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21-12-11, 09:22 PM
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Bid to break motorbike land speed record
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21-12-11, 09:36 PM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
Cool! I'd love to go to one of those land speed events
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21-12-11, 10:03 PM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
720kph is about mach 0.6 - or f'ing quick when you're only a few inches off the ground.
If that goes wrong it'll make Richard Hammond's little accident look like a picnic. Good luck to him, Keith. |
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21-12-11, 10:41 PM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
mad as a box of frogs, giz a go
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22-12-11, 10:22 AM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
Meh, yc could build something faster
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22-12-11, 12:16 PM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
Mad mad man!
YC hasn't got any ideas yet has he? SV with 12/200 gearing *Runs*
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22-12-11, 01:55 PM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
450mph...holy cow - new Fireblade?
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22-12-11, 03:35 PM
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Re: Bid to break motorbike land speed record
The guys response on New Scientist site raises a few questions - what sthe point of spending all that money and expertise on a pointless ( ?) project / quest .
NNext thing you know, theyll be banning bike racing cos its got no point...the point is the fun, the quest...why bother climbing mountains, go to space etc I think us petrolheads will be coming under ever more pressure from eco warriors to stop wasting money / fuel etc... Soon they will be protesting, throwing themselves under the wheels of Leon Haslam , to make us stop.... Maybe not Leon, but his son .... 
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