Since 2010, the land speed record for a motorcycle officially clocked in at 376.363 miles per hour. That decimal is important because, at these speeds, the record is won and lost in the margins.

The land speed record has been increased four times since, returning to British hands in 1983. The current record was set by the car ThrustSSC, driven by Britain's Andy Green.

And you broke the land speed record by clocking a blistering 52 mph? That doesn’t sound particularly fast if you’re thinking in terms of a car, behind the safety of its windshield and airbags.

The land speed record has been increased four times since, returning to British hands in 1983. The current record was set by the car ThrustSSC, driven by Britain’s Andy Green.

Over the last six decades, many vehicles have attempted to break the absolute land speed record, but only these five have succeeded. Green Monster. Photo: Samuel Hawley via YouTube Screenshot.

Since 2010, the land speed record for a motorcycle officially clocked in at 376.363 miles per hour. That decimal is important because, at these speeds, the record is won and lost in the margins.

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And yet, here we are, in the year 2014, and a new record has appeared in the most recent tally at Bonneville, showing one Burt Munro holding the AMA Land Speed Record in Class S.A. 1000, at 184. ...