India is the place to be for taking rides in these small 3-wheeled motorized tricycles called ‘Tuk Tuks’. These contraptions are used as taxis (and not only) so imagining someone setting a world record in one, verified by Guinness, is something hard to believe.
This 27-year old man is a Tuk Tuk driver who takes his job to a whole new level. Jagathish M managed to see his name in the Guinness World Records, for the 2016 edition. The Indian had to drive his small vehicle on two wheels for 1.37 miles (2.2 km) and for that, he took it to just under 50 mph (80 km/h) before being able to steer it and leave a wheel hanging in the air.
Jagatish says that he used to do a lot of stunts on bikes since he was a child and he eventually changed his attention to rickshaws, becoming a driver. After a long day’s work, the young man is not leaving his Tuk Tuk away, but he often ends up practicing these stunts all night long. The record attempt (and success) took place four years ago, on February 17, 2011, at the Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai, India.
H/T to Jalopnik!