"If you need a record (. . .) build to the existing rules, don't lobby for a new class."
"I am just going to build bikes from now on – talk about too many classes."
For someone who desires a Bonneville record, the motorcycles are the way to go. Hundreds of Open records. No Hans device, no roll cage, no fire systems, just two (or three) tires, only a few cylinders, walking speed's probably okay. Gotta go two miles. No trailer needed. Same certificate -- maybe with only two (or less) significant digits.
Only downside is most of us car guys know and respect the hard runners – including the one that told me he "went thru the four", and I replied, "of course, we're out at the six and a quarter" and he retorted, "no, I went THRU the four."