CBR600RR with BST Wheels Broke Five World Records

Carbon fiber motorcycle wheels manufacturer Blackstone Tek has been chosen to shoed a pair of CBR600RRs that entered the 200 MPH club at Bonneville Speed Week and broke five world records.

Sponsored by DynoJet-FL Racing, Dusty Schaller on a CBR with BST wheels, scored an even 206 mph to shatter the former 650cc MPS/BF (modified, partial streamliner, blown, fuel) record of 170.032 by 36 mph.

On the same bike, running normal gas, he upped the old 153.191 mph 650cc MPS/BG record by 31 mph, taking the five-year-old Honda to 187.608 mph.

Paul Thede, piloting a normally aspirated, BST-wheeled Race Tech-FL Racing CBR600RR, broke three 650cc records, most notably pushing Don Vesco's 34-year-old MPS/G (modified, partial streamliner, gas) run another 3.69 clicks, to 175.023 mph.

He also upped the 168.129 mph MPS/F (fuel) record of 1985 to 175.828, and broke a five-year old, 157.556 mph M/G (modified, gas) record by 4.47 mph on the CBR.

"The biggest thing that can clog your brain while hurtling down course," said Team Principal Paul Livingston, "is worry about mechanical problems. Knowing the incredible strength of these carbon fiber wheels gave our riders tremendous confidence while approaching and exceeding 200 mph."

Linvigston added the team chose BST thanks to its light weight. "We gear the motors to pull hard on the top end. BST's light carbon fiber rims help the engines spin up to speed quickly because they have less mass to pull."