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.

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 previous BNI world land speed record was 413.156, set by the late Nolan White of San Diego in 2001. White was killed later that year trying to raise his record, according to Svoboda.