Guy Martin
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Guy Martin takes on the Burt Munro Challenge
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Guy Martin has been confirmed to take part in the Burt Munro Challenge from November 24 to 27, in New Zealand. Guy recently returned from the US where he attempted to break the world land speed record with Triumph. Although the elusive world record wasn’t broken, he did pilot the Infor Triumph to the fastest ever speed…
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Guy Martin’s Land Speed Record attempt – here’s where it all sits so far and what they need to do to bag the title
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Guy Martin’s Land Speed Record attempt – here’s where it all sits so far and what they need to do to bag the title. So Guy Martin and the Infor Triumph has clocked the fastest ever speed for a Triumph-powered machine at 274.2mph. But where does the speed achieved so far stand in comparison to…
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Guy Martin: World speed record attempt “a waste of time”
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Guy Martin has been taking part in various record-breaking attempts in the last few weeks as part of his Speed tv-series. It’s not all been plain sailing though, and the attempt to break the world speed record on water by a human on Brayford Pool in Lincoln on July 27 turned out to be a bit…
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Motor Cycle Monthly
Oct 2016 – #124 – Out NowPosted
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YAMAHA’S TRACER 700 It’s utterly BRILLIANT! • Go quick • Go touring • GO GET ONE Usain Bolt’s motorcycle test! After winning nine Olympic gold medals the world’s fastest man switches to two wheels for his speed thrills It’s Stafford time! Show guide INSIDE Guy Martin’s secret fast laps Nurburgring test caught on camera 2017…
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Guy Martin CRASHES at speed at Bonneville during today’s Land Speed Record attempt qualification runs. Damages Streamliner in high speed fall.
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Guy Martin has set his first run proper in the Infor Streamliner as he and the Triumph team try to set a new land speed world record – but it ended up with the bike crashed on the salt in the USA. Today’s run, set after two days of delays because of poor surface conditions,…
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Video: Guy Martin’s cross-Channel attempt is GO! Kent to France by pedal power alone
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Guy Martin’s a real busy boy at the moment, not only is he jetting off to the States to take on the motorcycle land speed record in the Infor Triumph Streamliner but he’s also banging in secret laps of the Nurburgring AND pedaling a blimp across the channel. And so it was that a couple…
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Video: Valerie Thompson: World’s fastest female motorcyclist with a top speed of 313mph
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Here’s some video of the world’s fastest female motorcyclist, Valerie Thompson, setting a new world record at the Bonneville Speed Motorcycle Speed Trials. The event ended last week and it’s now been confirmed that Thompson averaged a highest speed of 294.782mph across her two runs on the same course that Guy Martin and the Infor…
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PICTURES: Guy Martin going for the Nurburgring motorcycle outright record?
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So these pictures have surfaced in Spain this morning amid a gaggle of rumours that Guy Martin is getting ready to take on the outright motorcycle lap record at the iconic Nurburgring circuit in Germany. There’s been no comment or announcement from either Guy or Triumph (he was pictured riding the British firm’s Daytona 675R…
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Triumph confirms September date for Land Speed Record attempt
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After looking at Monday (yesterday) as a possible first run proper for the Land Speed Record attempt, it’s now mid-September when Guy Martin and the Infor Triumph Streamliner will try to get close to 400mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. This has just landed with us from the USA-side of the Triumph attempt.…
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Guy Martin posts fastest ever Triumph speed – 274.2mph in Utah
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Triumph has released the speed figure it managed with Guy Martin at the controls in the Infor Streamliner during testing at the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday – the twin-Rocket III engined enclosed bike did a best of 274.2mph. Previously Triumph has logged a best of 245.667mph with Bob Leppan clocking up an unofficial best of…
