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Big Red (motorcycle)
Big Red was the machine with which American Don Vesco took the motorcycle land-speed record, , on September 17, 1970 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. At Bonneville Speed Week in 1969, Vesco took Big Red to a speed of . The following year, with the five and a half meter long motorcycle built from an aircraft drop tank, he undertook several more attempts to break the record set by Robert Leppan in 1966. He succeeded in setting a new record of . A month later, the record was broken again: Cal Rayborn reached an averaged in two runs in opposite directions. The bike is now an exhibit of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum Barber Motorsports Park is an multi-purpose racing facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by George W. Barber, and includes the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. It has been the site of the IndyCar Series' Grand Prix of Alabam .... References * * External links * Motorcycles of the United States Land speed record motorcy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Vesco Speed Racer
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Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
Barber Motorsports Park is an multi-purpose racing facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by George W. Barber, and includes the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. It has been the site of the IndyCar Series' Grand Prix of Alabama since 2010. ThAnnual Barber Vintage Festivalhas taken place at the park each October since 2005. Barber Motorsports Park is also the home of the Porsche Track Experience. Barber Motorsports Park is classified as an FIA Grade Two circuit. Track The park, which opened in 2003, has a 16-turn, road course, designed by Alan Wilson. The track is wide and is designed to be run clockwise. The layout is compact, with elevation changes of more than . The pit lane is to the outside of the track, parallel to the front stretch. Two cutoff turns, which are barricaded when not in use, allow the track to be shortened for testing sessions or promoter events. The area outside of the front stretch, bounded by the track on three sides, is occupied b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Vesco
Don Vesco (April 8, 1939 – December 16, 2002) was an American businessman and motorcycle racer who held multiple motorcycle land-speed and wheel-driven land speed records. In his lifetime, he set 18 motorcycle and 6 automobile speed records. His accomplishments recognized by the American Motorcyclist Association include winning the United States motorcycle Grand Prix 500 cc class in 1963, operating a California motorcycle dealership that sponsored up to 60 racers at a time, and setting a number of motorcycle and automobile land speed records. Speed records His motorcycle land speed records were set in 1970 at in a twin-engined streamliner " Big Red", becoming the first person to ride faster than 250 mph; in 1975, when he pushed past the milestone for the first time with " Silver Bird"; and in 1978 at in a twin-turbo powered streamliner " Lightning Bolt", a record that stood for 12 years. In 2001, he set the FIA wheel-driven land speed record of in a turbosha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bird (streamliner)
Silver Bird was a motorcycle land-speed record setting streamliner motorcycle. It was powered by two motors delivering . It was the first motorcycle to set a speed record over , when ridden by Don Vesco at the Bonneville Speedway in 1975. Construction The motorcycle was built by Don Vesco and sponsored by Yamaha. It had two four-cylinder, 694.9 cc reed-valve two-stroke engines from the Yamaha TZ750 The Yamaha TZ750 is a Production vehicle, series production two-stroke race motorcycle built by Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha to compete in the Formula 750 class in the 1970s. ''Motorcyclist (magazine), Motorcyclist'' called it "the most notorious a ... racebike. Specifications *Displacement: 1,389.8 cc total *Engine bore and stroke: 64mm×54mm *Dimensions: 21 feet long, 32 inches high *Weight: c. References Notes Sources * * * * * * * * Further reading * External links * Motorcycles of the United States Land speed record motorcycles Feet forwards motorcycles Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Land-speed Record
The motorcycle land-speed record is the fastest speed achieved by a motorcycle on land. It is standardized as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs in opposite directions. AMA National Land Speed Records requires 2 passes the same calendar day in opposite directions over a timed mile/kilo while FIM Land Speed World Records require two passes in opposite directions to be over a timed mile/kilo completed within 2 hours. These are special or modified motorcycles, distinct from the fastest production motorcycles. The first official Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) record was set in 1920, when Gene Walker rode an Indian on Daytona Beach at . Since late 2010, the Ack Attack team has held the motorcycle land speed record at . History The first generally recognized motorcycle speed records were set unofficially by Glenn Curtiss, using aircraft engines of his own manufacture, first in 1903, when he achieved at Yonkers, New York using a V-twin, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streamliner
A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating wikt:streamline, streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor "High-speed rail, bullet trains". Less commonly, the term is applied to fully Bicycle fairing, faired upright and recumbent bicycles. As part of the Streamline Moderne trend, the term was applied to passenger cars, trucks, and other types of light-, medium-, or heavy-duty vehicles, but now vehicle streamlining is so prevalent that it is not an outstanding characteristic. In Land speed record, land speed racing, it is a term applied to the long, slender, custom built, high-speed vehicles with enclosed wheels. Trains Before World War II Europe The first high-speed streamliner in Germany was the "Schienenzeppelin", an experimental propeller driven single car, built in 1930. On 21 June 1931, the car set a speed record of on a run between Berlin and Hamburg. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-stroke Engine
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of the crankshaft. A four-stroke engine requires four strokes of the piston to complete a power cycle during two crankshaft revolutions. In a two-stroke engine, the end of the combustion stroke and the beginning of the compression stroke happen simultaneously, with the intake and exhaust (or scavenging) functions occurring at the same time. Two-stroke engines often have a high power-to-weight ratio, power being available in a narrow range of rotational speeds called the power band. Two-stroke engines have fewer moving parts than four-stroke engines. History The first commercial two-stroke engine involving cylinder compression is attributed to Scottish engineer Dugald Clerk, who patented his design in 1881. However, unlike most later two-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop Tank
In aviation, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried by aircraft. A drop tank is expendable and often capable of being jettisoned. External tanks are commonplace on modern military aircraft and occasionally found in civilian ones, although the latter are less likely to be discarded except in an emergency. Overview The primary disadvantage with drop tanks is that they impose a drag penalty on the aircraft. External fuel tanks will also increase the moment of inertia, thereby reducing roll rates for air maneuvers. Some of the drop tank's fuel is used to overcome the added drag and weight of the tank. Drag in this sense varies with the square of the aircraft's speed. The use of drop tanks also reduces the number of external hardpoints available for weapons, reduces the weapon-carrying capacity and increases the aircraft's radar signature. Usually the fuel in the drop tanks is consumed first, and only when a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Land-speed Record
The motorcycle land-speed record is the fastest speed achieved by a motorcycle on land. It is standardized as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs in opposite directions. AMA National Land Speed Records requires 2 passes the same calendar day in opposite directions over a timed mile/kilo while FIM Land Speed World Records require two passes in opposite directions to be over a timed mile/kilo completed within 2 hours. These are special or modified motorcycles, distinct from the fastest production motorcycles. The first official Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) record was set in 1920, when Gene Walker rode an Indian on Daytona Beach at . Since late 2010, the Ack Attack team has held the motorcycle land speed record at . History The first generally recognized motorcycle speed records were set unofficially by Glenn Curtiss, using aircraft engines of his own manufacture, first in 1903, when he achieved at Yonkers, New York using a V-twin, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonneville Salt Flats
The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. It is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the Bonneville Speedway. Access to the Flats is open to the public. The Flats are about 12 miles (19 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, with a crust almost 5 ft (1.5m) thick at the center and less than one inch (2.5 cm) towards the edges. It is estimated to hold 147 million tons of salt, approximately 90% of which is common table salt. History Geologist Grove Karl Gilbert named the area after Benjamin Bonneville, a U.S. Army officer who explored the Intermountain West in the 1830s. In 1907, Bill Rishel and two local businessmen tested the suitability of the salt for driving by taking a Pierce-Arrow onto its surface. A railway line across the Flats was completed in 1910, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Week
Bonneville Speedway (also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track) is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats northeast of Wendover, Utah, that is marked out for motor sports. It is particularly noted as the venue for numerous land speed records. The Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The salt flats were first used for motor sports in 1912, but did not become truly popular until the 1930s when Ab Jenkins and Sir Malcolm Campbell competed to set land speed records. A reduction of available racing surface and salt thickness has led to the cancellation of events at Bonneville, such as Speed Week in 2014 and 2015. Available racing surface is much reduced with just available instead of the courses traditionally used for Speed Week. Track layouts Historically, the speedway was marked out by the Utah Department of Transportation at the start of each summer. Originally, two tracks were prepared; a long straightaway for speed tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roadrunner (magazine)
''RoadRUNNER'' is a bimonthly publication covering motorcycle touring. It is based out of Winston-Salem, NC, and first appeared in the bookstores in 2001. It is also available via subscription in the U.S. and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to .... Contents include coverage of tours, product reviews, and maps for the featured tour. In addition to sports, touring, cruising and dual-sport bikes, the magazine also covers vintage bikes and motor scooters. RoadRUNNER was started by Christian and Christa Neuhauser in 2001. References https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/how-roadrunner-magazine-has-survived-as-other-print-motorcycle-magazines-died External links Official site Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Motorcycle magazines published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
