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Washington Trike Inventor Smashes Land Speed Record for 3-Wheelers - Tilting Motor Works
Marysville, Washington (Free Press Release) September 6, 2012 – Tilting Motor Works, Inc. announced today that its founder and CEO, Bob Mighell, broke the land speed record for 3-wheeled motorcycles by more than 10 mph at the annual Motorcycle Speed Trials held at Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah on August 26-30. Mighell rode a modified Yamaha V-Max 1197cc motorcycle equipped with a V-4 engine and a proprietary Tilting Motor Works (TMW) two-wheeled tilting front end to a new record of 132.342 mph over one mile with a flying start.
Conditions were difficult with temperatures brushing 100 degrees, variable crosswinds up to 17 mph, and a sudden thunderstorm that drowned the course under 4 inches of water and cancelled the second day of racing. The racing surface, natural bright white salt that bakes in the sun, remained damp and loose on following days.
“Anything can happen at those speeds,” said Mighell, “and every motorcyclist knows how dangerous crosswinds and rough surfaces can be. The salt was all damp and loose and pitted, so it was ideal for putting our trike solution to the test. And it couldn’t have been a more stable ride. In the end we were constrained only by the performance of the motorcycle itself.”
Mighell, a lifelong powersports enthusiast who first rode a motorcycle across the country at the age of 19 to attend the mechanical engineering program at Dartmouth, is the inventor of an aftermarket “reverse trike” conversion that replaces a motorcycle’s front forks and front wheel with two wheels in the front. The wheels are connected in a patented leaning linkage that preserves the full leaning capabilities of the original motorcycle while improving stability, traction and braking. While many motorcyclists are attracted to trikes as their aging joints and backs make it harder to manage a heavy bike, the rigid designs of existing solutions are known to compromise handling and performance. TMW begins accepting pre-orders for the trike conversion this fall.
The previous record in the “cyclecar” classification was 121.649 mph, set in 2011. “We’re already planning to bring a faster motorcycle next year,” said Mighell.
Mighell’s collaborators and sponsors in staging the record attempt include UFO Performance Products of North Royalton, Ohio; Smokey Point Cycle Barn of Marysville, Washington; and Aurora Bearing Company of Aurora, Illinois.
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You can also research the late Bill Warner, who probably went faster on a VMax than anyone.
Schnitz Motorsports, Inc. - Person of the Week (schnitzracing.com)
It wasn't until 2004 that the idea of going really fast came to Bill. While watching the national news, Bill saw a story about a guy named Sam Tilley in Minnesota getting clocked on a state highway going over 200mph. As it turned out it was a mathematical mistake by the officer but it planted an idea in Bill's head. "I want to go 200mph on my Yamaha VMAX," he thought. After everyone told him that would be impossible and that it could never be done, he really wanted to do it.
Bill's first race was at Maxton Airport in North Carolina in September of 2006. He raced in the MG-1650cc class and went 180mph. A month later he went 187mph and used the winter to make some changes preparing for the next race in April of 2007 where he achieved his goal and ran
200.06mph on his old naked VMAX.
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More reading about this record-setting brave soul:
(55) Bill Warner article | Yamaha Star V-Max VMAX Motorcycle Discussion Forum (vmaxforum.net)
Bill Warner, King of Land Speed Racing, Was the Fastest Motorcycle Rider on Earth | Miami New Times