09/05/2026
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On this day, September 5, 1962, Aircraft mechanic Joe Dudek brought his 17-foot-long, 667.25-cc Triumph Bonneville T120 streamliner to the Utah salt. Inspired by an X-15 rocket plane and powered by a bored out T120 Bonneville engine, rider Bill Johnson piloted Dudekโs machine to a gasoline-powered record of 205 mph.
The team then drained the gas from the bike, changed the carburetor jets and refueled with nitro methane and proceeded to set a new world motorcycle speed record of 224.57 mph, a record that stood (in the Streamlined, Altered Frame/Fuel class) until 1992.
The Dudek streamliner was destroyed in a fire in 1974.
Photo attribution: News Atlas
Source: https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/features/bikes/top-10-land-speed-records
