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- The Curtiss V-8 motorcycle was a 269 cu in (4,410 cc) V8 engine -powered motorcycle designed and built by aviation and motorcycling pioneer Glenn Curtiss that set an unofficial land speed record of 136.36 miles per hour (219.45 km/h) on January 24, 1907.
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Rocky Robinson holds the current world speed record for motorcycles. He’s gone 376 mph while riding the Top 1 Ack Attack—at first glance, a totally different animal from the Curtiss V-8.
May 22, 2015 · On January 23, 1907, at the Florida Speed Carnival at Ormond Beach, Florida, Curtiss drove the V-8 powered motorcycle to a speed of 218 kilometers per hour (136 miles per hour), a motorcycle land speed record that stood until 1930. Curtiss was dubbed by the newspapers as “the fastest man on Earth.”
Curtiss V-8; Manufacturer: Glenn Curtiss: Assembly: 1906: Class: Speed record challenger: Engine: Curtiss B-8: 269 cu in (4,410 cc), dual carburetor, 90° F-head V-8: Bore / stroke: 3.625 in × 3.25 in (92.1 mm × 82.6 mm) Top speed: 136 mph (219 km/h) Power: 40 hp (30 kW) @ 1,800 RPM: Ignition type: Battery ignition, jump-spark: Transmission
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- Glenn Curtiss
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Glenn Curtiss, fastest person on earth, on his V8 motorcycle in 1907 Speed (mph) by year. The motorcycle land-speed record is the fastest speed achieved by a motorcycle on land. It is standardized as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs in opposite directions.
DateLocationRiderMake25 September 2010Bonneville, USRocky Robinson24 September 2009Bonneville, USChris Carr26 September 2008Bonneville, USRocky Robinson5 September 2006Bonneville, USJun 12, 2020 · The Curtiss V8 reached a top speed of 136,3 mph. The Curtiss V8 was faster than anything the world had ever seen back then and received a lot of praise. The record was never accepted officially because of a technicality but it was widely acknowledged in the automotive industry as being legitimate.
Jun 29, 2022 · He recorded a record-setting speed of 136 mph (218 km/h) during his run. It was there he was named “the fastest man on Earth.” This is Glenn Curtiss’s motorcycle featuring the V-8 engine. Courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. 2.
Curtiss' most famous speed run came in 1907 when he became the fastest man on earth by running a prototype motorcycle at Ormond Beach to a record speed of 136.3 mph. That motorcycle was powered by an experimental V-8 aircraft engine (of Curtiss' own design) mounted in a specially built elongated frame.
