Now this is insane
fun but insane
Hats off to Billy Baxter and on a kawasaki
Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record
Britain's Billy Baxter reached a speed of 265.33 km/h (164.87 mph) while riding a 1200 cc Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle unsighted at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, UK, on August 2, 2003. Baxter lost his sight after an eye infection he picked up while serving as a Staff Sergeant with the army in Bosnia in 1997.
Billy "The Whizz" Baxter realized he could make an attempt at the blindfold speed record after a skiing trip to Italy. "I realized that if I could ski, I could ride a motorbike again," he explained. With the help of the Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team, he developed a three-way radio communications system involving himself and two outriders behind him.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/con ... rdid=56063
Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum
Australian Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Discussion Forum - All Welcome, free and easy to join, just click "register" below - www.ksrc-au.com
Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record
7 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record
by Lucas » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:59 pm
Lucas
TRUST ME! I'VE SEEN THIS DONE ON T.V.......
Black ZX10R 05
1958 Vespa 150
1928 A Model Tourer
TRUST ME! I'VE SEEN THIS DONE ON T.V.......
Black ZX10R 05
1958 Vespa 150
1928 A Model Tourer
- Lucas
- KSRC Member
- Posts: 495
- Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:05 pm
- Location: Nth suburbs Melbourne
- Bike: ZX10R
- State: Victoria
by Jonno » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:54 pm
Good going, see ya can even ride these 12R's blindfolded thats how good they are 
Still very impressive and I have on a few rare occasions been faster myself and sighted
Still very impressive and I have on a few rare occasions been faster myself and sighted
-
Jonno - Mobile Chicane
- Posts: 5613
- Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:10 pm
- Location: Brisbane
- Bike: Other Kawi
- State: Queensland
by mick_dundee » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:06 pm
That is impressive indeed, got to 230 once on my 600 then backed off, wouldn't think it had much more in it and roads were damp so wasn't keen on going much harder 
A good mate will bail you out of jail, a true mate will be sitting in the cell next to you saying "Damn, we fucked up!!!"
- mick_dundee
- Team Naked
- Posts: 5344
- Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:05 pm
- Location: Kilmore
- Bike: Suzuki
- State: Victoria
by RG » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:25 pm
I suppose he was dead the day he became blind ?
No fear.
No fear.
"...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena." - Theodore Roosevelt
- RG
- KSRC Contributor
- Posts: 1454
- Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:28 pm
- Location: WA
- Bike: It's not worth Mentioning
- State: Western Australia
by Neka79 » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:50 pm
Jonno wrote:Good going, see ya can even ride these 12R's blindfolded thats how good they are
Still very impressive and I have on a few rare occasions been faster myself and sighted
dont u mean they r that easy to ride cos theyve got no balls..had it been an R1 or a zx10r..that woulda been fun to see...mwahahahaha
Neka
2006 Zeddy 1000
1996 VS series 2 S pak Ute
2006 Zeddy 1000
1996 VS series 2 S pak Ute
-
Neka79 - Extreme Post Whore :-)
- Posts: 13115
- Joined: Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:20 am
- Location: Adelaide......nah its cool..no really!!
- Bike: Z900
- State: South Australia
by Jonno » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:17 am
neka79 wrote:Jonno wrote:Good going, see ya can even ride these 12R's blindfolded thats how good they are
Still very impressive and I have on a few rare occasions been faster myself and sighted
dont u mean they r that easy to ride cos theyve got no balls..had it been an R1 or a zx10r..that woulda been fun to see...mwahahahaha
haha yup, be brilliant if he wheelied it in every gear on the way, now thats blind faith!
-
Jonno - Mobile Chicane
- Posts: 5613
- Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:10 pm
- Location: Brisbane
- Bike: Other Kawi
- State: Queensland
7 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 19 guests