Bonneville celebrates 50 years with 4 world speed records

British motorcycle journalist Alan Cathcart marked the 50th anniversary of the iconic Triumph Bonneville by setting four officially recognised FIM world land speed records at this year's Bonneville speed trials.
Riding a street legal Thruxton Bonneville prepared by Matt Capri, owner of South Bay Triumph in California, Cathcart broke the 150mph barrier to set a new two way FIM world record for the flying mile at 152.678mph, and another for the flying kilometre at 152.770mph, with a best one way speed of 153.150mph. These speeds set new marks for the FIM's 1000cc Normally-Aspirated Twin-Cylinder Unstreamlined category.
In addition, Cathcart established two more new FIM world records for the 1000cc Forced Induction Twin-Cylinder Unstreamlined class, riding a turbocharged Triumph Bonneville with a two way speed for the flying mile of 165.405mph, 165.672mph for the flying kilometre and a best one-way speed of 171.624 mph. This also eclipsed AMA records.