List of speed records for motorcycles

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Development of the speed records for motorcycles

Since 1909, speed records for motorcycles have been recognized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme , or FIM for short. Since 1920, the FIM differentiates, in addition to the displacement size, in the disciplines:

  • Flying start: 1 kilometer, 1 mile and
  • Standing start: 1/4 mile, 1 kilometer, 1 mile, 10 km, 100 km, 1000 km, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours.

For the flying start, the average speed must be calculated from the outward and return journey, which must be carried out within one hour. The time accuracy was 1/100 of a second from 1920 to 1935, after which it was measured to 1/1000 of a second (with Henne). Before 1909 there were speed records that were recognized nationally but not internationally; until 1920 the records were only set in one direction.

development

The first wheels ( powered by steam ) hardly reached more than double walking speed, as did the first forerunner of the motorcycle, the Daimler riding car from 1885, which was specified with a maximum speed of 12 km / h. The first motorcycle from Hildebrand and Wolfmüller was faster with 40 km / h in 1894; today the record is over 605 km / h.

Setright distinguishes the routes on which the records were set in the period before 1923, from 1923 to 1956 and after. Until 1923, the record attempts took place on closed racetracks, mainly Brooklands and Daytona Beach . In the period from 1923 to 1956, the tests took place on straight public roads (France, Hungary, Ireland) or highways (Germany, Italy). After 1956, experiments were only carried out on the Bonneville Salt Flats .

List of maximum speeds for motorcycles (1870-1909)

date speed Vehicle (name) driver place recognition Remarks
April 1870 15.00 km / h Michaux-Perreaux steam wheel Pierre Michaux Paris - Saint-Germain (France) - Record achieved with steam bike
November 10, 1885 12.00 km / h Daimler riding car Paul Daimler Stuttgart (Germany) -
January 10, 1894 40.00 km / h Hildebrand and Wolfmüller Hans Geisenhof Munich (Germany) -
June 1, 1896 64.00 km / h Roper steam wheel Sylvester H. Roper Boston (USA) -
August 26, 1902 62.00 km / h Pécourt Miss Jolivet Deauville (France) ACF
March 28, 1903 90.12 km / h Indian Oscar Hedstrom Ormond Beach (USA) ACF V2 engine
June 17, 1903 98.63 km / h Clément V4 Léon Derny Ostend (Belgium) - V4 engine
October 21, 1903 104.60 km / h Griffon V2 Dominique Lamberjack Dourdan (France) ACF V2 engine from Zedel
January 28, 1904 108.30 km / h Hercules-Curtiss V2 Glenn Curtiss Ormond Beach (USA) ACF 695 cc V2 engine
October 3, 1904 123.29 km / h Peugeot V2 Vincenzo Lanfranchi Dourdan (France) ACF 1489 cm³ V2 engine with 12 HP (68.5 kg empty weight)
July 16, 1906 139.53 km / h Peugeot V2 Giosuè Giuppone Ostend (Belgium) - V2 engine
January 24, 1907 219.45 km / h Curtiss V8 Glenn Curtiss Ormond Beach (USA) ACF V8 engine

List of speed records for motorcycles (1909 to 2010)

The list of speed records for motorcycles shows the absolute speed records.

date speed Vehicle (name) driver place FIM
recognition 		Remarks
June 16, 1909 122.16 km / h NLG WE Cook Brooklands (England) Yes First recognized (one way) world record. 944 cc Peugeot V2.
July 20, 1910 129.10 km / h Matchless Charlie Collier Brooklands (England) Yes JAP-V2 engine.
July 6, 1911 143.02 km / h Indian Jake De Rosier Brooklands (England) Yes 994 cc V2 engine.
August 19, 1911 147.04 km / h Matchless Charlie Collier Brooklands (England) Yes JAP-V2 engine.
May 2, 1914 150.40 km / h Matchless Sidney George Brooklands (England) Yes JAP-V2 engine.
1915 177.00 km / h Cyclone ? United States No V2 engine.
April 14, 1920 167.670 km / h Indian - track racing machine Ernest Walker Daytona (USA) Yes First record according to the FIM regulations with a return trip.
60.92 cubic inches (998 cc engine).
September 7, 1923 171.350 km / h Harley-Davidson - track racing machine Freddie Dixon Boulogne (France) Yes 988 cc V2 engine with 8 valves.
November 6, 1923 174.580 km / h British Anzani Claude Temple Brooklands (England) Yes Anzani 996 cc V2 engine.
April 27, 1924 182.590 km / h Brough Superior SS100 Bert le Vack Arpajon (France) Yes 996 cc V2 engine from JAP
July 6, 1924 191.590 km / h Brough Superior SS100 Bert le Vack Arpajon (France) Yes 996 cc V2 engine from JAP
October 20, 1924 204.547 km / h Henderson De Luxe Fred Ludlow San Bernardino (USA) No For the first time over 200 km / h.
January 19, 1926 212.435 km / h Indian Johnny Seymour Daytona Beach (USA) No V2 engine.
September 5, 1926 195.330 km / h JAP-OEC Claude Temple Arpajon (France) Yes 996 cc V2 engine from JAP
August 25, 1928 200.560 km / h Zenith - JAP Owen Baldwin Arpajon (France) Yes 996 cm³ V2 engine from JAP For the first time officially over 200 km / h.
September 1928 210.180 km / h Brough Superior SS100 George Brough Arpajon (France) No 996 cc V2 engine from JAP
August 25, 1929 207.330 km / h Brough Superior SS100 Bert le Vack Arpajon (France) Yes 996 cc V2 engine from JAP On this day, the world record was broken four times.
Joe Wright started with 202.931, Bert le Vack was faster shortly afterwards, then again Wright and finally le Vack with the record.
September 19, 1929 216.750 km / h BMW WR 750 Ernst Jakob Henne Munich (Germany) Yes 735 cm³ BMW boxer engine with supercharger. First record for BMW .
August 31, 1930 220.990 km / h OEC Temple Joseph S. Wright Arpajon (France) Yes 998 cm³ JAP-V2 with compressor. For the first time over the unofficial record set by Glenn Curtiss with his Curtiss V8 since 1907 .
September 20, 1930 221.540 km / h BMW WR 750 Ernst Jakob Henne Munich, Germany) Yes 735 cm³ BMW boxer engine with supercharger.
November 6, 1930 242.590 km / h Zenith - JAP Joseph S. Wright Cork (Ireland) Yes 998 cm³ JAP – V2 with compressor.
November 3, 1932 244.400 km / h BMW WR 750 Ernst Jakob Henne Tát (Hungary) Yes 735 cm³ BMW boxer engine with supercharger.
October 28, 1934 246.069 km / h BMW WR 750 Ernst Jakob Henne Gyón (Hungary) Yes 735 cm³ BMW boxer engine with supercharger.
September 27, 1935 254.046 km / h BMW WR 750 Ernst Jakob Henne Frankfurt – Darmstadt motorway (Germany) Yes 735 cm³ BMW boxer engine with supercharger.
October 12, 1936 272.006 km / h BMW 500 compressor Ernst Jakob Henne Frankfurt – Darmstadt motorway (Germany) Yes 493 cm³ BMW boxer engine with vertical shaft and compressor.
April 19, 1937 273.244 km / h Brough Superior SS100 Eric Fernihough Gyón (Hungary) Yes Partially faired machine with 996 cm³ V2 JAP engine and compressor.
October 21, 1937 274.181 km / h Gilera Rondine Piero Taruffi Brescia (Italy) No Fully faired 492 cc Gilera four-cylinder with compressor. The only record for an Italian manufacturer.
November 28, 1937 279.503 km / h BMW 500 compressor Ernst Jakob Henne Frankfurt – Darmstadt motorway (Germany) Yes 493 cm³ BMW boxer engine with vertical shaft and compressor; the record lasted 14 years.
April 12, 1951 290.322 km / h NSU Dolphin I Wilhelm Herz Ingolstadt (Germany) Yes 500 cm³ NSU engine with compressor and 110 hp.
2nd July 1955 297.640 km / h Vincent Black Lightning Russel Wright Swannanoa ( New Zealand ) Yes fully faired 998 cc Vincent Black Lightning.
4th August 1956 338.092 km / h NSU Dolphin III Wilhelm Herz Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes 500 cm³ NSU engine with compressor.
September 6, 1956 345.043 km / h Triumph Streamliner Johnny Allen Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) No 650 cc Triumph engine without compressor.
September 9, 1962 361.410 km / h Dudek Triumph Streamliner William A. Johnson Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes 667 cc Triumph engine.
August 25, 1966 395.280 km / h Gyronaut X-1 Robert Leppan Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two Triumph engines.
17th September 1970 405.250 km / h "Big Red" -Yamaha Don Vesco Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two 350 cc Yamaha engines.
October 16, 1970 427.180 km / h Harley-Davidson Streamliner Cal Rayborn Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes 1480 cc Harley-Davidson engine.
September 28, 1975 487.515 km / h Silver Bird Don Vesco Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two 700 cc Yamaha engines.
August 25, 1978 505.905 km / h Lightning Bolt Don Vesco Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two 1000 cc Kawasaki engines.
August 28, 1978 512.733 km / h Lightning Bolt Don Vesco Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two 1000 cc Kawasaki engines.
July 19, 1990 518.327 km / h Harley-Davidson Dave Campos Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two Harley-Davidson engines.
September 3, 2006 552.209 km / h Top Oil Ack Attack Rocky Robinson Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two Suzuki engines with a total displacement of 2600 cc.
September 5, 2006 564.693 km / h BUB Lucky Seven Chris Carr Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes V4 engine with 3000 cm³ displacement.
September 26, 2008 580.833 km / h Top Oil Ack Attack Rocky Robinson Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two Suzuki engines with a total displacement of 2600 cc.
September 24, 2009 591.528 km / h BUB Lucky Seven Chris Carr Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes V4 engine with 3000 cm³ displacement and 500 hp.
September 25, 2010 605.698 km / h Top Oil Ack Attack Rocky Robinson Bonneville Salt Flats (USA) Yes two Suzuki engines with a total displacement of 2600 cc.

literature

  • LJK Setright: The Guinness Book of Motorcycling. Facts and Feats. Second edition, 1982, ISBN 0-85112-255-8 .
  • FIM World Records (from 1979 - present) Group A1 Division C (accessed October 27, 2014)

Remarks

  1. ↑ First known record for a female driver. Cf. [1] The engine of the Pécourt came from Zedel.
  2. ↑ Bonhams speaks of 110 km / h. See bonhams.com Griffon Twin (accessed October 29, 2014). Another factory driver was Léon Demeester, who won the Première course internationale de motos race in 1904 and founded the automobile manufacturer Automobiles H. Demeester in 1905 .
  3. ↑ 1000 meters in 29.2 seconds.
  4. ↑ 1000 meters in 25 4/5 seconds. See [2]
  5. ↑ Unofficial world record; today one assumes a measurement error.
  6. ↑ 1/4 mile record (402.34 m) recognized by the AMA .
  7. ↑ On November 21, 1923, Charles (Red) Wolverton was measured with the experimental motorcycle Ace XP-4 at 129.61 mph (208.58 km / h) in Philadelphia , but only over a distance of 1/10 mile, making the record was not recognized. See Jerry Hatfield: Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981 . Krause Publications 2006, ISBN 978-0-89689-949-0 , p. 9.
  8. ↑ Only driven in one direction.
  9. ↑ Only driven in one direction, no return trip possible due to engine failure.
  10. ↑ The OEC (with duplex steering ) got stuck on the track during the record attempt with engine failure after the first trip, so Wright drove the Zenith (with trapeze fork ) in both directions and set the record. However, the JAP -OEC with duplex steering was presented as a record machine at the London Olympic Exhibition .
  11. ↑ Not officially recognized due to insufficient improvement (less than 0.05 seconds).
  12. ↑ No timing according to the FIM standard. AMA recognizes the record. See [3]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Setright, p. 188.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai L. JK Setright: The Guinness Book of Motorcycling. Facts and Feats. 1982, ISBN 0-85112-255-8 , p. 179 ff.
  3. ↑ Setright, p. 10.
  4. ^ Motorcyclemuseum.org Oscar Hedstrom (accessed October 27, 2014).
  5. ↑ S. Ewald, G. Murrer: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle . Novara 1996, German edition by Weltbild Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-86047-142-2 , p. 110
  6. ↑ Juraj Porazik: Motorbikes from the years 1885 to 1940. Slovart Verlag, 1983. ISBN 978-3768402408 , p. 60. (105 km / h)
  7. ↑ Lamberjack on Griffon (1903)
  8. ↑ Jerry Hatfield: Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981 . Krause Publications 2006, ISBN 978-0-89689-949-0 , p. 44.
  9. ^ Hans Jürgen Huse: French motorcycles. Johann Kleine Vennekate, Lemgo, 1st edition 1999, ISBN 39804987-6-X , p. 49.
  10. ↑ Peugeot V2
  11. ↑ Setright, p. 27.
  12. ↑ Helmut Krackowizer : Milestones in motorcycle history . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1st edition 1987, ISBN 3-613-01141-7 , p. 42
  13. ^ Guggenheim Museum New York : The Art Of The Motorcycle. 2001, ISBN 0-8109-6912-2 , p. 126.
  14. ^ Peter Miller: Brough Superior. The Complete Story. The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 2010, ISBN 978-1-84797-1128 , p. 300
  15. ↑ George Brough, Arpajon 1928
  16. ↑ site Gyronaut X -1. World's fastest motorcycle (Retrieved November 2, 2014)
  17. ↑ a b c d e f FIM WORLD RECORDS (from 1979 - present) Group A1 Division C.