Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials speed of 100mph, riding a Yamaha 350cc two-stoke motorbike. The event was held from 26-31 August. Valerie Thompson became the first female driver riding a motorcycle over 300 mph, reaching a speed of 489.663 km/h. The event was cancelled in 2015, due to poor salt flat conditions. Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST) also known as AMA Land Speed Grand Championship is a motorcycle land speed racing event, held annually at Bonneville Speedway, US. The event is sanctioned by American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Many AMA-certified US national speed records, and FIM-certified
Triumph Model H Harry Ricardo, known as the Model R Roadster. When the Model H was discontinued in 1923 a total of 57,000 had been produced. Triumph Model H The Triumph Model H (also known as the 'Type H' and 'the Trusty') is a British motorcycle made by Triumph Engineering Co Ltd in Coventry, England. A total of 57,000 Triumph Model H motorcycles were made from 1915 until production ended in 1923. At the start of the First World War in 1914 the British Government needed effective communications with front line troops and replaced messengers on horses with despatch riders on motorcycles. A