I know that the FIM 1000cc record of 180 mph is not
the worlds fastest 1000 cc flying mile two way average
(by about 60mph).............
long live the FIM, and the SCTA/USFRA...........
Joe (when I started motorcycling, I read about
Bonneville and the SCTA) Amo :)
Quoting ardunbill@webtv.net:
> Jack, John, the summer I started motorcycling, 1955, I started reading
> the motorcycle monthlies. I was impressed to read that on 2 July 1955
> Russell Wright, down in far-off New Zealand, had taken the "F.I.M."
> World mc speed record at 185.150 on his privately-owned Vincent Black
> Lightning. This imprinted itself on my brain. In 1960 I got my own
> first Vincent, and have never been without one since. Like all Vincent
> riders I have looked up to Russell all my life for that achievement.
>
> Part of that lifelong nostalgia is that he took the "F.I.M." world
> record. As you know, F.I.M. has been in business since 1904. Many
> motorcyclists, if not most, look to them to be the world authority for
> "the world motorcycle speed record".
> They seem to have managed to maintain a good organization down through
> the years, and to give good service to the public concerned. They have a
> very interesting website, btw, accessible at Federation Internationale
> Motorcycliste.
>
> No-one anywhere questions the accuracy and integrity of SCTA timing.
> SCTA and F.I.M. are using a slightly different system of running the two
> passes to set the record average speed. I personally feel the F.I.M.
> should be supported as the "world" authority. Obviously each person is
> free to judge that issue for themselves.
> Please, please, don't start something like the FIA imbroglio we had a
> year or two ago!!!!! lol BH
>
>
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