Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 110 Years since Vanderbilt Land Speed Record
17 Jan 2014, 10:09 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Back in January 1904, the American Ormond-Daytona race week was dominated by a young millionaire named William K. Vanderbilt jr. at the wheel of a Mercedes 90 hp racing car. Established a year be...
Watch the World's Fastest Stock Honda CBR600RR
7 Jan 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As thrilling and demanding as race tracks may be, it looks like the Bonneville Salt Flats remain the ultimate speed challenge. Here's the short story of Shunji Yokokawa, the fastest stock Honda...
Driven, a Short Movie Honoring Burt Munro
27 Dec 2013, 09:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / American director Michael Zachary Huber offers us a most awesome treat in the form of "Driven", an animated short honoring the legacy of the "World's Fastest Indian", Burt M...
Interview with Francois Gissy, the 285 KM/H Bicyclist
25 Nov 2013, 17:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / He's 31 and he is a bus driver. He's also the fastest bicyclist in the world. Daring Swiss Francois Gissy is the man who reached 285 km/h (177.12 mph) riding his rocket engine-propelled mo...
177 MPH on a Mountain Bike, Anyone?
16 Nov 2013, 08:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's the first video of the record-breaking run Francois Gissy had in Switzerland at Interlaken. This footage may not be as spectacular as other which will most likely surface any time now...
Francois Gissy Seeks New Record with His Rocket-Powered Bicycle
15 Nov 2013, 08:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember Francois Gissy and his awesome rocket-propelled bicycle? Good, because you'll be hearing more from him, as he attempts to set a new record in Switzerland, at Interlaken. Francois te...
Eric Teboul Does 264.39 MPH on a Rocket-Powered Bike
12 Nov 2013, 16:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Haltech Manufacturers Cup Finals at the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida saw Eric Teboul doing what he does best: riding his rocket engine-powered motorcycle with insane speed, this time on...
M2K Motorsports Ford GT Sets New Texas Mile Record
29 Oct 2013, 09:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in March, Hennessey set a new Texas Mile speed record with a modified Ford GT that hit an amazing top speed of 267.6 miles per hour (430.8 km/h), breaking their previous benchmark set at 257.7 ...
Vauxhall Sets World Speed Endurance Record at Millbrook
23 Oct 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Vauxhall is awaiting FIA and MSA confirmation for no less than twelve World and six National Speed Endurance Records set earlier this month in a standard production Astra model, the British-based co...
Drayson Racing Sets Four Land Speed Records for EVs
15 Oct 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Less than four months have passed since Drayson Racing set a new world land speed record for electric cars, and the British-based manufacturer managed to improve its benchmark with an average speed ...
World's Fastest Electric Sidecar Motorcycle Does 212 MPH
8 Oct 2013, 11:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Eva Håkansson and her KillaJoule electric sidecar motorcycle have made history at the Bonneville Salt Flats, getting past the 200 mph mark with a top speed of 212.040 mph (341.172 km/h). Ra...
Yamaha VMAX Owns Subaru WRX Big Time
29 Sep 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Watching this video made me smile. While the Subaru WRX is a glorious car, pitting one against the monstrous Yamaha VMAX looks like a rather silly idea. I am pretty sure that tuned and upgraded W...
Drag Motorcycle Crash in Slow Motion
26 Sep 2013, 15:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Given the fact that so many things can go wrong when riding a casual motorbike, it's worth trying to imagine how much worse can things go when we're talking about drag motorcycles. And sin...
Triumph Interactive Magazine Spirit Issue 9 Is out
26 Sep 2013, 12:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Triumph releases the 9th issue of their interactive digital magazine, Spirit, and Triumph enthusiasts (and more) can now read it for free online, or download it for their mobile devices. Spirit ...
Blind Rider Dan Parker Does 55 MPH at Bonneville
16 Sep 2013, 13:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We reported earlier on the endeavor of Dan Parker, a blind motorcycle racer who brought his trike at the Salt Flats in Bonneville, to make history. Becoming the first blind man to race at Bonnevi...
Klock Werks Triumph Rocket III Trike Sets New Land Speed Record
7 Sep 2013, 07:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact that Triumph's Rocket III machine is a beastly bike which can blow any prejudice about what "powerful" actually means is old news. However, it's time for the Rocket III ...
Lightning Sets New Land Speed Record for Electric Bikes at Bonneville
4 Sep 2013, 15:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's definitely a good year for Lightning Motorcycles: first the 2013 PPIHC, and now setting a new land speed record at the speed trials in Bonneville, Utah. The new record now sits just above ...
This Is How 175 MPH Looks Like on Wet Country Roads
4 Sep 2013, 12:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some say these fellows are not in their right mind, and be right: these guys are in their racing mind! This is what true road racing is like, an extreme sport niche drawing countless enthusiasts on ...
San Diego BMW’s S1000RR Does 224 MPH at Bonneville
3 Sep 2013, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice accomplishment for BMW as their S1000RR machinery went past the 224 mph (360.4 km/h) mark at the speed trials held at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Andy Sills of Hunter Sills Racing rod...
Triumph Motorcycles Attempts to Do 400 MPH at Bonneville
2 Sep 2013, 14:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Going fast is one thing, but going 400 mph (643 km/h) fast sounds crazy. Well, it may be so, but some guys are really up to this endeavor as we write: it's Jason DiSalvo and his team bringing t...