Lightning Motors sets electric motorcycle world land speed record at Bonneville

[killacycle]

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/raci...czysz-preview/

It is back and forth. Hatfield has reported a 176 mph pass.

The high altitude really helps the electrics, while it tends to slow down the internal combustion folks by robbing them of HP.

I'm not sure what the AMA or the FIM rules are for a motorcycle to be in the "production" class, but in the SCTA there must be at _least_ 500 of them made. (I would guess that AMA and FIM have similar requirements for the "production" classification.) There is only one prototype Lightning and I don't know anything about what Czycz is riding, but I suspect that there are not yet 500 of them produced. Thus, I think the reporter likely is mistaken about the specific classification of the vehicles.

Looked it up. AMA requires at least 500 units of the vehicle to have been manufactured, just like SCTA:
"2.9.2 Minimum Production Quantities
1) Supersport Manufacturers producing more than 75,000 motorcycles per year must produce 1'000 units for homologation. Manufacturers producing less than 75'000 motorcycles per year must produce 500 units for homologation."

[killacycle]

I found this part interesting:

I always assumed speeds were higher at the Salts.

The race there because it is flat and there is nothing to hit for miles and miles and miles. Not many places like that on earth.

The traction is supposedly like packed snow or dirt. Always less than pavement.

[eracebike.com]

zoom
your assumption is correct.... the fastest vehicle speeds have been recorded at bonneville...currently the fastest speed for a "set on" motorcycle is 273mph.... the fastest speed elsewhere has only been 263.....

Dube
you are commenting on something you do not know about and are incorrect.... have you ever stepped foot on the salt?

since i have been racing an the lakebed since 1986 i know the surface and how it changes..... afterall it is an evaporation basin... for the most part during racing season the surface is so hard you cannot drive a metal stake in the salt for your tarps