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Dedicated to Velocette / British Single

and Salt racing enthusiasts….


 

 Hey we are off to Bonneville...... check out our 2011 update page for details.


A few years ago I read the book  ….One Good Run….  later made into the movie …The Worlds Fastest Indian… this coupled with my lifelong interest in motorcycles and my even longer friendship with Keith Canning , the president of the Australian Velocette club and owner of a Mk1 Clubman similar to the 24hr 100mph record bike…. reignited my lifelong desire to race on the salt…………… What better , odder, crazier, choice than a 1959 single cylinder Velocette !!

In late 2007 I purchased an immaculate 1959 Viper / Venom which became the basis for the record bike… In four months I built a 700cc engine and basic fairing for the 2008 event at Lake Gairdner……. Unfortunately this was washed out so in the following year I set about building a rolling road Dyno as there are very few places to test a bike of this type… In 2009 the bike had its first run on the salt …. Hi speed weaving and gear selection problems limited the performance somewhat, but  still managed 132mph…..probably about 5mph or so below the bikes potential that year. … 2009 was spent building a new reinforced longer wheelbase frame with stiffer forks . The bodywork was refined both reducing frontal area and C/D…… time ran out for the planned engine development and the 2010 race saw the old engine pressed into service again without even lifting the cylinder head…. The first short licensing run was faster than the best of the previous year so the record looked in the bag…. Nothing is ever easy on the salt and after numerous minor problems [ being blown off the track at over 140mph]…. The record was broken with the 139.001 mph run just a few minutes before the meeting closed… this speed was with the small tail and low gearing…. approx 10 mph below potential.

For 2011 the engine is currently being developed to hopefully crack  the magic 150 mph barrier.