liner33 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 http://www.dragbike.com/dbnews/anmviewer.asp?a=6616&z=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 He must've got such a rush from doing that! I'd hate to think what would've happened had he come off, the runway surface didn't look that great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Sod that for a road rash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 In the days when I took an interest in such things, land speed records had to be achieved with a run in each direction within a limited time frame. Do those rules not apply now? Edit - having written this, I went away and looked up the land speed records for motor cycles. The records show a twin Suzuki engined bike as having done 367 m.p.h in 2010, so now I am even more puzzled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 In the days when I took an interest in such things, land speed records had to be achieved with a run in each direction within a limited time frame. Do those rules not apply now? this is still the case. you must perform a run in one direction, turn around and come back. these 2 runs will then be added and divided by 2 to give you the total top speed. this is to ensure wind and other factors like gradients are factored out as much as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 "the fastest in the world" and the "world record holder" can often be two different things, especially in america where they seem to ignore the run in both directions and instantly claim victory, I can kind of understand it as 311mph IS 311mph but to be official they got to do it again in the other direction! have you any details on the 367mph, is it a sit on or an encapsulated bike? this might be the reason for the inconsistant details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 "the fastest in the world" and the "world record holder" can often be two different things, especially in america where they seem to ignore the run in both directions and instantly claim victory, I can kind of understand it as 311mph IS 311mph but to be official they got to do it again in the other direction! have you any details on the 367mph, is it a sit on or an encapsulated bike? this might be the reason for the inconsistant details The FIM lists a whole range of categories for record purposes and I can see that this might well be a class record (if it met all the conditions), but the headline "311.94 MPH: WORLD'S FASTEST MOTORCYCLE" gives the distinct impression that it is the fastest ever. Reading the text, the term "sit on" is used so I assume it's really a class record. The basic FIM rule seems to be "piston engined and driven through the wheels" and apart from the categories they list the overall record of 367 mph as the fastest irrespective of the category. Actually I got the speed wrong. I should have said 376 mph not 367 mph (senior moment?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 found more about it Please wait a few moments for Video to Load! got to say that they are both pretty crazy, but i would say the "sit on" is definatly higher in my brown trouser'o'meter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Who mentioned land speed records??? All it said is that he is the first guy to exceed 300mph on a sit on motorcycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 no-one said you did, it is quite astounding its just the video says its the worlds fastest bike and sagitar found one faster..... which is just as crazy.... But i can do 34mph down hill on my mountin bike with no engine so i trump them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Is a streamliner a motorcycle ?? Doenst a motorcycle only have 2 wheels, a saddle and a pair of handlebars ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Who mentioned land speed records??? All it said is that he is the first guy to exceed 300mph on a sit on motorcycle Perhaps I took the headline too seriously and for that I apologise. I had a childhood interest in speed records and people like John Cobb and George Eyston were my heroes. So when I see a headline claiming that as a result of a record attempt a vehicle is now the world's fastest, I sort of naturally assume that we are talking about a properly organised and supervised record attempt meeting the agreed criteria for recording such things. It was wrong of me and I should have read the text more carefully and realised that it might be just a specialist magazine sounding off about a local hero. In my own defence however, they do refer to land speed records later in the piece. The body that is accepted as the world authority for motor cycle records is the FIM. Translated into English it's the International Motorcycle Federation. They have many record categories mainly based on engine capacity, aspiration method and whether the bike is non-streamlined; partially streamlined or fully streamlined. I looked up their records and I am pretty sure that the speed achieved would break their current record for a partially streamlined machine with an engine not exceeding 1350 cc if the criteria for record attempts were met. It doesn't meet the absolute record however, which has exceeded 320 m.p.h. since the 1990s. As a professional engineer, I find that one of the most impressive things about the report is getting 1000 h.p. from a 1299 cc engine. I wonder how long it lasts at top speed? Wasn't it Ferdinand Porsche who said the perfect racing engine crosses the finishing line and then falls to pieces. It's one of reasons why the attempt criteria include a return run in a limited period. I'm grateful to you for making me think of old times that were good times and reviving my interest in a topic about which I had largely forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 ...Wasn't it Ferdinand Porsche who said the perfect racing engine crosses the finishing line and then falls to pieces... Also much the same attributed to Colin Chapman of course - "The perfect racing car would last until the chequered flag, then fall to pieces as it crossed the line." Wonder if Colin adapted his quote from Porsche's? Certainly he was truer to that axiom than Porsche! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted December 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 He has had a bit of a spill , looks alike a bit of a wobble aftyer a 260mph wheelie met fresh tarmac and he went down hard ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 oooooooch! it the black stuff just as it got really rough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Front broke away really weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Front broke away really weird Not really Tony. The front wheel changed braking surface whilst he was on the front brake. change in grip / surface forced the wheel to either lock or 'skip' and causing the front end to let go. very nasty surface though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Sadly Bill Warner died at he weekend after losing control at an event in Maine , RIP http://www.christiantoday.com/article/motorcycle.crashes.285.mph.video.bill.warner.dies.300.mph.veers.off.runway/33196.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Sad news At least he went doing what he loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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