Guy Martin local Scania garage. Due to the filming commitments for "The Boat that Guy Built", he ended up losing his job working for his father, but immediately went into town to apply for another truck job. Martin has set the following speed records. In July 2015 it was confirmed that Martin was to pilot Triumph Motorcycles' attempt on the motorcycle land speed record (World's Fastest Motorcycle), at the time standing at 376.363 mph (605 km/h), set by Rocky Robinson in 2010. The attempt was originally scheduled for August during the FIM event at Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States. Competing
Triumph Model H by the end of the war in 1918. The Triumph Engineering Co Ltd had been using the advertising slogan "Trusty Triumph" since 1910 and the Model H became known as 'The Trusty' as it proved reliable in wartime conditions, despite a weakness in the front fork spring. This was prone to break on rough ground, so despatch riders would strap a leather belt around it as a precaution. After the war, the motorcycle didn't have enough speed for racing, which was one of the principle markets for motorcycles at the time, so Triumph moved on to a motorcycle designed by