1,000HP Triumph Motorcycle Eyes New Land Speed Record At Bonneville

Triumph will return to the legendary salt flats of Bonneville in the USA, to try to break the motorcycle world land speed record with a purpose built vehicle.

The 25.5 feet (777.24 cm) long, 2 feet wide (60.96 cm) and 3 feet (91.44 cm) tall two-wheeler, baptized Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner, features a carbon Kevlar monocoque and is propelled by two turbocharged Triumph Rocket III engines, which produce a combined output of 1,000 HP, at 9,000 rpm.

Riding it over the measured mile will be multiple speed record holder and Isle of Man II racer Guy Martin, who is eager to show what he can do: “I can’t wait to take the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner onto the salt at Bonneville for the first time this summer. The Triumph engineers have built an amazing machine, giving us the very best chance to beat the two-wheeled land speed record.”

Triumph has a long history of breaking the record between 1955 and 1970, with the Devil’s Arrow, Texas Cee-ger, Dudek Streamliner and Gyronaut X1; the former managed to achieve a top speed of 245.667 mph (395.28 km/h). The current world speed record for motorcycles was set by Rocky Robinson in 2010, with the Top Oil-Ack Attack Streamliner, and sits at 376.363 mph (605.697 km/h).

The manufacturer will unleash their latest purpose built motorcycle on the salt flats of Bonneville in August.