AMERICAN stunt rider Bubba Myres has entered the record books along with Indian’s new FTR1200 at the World Wheelie Championships in the UK.
The event sees competitors from a varying number of classes competing to see who can ride the fastest or furthest – hopefully both – all while balancing the bike on just its back wheel.
The bike that Bubba completed his runs on was a bone-stock FTR1200, with apparently zero modifications. Not bad when you consider in his first run, he topped out at 131mph over the measured mile! With the number board removed – we guess that it was preventing him from getting the bike to the balance point – Bubba (wicked name BTW) managed an eyewatering 145.543mph to get the flying start ¼ mile record, going on to hit 145.613mph, bagging him the standing mile record in the process.
We have no footage of the runs Bubba made on the FTR1200 but here’s a vid of him touching 207mph on one wheel!
Bubba, who was racing in the upto 1350cc, production bike class said:
“This has been a really positive introduction to the FTR. The bike was pretty much standard compared to everything else out there this weekend, so to set the speeds I did shows how much potential there is. The balance of the bike is really good, but I was most impressed by the engine; Its torque is really impressive and within just a couple of passes I was super comfortable with it. We’re pleased to begin the FTR’s story with some records in the bag too. A big thanks to Indian Motorcycle Company for the support, I hope we’re back next year.”
