From Triumph North America
BONNEVILLE, UT - British racing journalist Alan Cathcart set four officially-recognized FIM World Land Speed Records at the 2009 BUB Bonneville Speed Trials held on the Utah Salt Flats in the United States from Aug. 30-Sept. 3.
The four speed records were set at Bonneville on Triumph Bonneville machines fitted with Pirelli racing tires, one naturally-aspirated and the other turbocharged, in a year celebrating the iconic model’s 50th anniversary.
Riding a street-legal Thruxton Bonneville prepared by Matt Capri, owner of South Bay Triumph in Lomita, CA – a leading North American tuning house for the British motorcycles – Cathcart broke the 150 mph barrier to set a new two-way FIM World Record for the flying mile at 152.678 mph (245.711 km/h) and another for the flying kilometre at 152.770 mph (245.859 km/h). These speeds set new marks for the FIM’s 1000cc Normally-Aspirated Twin-Cylinder Unstreamlined category.
In addition to this, aboard the turbocharged South Bay Triumph Bonneville also built by Capri, Cathcart established two more new FIM World Records for the 1000cc Forced Induction Twin-Cylinder Unstreamlined class, with a two-way speed for the flying mile of 165.405 mph (266.194 km/h) and for the flying kilometre of 165.672 mph (266.623 km/h). The mile speed qualifies as a new AMA record, too, with all records subject to ratification by the relevant authorities.
The South Bay Triumphs were shod with Pirelli rain tires supplied by the Italian manufacturer’s racing division.
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