Team Ack Attack
 

Top 1 ACK Attack Team
Official World Land Speed Record 360.913 mph*

*Pending FIM Ratification



Top 1 ACK Attack Team set a new Motorcycle World Land Speed Record at 360.913 mph (pending FIM ratification) on September 26, 2008 on the Bonneville Salt Flats.  This feat has been featured on many websites and below are some of the links:

CBS 13

http://cbs13.com/local/motorcycle.land.speed.839685.htm


New York Times Motorcycle News Blog

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/motorcycle-news-roundup/?scp=1&sq=ack%20attack&st=cse


D&D Performance Exhaust

http://www.danddexhaust.com/news/2008/10/new_sheriff_in.htm

 

Biker Net Radio Blog

http://www.bikernetshop.com/2008/10/06/fastest-motorcycle-in-the-world/


MotorTrend Online (1,335, 153 unique/month)

http://wot.motortrend.com/6298868/motorsports/motorcycle-and-automobile-world-land-speed-records-broken-at-bonneville/index.html

Press-Enterprise.com (396,702 unique/month)

http://www.pe.com/wow/racing/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wow_1008_ackattack.6ed59d.html

Motorcycle.com (168,377 unique/month)

http://www.motorcycle.com/news/new-motorcycle-land-speed-record-set-86935.html

MotorcycleClassics.com

http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/blacksidedown-ack-attack.aspx?blogid=44

DealerNews.com

http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/Breaking+News/New-Land-Speed-Record-360-mph/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/553987?ref=25

MotocrossCanada

http://motocrosscanada.ca/mxnf.php?id=2062

VisorDown.com

http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/motorcycle_land_speed_record_smashed__360mph!/5629.html

MotoBikeblog.com

http://www.motobikeblog.com/

IronWorks.com

http://iwblogger.com/2008/speed-news-on-and-off-the-salf-flats/#content

MotocrossWeekly.net

http://www.motocrossweekly.net/article.php?id=2074

Motorcycle USA (168,663 unique/month)

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7144&PageID=1

Hell for Leather

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/09/team-ack-attack-hits-360mph-sh.html


Road Racer X

http://www.roadracerx.com/article.php?article_id=1016

 

Motorcycle USA

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7145&PageID=1

 
AMA Flat Track

http://www.amaflattrack.com/article.php?UID=Eg1SVUKJhLojiubhtEI38TytE4K8K3&sc=1074&aid=12462

 
Cycle World Online (100,232 unique/month)

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=771&page_number=9#hondasmartrainer


Bloomberg News (wire service)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&refer=amsports&sid=aesZnuYu3nxo

 
Motorcycles About.com

http://motorcycles.about.com/b/2008/09/29/ack-attack-streamliner-hits-360913-mph-breaks-motorcycle-land-speed-record.htm

Bikeweek.com

http://bikeweek.com/news.cfm/mode/details/id/2567

MotorcycleDaily (101, 673 unique/month)

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/092608pressrelease5.htm

DC Sportbikes

http://dcsportbikes.com/forums/t/103737.aspx

Motorsportsnews.net

http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/1832

Cycle News Online

http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=13027

Cycle World Forum

http://forums.cycleworld.com/cycleworld/board/message?board.id=racing&message.id=3094

Motorcycle USA (168,663 unique/month)

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7126&Page=1

VintageMotorsport.com

http://vintagemotorsport.com/show_news.asp?id=1247


BikerNetMetricNews

http://bikernetmetricnews.blogspot.com/2008/09/chris-carr-out-rocky-robinson-in-360913.html

 

BikerHotline.com

http://www.bikerhotline.com/pr/2008/08ackattack/

 
Bikeland.org

http://www.bikeland.org/news-story.php?newsID=42221


Land Speed History

"There are many types of motorcycle competition, from trials to road-racing, but one achievement that riders of all stripes can appreciate is the absolute land-speed record," said AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. "Since the first two-wheeled vehicle rolled under its own power, riders have been searching for ways to make their motorcycles go faster. Thanks to Rocky, Mike and the Top 1 ACK Attack team, those at the frontier of this exciting area of competition now have a new threshold to surpass."


The following is the history of the Motorcycle Land Speed Record

  • 8-4-1956 Wilhelm Herz 210.896 MPH.  Wilhelm Herz was the first person to ride a motorcycle over 200 mph
  • 9-28-1975 Don Vesco , Silver Bird Yamaha 302.928  MPH.  Don Vesco was the first person to ride a motorcycle over 300 mph

  • 7-14-1990 Dave Campos, Easyrider 322.149  MPH
  • 9-3-2006 Rocky Robinson, Top 1 Ack Attack 342.797  MPH
  • 9-5-2006 Chris Carr, Bub Seven 350.885 MPH
  • 9-26-2008 Rocky Robinson, Top 1 Ack Attack 360.913  MPH (PENDING FIM RATIFICATION)

Twin-Engine Turbo Power

Looking more like a sleek airplane fuselage than a conventional motorcycle, the Top 1 streamliner is about 20 feet long. Beneath its carbon-fiber skin, a chrome-moly tube frame links the two wheels, cockpit, and powertrain, which features two heavily modified Hayabusa motorcycle engines with a combined displacement of about 2.6 liters. The Top 1 Ack Attack streamliner rides on ultra-high-speed Mickey Thompson automotive tires – seven inches wide in front and nine inches at the rear.


About Mike Akatiff

Mike Akatiff is a well-known motorcycle engineer and AMA dirt-track and desert racer who built race bikes under contract with BSA Motorcycles for AMA champions Jim Rice and Dick Mann before starting his own company in 1971 to design and manufacture racing and custom motorcycle parts. In 1987, Akatiff founded another company, ACK Technologies, which is the largest manufacturer of aircraft altitude digitizers and emergency location transmitters. In 1997, the Federal Aeronautics Administration appointed him as a designee with authority to perform conformity inspections and grant FAA airworthiness certificates. Akatiff began the design and construction of the Top-1 Ack-Attack twin-engine motorcycle streamliner in 2002, setting an official land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats less than two years later and breaking the record again with an unofficial time of 360.913 mph in 2008.


 

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