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New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph

Posted by kdawson on from the mile-and-back dept.

An anonymous reader, apparently a member of the BUB racing team, wrote to let us know that on Thursday, their crew set the new ultimate motorcycle world speed record at 367.382 mph with the BUB Seven Streamliner at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The Seven is powered by a 3 Liter, turbocharged, 16-valve V4 engine that produces a claimed 500 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque at 8500 rpm. The pilot, Chris Carr, hit 380 mph during the run.

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  1. For those SI unit addicts. by Polarina · · Score: 3, Informative

    367.38200 mph = 591.244017 km/h

    1. Re:For those SI unit addicts. by selven · · Score: 4, Informative

      You're clearly not a good "SI addict". The correct answer is 164.23 meters per second.

  2. Motorcycle? by siddesu · · Score: 5, Informative

    As a biker with a long graying beard, lemme point out that whatever that thing on the picture is, it damn sure ain't a motorcycle.

  3. Re:interesting stuff is in links from the second l by ffreeloader · · Score: 3, Informative

    When doing a LSR run at Bonneville you have something like a half hour between runs. They let you refuel and check the vehicle over between runs for safety reasons. If you have a problem and can't make it back to the starting line on time you're toast. You one-way run doesn't count for anything.

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    "while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." de Tocqueville
  4. Re:"Ultimate" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    It refers to a specific SCTA class, and has nothing to do with your grammar pedantry. Good (uninformed) try, though chap!