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Unparalleled Two Wheeled Records Hot

01-BlindfoldMotorcycleSpeedRecordCertain people attain success, they choose to succeed. These people do not settle for the status quo. Lou Holtz stated "Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." That is what these people did, they set out to achieve a goal and set a world record.

There are many records out there to be set, we contacted Guinness and have some very exciting two wheeled information to pass along to you. These two wheeled world records really had us with our mouths hanging open in amazement. Read on and be fascinated with these Guinness World Records.

 


01-BlindfoldMotorcycleSpeedRecord

Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record

Billy Baxter (UK) reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1,200cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003.

02-Largest_paradeofBMWmotorcycles

Largest parade of BMW motorcycles

The largest parade of BMW motorcycles consisted of 241 motorcycles and was organized by Grass Roots BMW Motorcycles (all USA) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA, on 26 September 2009.

03-largest-parade-of-Harley-Davidson-motorcycles

Largest Parade of Harley Davidson Motorcycles

The Largest Parade of Harley Davidson Motorcycles consisted of 2,404 motorcycles and was achieved by Roberto Macdonald, The RRiders, and the Harley Davidson Club Hellas (Greece), in Patras, Greece, on 22 May 2010.

04-_LargestParadeofMopeds

Largest Parade of Mopeds (motorcycles Under 50cc)

The largest parade of mopeds consisted of 1,237 mopeds and was achieved on an event organised by De Bromvliegers (Netherlands) between Veghel and Zijtaart in The Netherlands, on 23 August 2009.

05-_LargestParadeofYamahaMotorcycles

Largest Parade of Yamaha Motorcycles

A total of 206 Yamaha motorcycles (all TDM models) took part in a parade organised by TDMitalia at Santamonica International racetrack at Misano Adriatico, Italy, on July 19, 2003, as part of the Yamaha Fest 2003

06-LongestMotorcycle

Longest Motorcycle

The longest motorcycle is 14.03 m (46 ft 3 in) long and was created by Colin Furze (UK). It was presented and measured at Saltby Aerodrome, Leicestershire, UK, on 14 October 2008.

07-_LongestMotorcycleRideThroughaTunnelofFire

Longest Motorcycle Ride Through a Tunnel of Fire

The longest motorcycle ride through a tunnel of fire was successfully completed by Clint Ewing (USA) and measured 60.96 m (200 ft) long at Universal City, Los Angeles, USA on 27 January 2008.

08-TallestRideableMotorcycle

Tallest Rideable Motorcycle

Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 3.429 m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tires that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall.

09-Thelongesttruebicycle

The longest true bicycle

That is one with only two wheels and no stabilizers, was 28.1 m (92 ft 2 in) long and was built by members of Gezelschap Leeghwater, the mechanical engineering students' association at Delft University of Technology. The bicycle was ridden for a distance in excess of 100 m (328 ft) at Delft, The Netherlands on December 11, 2002

Thanks goes out to Sara Wilcox from Guinness World Records for helping us verify this information.

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