Suzuki Hayabusa: record, Guy Martin verso i 480 km/h

The British ace of the road race wants to reach 300 miles per hour, that is 482 km / h, starting from a standstill, riding his Suzuki Hayabusa

As much as the English Guy Martin, with his big eyes and ice eyes, is universally considered the “king of cool” of the world of road racing, and although many identify him with the Tourist Trophy, it must be said that with him the Isle of Man was only partially generous, given that despite having participated in as many as 14 editions and collected a total – in the various categories – 17 podiums, the boy from Grimsby never took home the winner’s laurel. Martin, a lover of speed in all its forms, can still be consoled with a great media success, grown over the years and then sublimated by the television broadcast Speed ​​With Guy Martin on Channel Four.

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Just within this TV program, Guy has established several world speed records, with more disparate vehicles, such as a soapbox, a boardtrack motorcycle, a sled and even a tractor, with which he touched 217 km / h. But now Martin is trying to break a record about which there is little to joke, that of speed on the mile from a standing start. The British pilot has already held the British record since 2019, with 270 mph (about 435 km / h), but now aims to enter Guinness and reach 300 miles per hour (482.8 km / h). The current record of 296 mph was set by Bill Warner, who later ran into a fatal accident in an attempt to touch 300 meters. Riding an 830 horsepower Suzuki Hayabusa turbo, modified practically in all its parts ( although bore and stroke are original, so the cubic capacity of 1,340 cc also appears to be), Guy Martin has done some acceleration tests on the Elvington track, near York. But the very adverse weather conditions, with a strong wind and a slippery bottom, in addition to the absence of the rear fairing and the saddle, did not allow him to seriously try to break the record.
But now the 300 miles per hour are now in the sights and for the record, difficult to doubt, it is only a matter of time.

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