Becoming one with his turbocharged, methanol-fueled Hayabusa-based racebike designed to harness 1000 horsepower, this mild-mannered fish farmer and marine biologist from Wimauma, Fla. smashed his top-speed record of 278.6 mph rolling on DOT-approved BST carbon-fiber street wheels. The 586 lb., 8 ft. long bike was fitted with BST's heavy layup specification rear rim, which is 8.5 in. wide, with thicker-than-normal spokes, designed for big, high-powered motorcycles using a 240-series tire, and a standard BST front wheel.Bill Warner on his 311 mph, record-setting run
Brock's Performance President Brock Davidson, a license-holding 200+ mph land-speed-racing participant, is ecstatic with this achievement: "We wanted to make sure that we had enough strength to deal with the potential power output and centrifugal forces developed at these ridiculous speeds. Thanks to Bill's testing, BST's ILR wheels are now available for race and street use to consumers."Bill Warner receives a "300 MPH Club" hatWarner, a veteran land-speed competitor, nonchalantly said that accelerating up the runway at up to 152 yards per second wasn't very dramatic. "In this situation it was very calm. I progressed my speeds up from 180 mph over the past few years, so it was not a traumatic thing to do.