Monday, October 22, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Triumph New World Record by Jason DiSalvo at Bonneville !!
After recently meeting Jason DiSalvo in person at the Barber Vintage Festival in Birmingham, Alabama I was shocked with what a downright cool dude he is. Admittedly, he's not a big guy so hearing that he was throwing a leg over Triumph's Rocket III seemed like a stretch (pun intended). As you can see he did, and from reading below you can see that he was able to set a new land-speed record while doing so. Here's what Triumph had to say about it:
"Jason DiSalvo and his Rocket III set new world record at Bonneville."
Latus Motors Racing rider Jason
DiSalvo set new AMA and FIM land-speed racing records at the famed
Bonneville Salt Flats with a Rocket III Roadster, fielded by the Hot Rod
Conspiracy/Carpenter Racing
team. He ran in the Modified (normally) Aspirated Fuel (MAF) class for
motorcycles up to 3,000cc’s. DiSalvo’s initial run was 175.998mph, and
his return run was 172.587mph for an average, world-record-setting speed
of 174.276mph (280.470kph) for the flying mile and 174.880mph
(281.443kph) for the flying kilometer. What’s amazing is this Rocket is
fully streetable, using one of Bob Carpenter’s 240hp over-the-counter
performance kits. The records are subject to FIM Ratification and
anticipated to be reviewed during their November meeting in Valencia,
Spain.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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