“… I backed off just after the 3rd mile marker setting a new open class record …”
Aussie Sets New Land Speed Record
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’ M originally from Birmingham UK , which is where my passion for motorcycles began . I couldn ’ t wait to finish school and get to my dad ’ s bike shop to help him out ; I just wanted to be around motorbikes and the people that
6 Ozbike worked on them . When I got to the end of my school career , I pestered my dad to let me work for him . He took me on and put me through my apprenticeship .
After completing my apprenticeship , I moved on from my dad ’ s shop to work for a Harley-Davidson dealership where I worked my way up through the Harley-Davidson University to achieve the level of Master Technician at the age of 22 . That made me the youngest Master Tech in the UK and Europe and one of the youngest in the world .
After eight years in the motorcycle industry , like many other Pommies , I deicide to make the move to Australia where I started work for Fraser Harley-Davidson .
I ’ ve been in Australia for a little over six years now and have just set up Elliott Motorcycles , a company that will provide products and experiences to customers that share my passion for motorcycles .
My first venture as Elliott Motorcycles was to take a 2018 H-D Fat Bob , strip it down to the frame and build a Land Speed Racer to take to the Salt Flats of South Australia .
We bought the bike in October 2017 from Fraser Motorcycles and about a month later had the thing striped down in my garage . I began designing , fabricating and manufacturing parts and components that would turn a standard Harley into a race bike capable of setting a Land Speed Record .
There was a lot of work to do and not a lot of time to do it . I started by striping the engine and working on components that would help me achieve the horsepower and torque that