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Big Red was the machine with which American Don Vesco took the motorcycle land-speed record, 405.25 kilometres per hour (251.81 mph), on September 17, 1970 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. At Bonneville Speed Week in 1969, Vesco took Big Red to a speed of 365 km/h (227 mph). The following year, with the five and a half meter long motorcycle built from an aircraft drop tank, he undertook several more attempts to break the 395.363-kilometre-per-hour (245.667 mph) record set by Robert Leppan in 1966. He succeeded in setting a new record of 405.25 km/h (251.81 mph). A month later, the record was broken again: Cal Rayborn reached an averaged 427.25 kilometres per hour (265.48 mph) in two runs in opposite directions.

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  • Die Big Red war die Maschine, mit der der Amerikaner Don Vesco am 17. September 1970 den Motorrad-Geschwindigkeitsrekord auf den Bonneville Salt Flats mit 405,25 km/h erlangte. Während der Bonneville Speed Week 1969 war Vesco mit der Big Red-Yamaha auf eine Geschwindigkeit von 227 mph (365 km/h) gekommen. Im darauf folgenden Jahr unternahm er mit dem fünfeinhalb Meter langen, aus einem Abwurftank gebauten Motorrad erneut mehrere Versuche, den seit 1966 bestehenden Rekord Robert Leppans (395 km/h) zu brechen und hatte mit 405,25 km/h Erfolg. Einen Monat später wurde der Rekord dann erneut gebrochen: Cal Rayborn erreichte im Mittel aus zwei Läufen in entgegengesetzter Richtung 427,25 km/h. Das Motorrad ist heute ein Ausstellungsstück des Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. (de)
  • Big Red was the machine with which American Don Vesco took the motorcycle land-speed record, 405.25 kilometres per hour (251.81 mph), on September 17, 1970 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. At Bonneville Speed Week in 1969, Vesco took Big Red to a speed of 365 km/h (227 mph). The following year, with the five and a half meter long motorcycle built from an aircraft drop tank, he undertook several more attempts to break the 395.363-kilometre-per-hour (245.667 mph) record set by Robert Leppan in 1966. He succeeded in setting a new record of 405.25 km/h (251.81 mph). A month later, the record was broken again: Cal Rayborn reached an averaged 427.25 kilometres per hour (265.48 mph) in two runs in opposite directions. The bike is now an exhibit of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. (en)
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  • c. 1969 (en)
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  • Parachute assist (en)
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  • Big Red at Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum (en)
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  • Speed record streamliner motorcycle (en)
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  • Two, 350 cc two-stroke, two-cylinder Yamaha motors (en)
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  • Monocoque body (en)
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  • Big Red (en)
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  • "Silver Bird" streamliner (en)
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  • Big Red was the machine with which American Don Vesco took the motorcycle land-speed record, 405.25 kilometres per hour (251.81 mph), on September 17, 1970 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. At Bonneville Speed Week in 1969, Vesco took Big Red to a speed of 365 km/h (227 mph). The following year, with the five and a half meter long motorcycle built from an aircraft drop tank, he undertook several more attempts to break the 395.363-kilometre-per-hour (245.667 mph) record set by Robert Leppan in 1966. He succeeded in setting a new record of 405.25 km/h (251.81 mph). A month later, the record was broken again: Cal Rayborn reached an averaged 427.25 kilometres per hour (265.48 mph) in two runs in opposite directions. (en)
  • Die Big Red war die Maschine, mit der der Amerikaner Don Vesco am 17. September 1970 den Motorrad-Geschwindigkeitsrekord auf den Bonneville Salt Flats mit 405,25 km/h erlangte. Während der Bonneville Speed Week 1969 war Vesco mit der Big Red-Yamaha auf eine Geschwindigkeit von 227 mph (365 km/h) gekommen. Im darauf folgenden Jahr unternahm er mit dem fünfeinhalb Meter langen, aus einem Abwurftank gebauten Motorrad erneut mehrere Versuche, den seit 1966 bestehenden Rekord Robert Leppans (395 km/h) zu brechen und hatte mit 405,25 km/h Erfolg. Einen Monat später wurde der Rekord dann erneut gebrochen: Cal Rayborn erreichte im Mittel aus zwei Läufen in entgegengesetzter Richtung 427,25 km/h. (de)
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  • Big Red (Motorrad) (de)
  • Big Red (motorcycle) (en)
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  • Big Red (en)
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