New World Land Speed Record To Be Attempted By Triumph

Triumph Motorcycles will be heading over to the Bonneville Speedway at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this month to break the motorcycle world land speed record. With a record to beat of 376.363 mph Triumph has built a 1,000 bhp Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner to attempt to complete the task.

Guy Martin is the chosen rider for the Triumph Infor Streamliner and hopes to add another speed record to his list. Assisting Triumph in the attempt is title partner Infor with additional support from Belstaff.

The Triumph Infor Rocket is a 25.5 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall powerhouse that consists of a carbon Kevlar monocoque construction and two turbocharged Triumph Rocket III engines producing a combined 1,000 bhp at 9,000 rpm. Triumph, Hot Rod Conspiracy, and Carpenter Racing developed this methanol-fueled bike that will be competing in the Division C (streamlined motorcycle) category.

Triumph's background and success with breaking land speed records will surely help their confidence going into this attempt. Triumph held the title of "World's Fastest Motorcycle" from 1955 to 1970. The Triumph record-breaking streamliners include: Devil's Arrow, Texas Cee-gar, Dudek Streamliner and Gyronaut X1, the former having a top speed of 245.667 mph. Since 2010 the current record is held by Rocky Robinson aboard the Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner with a record of 376.363 mph.

“I can’t wait to take the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner onto the salt at Bonneville for the first time this summer," stated Guy Martin, "The Triumph engineers have built an amazing machine, giving us the very best chance to beat the two-wheeled land speed record.”

Go to Triumph's website to follow the record attempt.