Two lesser records I heard about that you might have missed from 2001:
on the salt
Both UNBLOWN, STREET LICENSED/ridden
1350 MPS-G 220+mph record
1000 MPS-F 223+mph record
Stephen F. Doherty wrote:
>As best as I can piece together from the SCTA website, combining the
>results up through 2000 with the 2001 results, here are some numbers
>for motorcycles at Bonneville. For both partial and unstreamlined,
>I have two pairs, fuel and gas, blown and un-blown.
>
>Partial Streamlined
>
>3000 APS-PBF Jon Minono Triumph 2001 238.740
>3000 APS-F D Campos H/D 1974 231.597
>
>1350 APS-BG Stevens Motorsports-Charlie Toy Kawasaki 1997 227.772
>3000 APS-G D Campos H/D 1974 208.450
>
>No Streamlining
>
>1350 A-BF Les Ranger Honda 1991 219.339
>2000 M-F Dave Matson Vincent 1988 210.357
>
>750 A-BG Scott Guthrie Yamaha 1990 176.207
>3000 A-G Tom Elrod Kawasaki 1979 200.022
>
>Not sure how to classify the Production frame class, since bikes
>today are sold with fairings, so here is another record to note.
>
>1350 P-P R Yacoucci Suzuki 1999 201.708
>
>Interestingly, I couldn't find a big displacement, unstreamlined,
>blown gas record.
>
>If you are interested, you may download an Excel spreadsheet I created
>from the SCTA website data (sorry, motorcycles only), at
>
>http://home.pacbell.net/compserv/BonnevilleMotorcycleRecords.xls
>
>No guarantee for accuracy!
>
>SFD
>
>landspeedracer wrote:
>
>>Just to add to what Chuck said. On Sunday Steve Knecum went 234 MPH on a
>>blown Hayabusa. That's the fastest run ever at Maxton, beating Joe Laws old
>>record by 2 MPH, and perhaps the fastest street bike ever, which I think was
>>233 MPH. Not sure how it compares to any non-streamliner records at
>>Bonneville, but this was an awusum run with the bike smoking the tire from
>>the start to the finish.
>>
>>JB
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