Pittwood, you can't scare us YANKS. We are up for the challange. Just ask
John Noonan, Kent Riches, and a few others over on this side of the pond.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
To: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: Another British Project
> Performance Bike magazine in the UK is working with the current UK
> Outright
> Land Speed Record holder (222.19mph) Jarrod 'Jack' Frost to build the "the
> Planets's fastest road bike".
>
> The outline details of its 250 mph road-legal motor cycle is that it will
> be derived from the GSX1300R Hayabusa with its turbo 1300 motor uprated to
> 700 bhp. To be road legal it will have to run on road tyres - if they can
> survive the speed!.
>
> The Project 250 team from Performance Bike are planning on raising the UK
> record first, then"flying the bike to Bonneville to bring a sackful of
> records to Great Britain". You US two wheel racers have been warned!
>
> Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
>
> ps the UK speed record is the average speed for two runs, through a 1/4
> mile long speed trap, set in the centre of a 2.1 mile airfield runway.
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