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FEATURE I RECORD ATTEMPT AT BONNEVILLE MOTORCYCLE SPEED TRIALS
riders, officials and an army of
volunteers, all there to see the odd
record being broken. Bikes range
from 50cc two-stroke dragsters
to the full-length BUB streamliner,
and, if you knew where to look,
you'd see an all-black, all-silent,
partially streamlined electric pro-
totype that had the potential to be
faster than most of them.
This is the Lightning Motor-
cycles WTF, a twin-motor, single-
battery-powered electric racer
that is the brainchild of Lightning's
CEO Richard Hatfield. The name
is an interesting story in itself.
Lightning's most famous motor-
cycle, the LS-218, got its name
There have been some
very famous names that
have been standing in
front of this sign.
Rennie pulls
into pre-staging
on Tuesday
morning. A few
minutes later
he was going
nearly 200
mph.
