Buell 1125R Breaks Motorcycle Land Speed Record?On Ice

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Take one British stunt rider (Craig Jones), one American sport bike (Buell 1125R), and one frozen Swedish lake bed (Lake Dellen), and what do you have? A 148 mph PR stunt that would be a record if there was a category for such a thing.

With ice only a few centimeters thick separating man and machine from 1.2 billion cubic meteres of freezing cold water, Craig Jones took his*specially prepared*Buell 1125R*to a top speed of 238kmph (148mph for us Americans) on the frozen and groomed surface of Lake Dellen, in Sweden.*

To accomplish this feat, Buell plowed a path down the snow covered lake, exposing the bare ice. Then they studded the bike’s standard street tires with ice piercing tacs, which can achieve a tremendous amount of grip. Lastly, to boost the power of the bike (because Buell needs all the help it can get), a nitrous rig was added to the machine. While we here at A&R love to give Buell and parent company Harley-Davidson a hard time of things, this is one of the cooler (*sigh* no pun intended) PR stunts we’ve seen a while. Kudos.

Speaking to how nutso this feat is, Jones said, “I*firmly believe that your head is the biggest limiting factor in pushing to the edge. The less you think about the risks, the further you can push yourself. So I kept it simple. I just put the bike into gear, tucked down and went as fast as I could.” This is from a man who, among other things, has pulled the world’s longest rolling stoppie (with a passenger on board). We’re also pretty sure this philosophy is a one-way ticket to Darwin Award stardom.

Still, Merriam-Webster has recently considered replacing the word “cojones” with “Craig Jones.” So would you want top out on ice?













Source: Autoblog



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