While James Hoegh was running his Confederate X132 Hellcat Combat prototype to a record-setting 277.146 km per hour at the BUB Motorcycle Trials on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Honda moto tuner Al Lamb was preparing his own attempt on a very different bike.
His 400-horsepower Honda CBR1000 is a sit-on – as opposed to lie-down or fully streamlined in which the rider is hidden – but otherwise is about as faired as Hoegh's Confederate is naked.
Lamb ran a timed mile across the salt at an average of 437 km/h. If that speed is ratified by the FIM oversight body, it would be a record for a sit-on bike. And even if it isn't, it's a serious chunk of wind-in-your-face speed no matter how much fairing is involved. The video proof is below, with fly-by shots that can only be classified as "ridiculous."
Al Lamb's 265MPH Bonneville Run - *AMA/ FIM Fastest Motorcycle In The World - Sit On (Average Record Speed 263mph) 2012 from COLORFULgrey Zach Settewongse on Vimeo.
Related News
