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Old Motorcycle Records.
stayt`ie:
Dose somewon out there have copies of the 1000cc, and 1350cc, class records for Bonneville, before the electronic bike invasion.
I am interested to see the history (progression) of the speeds through the years, also how thay relate to the performances of the "old" jappers competing today, as i run a 1200cc turbocharged 82 Kawasaki, M/BF.
D-Type:
Here's a few odds and sods (not quite what you're looking for:
1939 - Noel Baddow "Bill" Pope on a JAP-engined Brough set a lap record for the Brooklands (England) banked track of 124.51 MPH
3 July 1977
Barry Sheene (GB) on a Suzuki RG500 lapped the Spa (Belgium) road circuit at 137.51 mph
Walter Villa on a 250cc Harley Davidson lapped at 129.71 mph
Eugenio Lazzarini on a 50cc Kreider managed 101.16 mph
This was the last occasion the full 8.774 mile circuit, made up of ordinary roads,was used for a Grand Prix.
At Bonneville
1950 - Roland E Free, ? - 156.71 mph
1956 - Wilhelm Herz (D), 500cc NSU - 211.40 mph
1958 - ? , 'The Brute' streamliner - 224.71 mph
1970 - Carl Rayborn, ? streamliner - 256.49 mph
1978 - Don Vesco (USA), twin engined Kawasaki about 2030 cc - 318.598 mph
1990 - Dave Campos, twin Harley engined streamliner 'Easyriders' - 322.15 mph
BTW these are FIM 2-way speeds
And in 1996, Mike Grainger set a British record at Elvington of 209.05 mph on a road-legal 1108cc Kawasaki
I'm afraid that's all I have
(And my apologies to JackD from San Diego if I have used any big words he doesn't understand)
<small>[ February 05, 2005, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: D-Type ]</small>
stayt`ie:
It`s not the outright records that i am interested in.
It is the indivual class records. The 1000cc and 1350cc, M/G, M/F, M/BF, M/BG, M/PS, etc, etc. for Bonneville only, so i can compare these (old) records to our "old" jappers presently running at Lake Gairdner.
jimmy six:
Give me a end year and I'll see what I can do. J.D.
stayt`ie:
Not sure when the Suzuki Hayabusa (electronic bike), made an impact on Bonneville. However at a guess it would have being at or just after Y2K.so lets say the records from 97, to Y2K.
The records from this period that particulaly interest me are APS/BF, APS/BG, MPS/BF, MPS/BG, in 1350cc engine displacement class. You will notice that today these records have been "blown out of the water" in comparasion with the other 1350 records.
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