Free borrowed a bathing suit, cap, and a pair of tennis shoes and laid down on the bike. With the decreased drag, Free broke 150 mph, topping out at 150.313 mph (241.905 km/h), shattering his record of only a few moments before. That bike, also known as the "John Edgar Lightning" after its sponsor, is currently in the private collection of Herb Harris of Austin, Texas."

Edited by JS99 on Sunday 21st October 11:56

[hiccy]

Scrooloose said:

I'm a tad confusd as to how that constitutes a land speed record....

Unless it's only a land speed record for a CBR600

It's a record for the 650cc class specified at the end, 650 xgfrygtnb/rkjeabg-1 wasn't it?

[StuB]

JS99 said:

What was this guy thinking!!!

Are you sure that this mudguard is really, really, really strong guys?

Reminds me of the old Crosby tune "His nuts roasting, on a molten tyre"

[King Herald]

Scrooloose said:

I'm a tad confusd as to how that constitutes a land speed record....

Unless it's only a land speed record for a CBR600

There are dozens of land speed record categories, various size motors, various age vehicles, fuel types, faired, unfaired, wheel driven, jet driven, and if you turn up and they don't have one, they'll create one for you right there and then.