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Lightning Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville

Suddenly, we've got a competition on our hands. While it didn't seem likely that any other electric motorcycle manufacturers would even attempt to top Mission Motors' recent 150-plus mile per hour record run for a production-intent vehicle (the team hit 161 mph at one point) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, not only did Lightning Motorcycles make the trip, the company's machine unofficially (it was an official run, but not followed up with a repeat run to qualify for an official record) went 166 miles per hour! Lightning's prototype is ... Read more →

JCB Dieselmax wins Bonneville speed record with 317 mph measured-mile Sebastian Blanco

Lightning Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

JCB Dieselmax wins Bonneville speed record with 317 mph measured-mile 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

No faster diesel-powered vehicle exists than the JCB Dieselmax, now that the needle-sharp vehicle has broken the diesel land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a measured-mile speed of 317 mph Thursday. The JCB Dieselmax did two runs of 308 and 325 mph, giving an average (and record ...

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