
In recent years, Triumph has made it no secret that the company would like to reclaim the title of World's Fastest Motorcycle. Today, the marque has confirmed none other than Isle of Man TT legend, Guy Martin, to pilot the Triumph Rocket Streamliner on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats this August...
American Motorcyclist Association Press Release: Much to the dismay of competitors, volunteers and the event promoter, the 2015 AMA Land Speed Grand Championship, scheduled for Aug. 29-Sept. 3 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah, has been canceled due to poor conditions on the salt...
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — Racers from around the world took to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah, Aug. 27-Sept. 1 for the 2016 AMA Land Speed Grand Championship in hopes of setting national and world records. "Racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats is the pinnacle of land-speed racing," said...
The American Motorcyclist Association is congratulating racers from around the world that came to the Bonneville Salt Flats to compete for national and world land speed records at the 2017 AMA Land Speed Grand Championship. Begin Press Release: PICKERINGTON, OH – October 17, 2017 – Racers from...
Double World Superbike Champion, James Toseland, has launched a UK attempt to break the official world motorcycle land speed record – aiming to achieve a speed of at least 400mph. On a tour of the University of Derby's Motorsport engineering workshops today (December 3), James saw and heard...
The conditions at the Bonneville Salt Flats are worrying, to say the very least. Each year the conditions of the salt flats are worse and worse, and 2015 marks the second year in a row that Speed Week has been cancelled by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) because of the...
It goes without saying then that Triumph and Jason DiSalvo's attempt at 400 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats is a serious endeavor. Piloting the carbon/kevlar clad the Hot Rod Conspiracy/Carpenter Racing Castrol Rocket, DiSalvo will have two turbocharged Triumph Rocket III engines, good for a...