timing instrument”, Alan replied dryly. I’d run over
it. They did get my speed, but it wasn’t very good, only
291mph.
The average of the two runs was 297.970mph. Good
enough to be a new record, but still not the 300mph aver-
age I was trying for.
The trip through the mile marker had damaged the
bike and my shoulder, I was glad it hadn’t put me down.
Who knows what would happen at this speed?
We still had time for two more runs, the dream wasn’t
dead yet … but it was, the bike had had enough. A 298
start seemed promising but on the second run we lost
power. It was over.
We got so close. The bike is more than capable. We
just need to put two runs together, two runs of over
300mph … 482 kilometres per hour.
Ralph is not done and will again attempt to break 300 mile
per hour on a sit on bike. With the salt at Bonneville being
so good this year he’s confident he’ll be able to do it closer
to home and can’t wait to try again. We’re hopeful that he’ll
attempt the record at Australia’s Lake Gairdner, so that we
can be a part of history.