looks like a two-wheeled rocket – Corriere.it

a new venture that the Ack Attack team is organizing. all planned for next summer in Bolivia, South America. Basically, will attempt to break the land speed record for a motorcycle which is currently 605.698 km/h and that tycoon Mike Akatiff’s own team set in 2010 with the legendary Rocky Robinson as the driver. We will try to do better than August 2017, when the attempt failed miserably. Now the team tries again.

Appointment from 16 to 21 August 2023 in the Salar de Uyuni, a flat surface of 10 thousand square meters made up of a layer of salt up to 10 meters thick located in Bolivia at an altitude of 3,600 meters. On the Bolivian course of the trials, the objective will be to beat the speed record established in 2010, but also be the first bike to break the 400 miles per hour (643.740 km/h) barrier. We are excited to finally be back racing in the Uyuni Salt Flats after 2017. We are expecting ideal conditions. No one has ever broken the 400 mph barrier on two wheels and we can’t wait to make history in Bolivia, says Mike Ackatiff.

Great goals indeed, but what aroused amazement were the images of the Top 1 who will try to beat the record in August. Not a traditional motorcycle and to be honest it doesn’t look like a motorcycle. the latest evolution of Streamliner motorcycles — the fairing that forms an aerodynamic shell and reduces air resistance — and similar to a rocket. Also, the Top 1 equipped with two powerful Suzuki Hayabusa engines, four-cylinder in line with 1,299 cc turbocharger, capable of releasing more than 1,000 horsepower. In short, he has all the credentials for the record. Appointment in Bolivia.