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Brit smashes Nurburgring record
By Visordown News on 01/06/2012 13:26:02
7m10 lap smashes previous record by over 7 seconds
Click here to watch the lapBRITISH biker, Andy Carlile, has set a new motorcycle lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.Carlile is now the fastest man ever to lap the 20832m Northloop. Carlile, who moved to the Nürburgring in 2007 set a time
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Leslie Porterfield makes Guinness speed record history
By Visordown News on 24/03/2010 13:10:57
USA speed chick makes GBOR following record 232mph pass
AMERICAN FAST WOMAN Leslie Porterfield has officially entered the Guinness World Records books as the fastest woman on a motorcycle.Porterfield’s speed of 232.522mph, set in the 2008 BUB Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats on a 2002 2000cc
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Road deaths at record low, say Government
By Visordown News on 25/09/2008 12:52:59
Fatalities at their lowest since records began, claim DoT
ACCORDING TO recently released Government figures, road deaths have fallen to their lowest level since records began in 1928. The figures report a total of 2,946 people died in 2007 - a 7% reduction on the previous year when 3,172 died. Crashes
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New World Record: 54 people on one motorbike
By Visordown News on 30/11/2010 10:33:24
India Army Service Corps motorcycle display team surpass own record set earlier this month
THE LADS at the India Army Service Corps motorcycle display team have set a new World record for maximum number of people on a single motorcycle.The team managed to shoe-horn 54 people on a 500cc Royal Enfield, surpassing the record of 48 people set
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Indian Army break motorcycle pyramid record
By Visordown News on 25/07/2008 17:51:14
251 men stacked up on 11 motorcycles - dedication's what you need, if you wanna be a record breaker - yeah!
book on June 11 this year when it successfully carried 251 men on 11 motorcycles for a record-breaking distance of 240 metres.Army chief General Deepak Kapoor felicitated the achievers at a function in South Block in New Delhi on Wednesday.'Dare Devil
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Motorcycle land speed record smashed - 360mph!
By Visordown News on 30/09/2008 11:27:30
Modified Suzuki Hayabusa engine powers two-wheeler that breaks record that stood since 2006
THE motorcycle land speed record has been smashed with a 360.913mph two-way run at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Friday.The Top 1 Ack Attack Streamliner motorcycle, powered by a modified Suzuki Hyabusa motor was piloted by Rocky Robinson and broke
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512mph female land speed record attempt
By Visordown News on 14/03/2012 12:07:56
Switching from two wheels to four and they want to pinch UK's record back
TWO-TIME female motorcycle land speed record holder Valerie Thompson is switching to four wheels in an attempt to break the 40-year-old record for the world's fastest woman.The current record was set in 1972 by Kitty O'Neal and stands at 512mph
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Ducati Desmosedici to attempt world speed record
By Visordown News on 17/09/2008 11:13:59
NZ speed freak to embark on year-long quest to set 10 world records on Desmosedici road bike
motorcycle record on a Ducati Desmosedici RR. Heard’s first attempt will be 9 November at Featherston in the South Wairarapa, after which he and his team will travel to Dubai, Bahrain and South Africa before returning to New Zealand in December. In 2009 Heard
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British team to crack 400mph land speed record
By Visordown News on 02/04/2009 10:21:46
Peterborough-based bike designers build 450bhp V8-powered, 6.6metre motorcycle to bring back world record to UK
A UK team has been formed with theintention of breaking the outright WorldMotorcycle Land Speed Record. Powertec Angelic Bulldog Project hopes to set a new world record when they make their attempt at Bonneville Salt Flats in Summer 2010. The record
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Canadians snubbed by Guinness World Records
By Visordown News on 20/01/2009 09:09:17
Largest biker parade not valid, say important boffin-types from Guinness
CANADIAN BIKERS have had their hopes of setting a new world record dashed by officials at the Guinness World Records.Port Dover's attempt to get into the Guinness World Records for holding the single largest motorcycle parade at last June's biker
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