Avon discovers historic speed record film in centenary year - | Motorcycle News | Bike News | Motorbike Videos | MCN: "Avon Tyres have unearthed a collection of films whilst searching for old promotional material to help celebrate the firm’s 100 year anniversary of motorcycle tyre manufacture.
Having discovered the films, Avon's Global Motorcycle Sales Manager Graham Matcham said 'watching the films, we saw that it gives a unique window into our past. We soon had them converted into digital files so that we could show people how things were done way back when.'
This film shows land speed record holders Russell Wright and Bob Burns being interviewed by Vic Willoughby of The Motor Cycle in a film called 'The Wright Burns Records'. The great footage shows Wright hitting 187mph in July 1955 on a Vincent Black Lightning, with Burns subsequently attaching a third wheel to take the world sidecar record with a speed of 163mph, 'in spite of a wet road surface'.
Viewers are then taken to Pendine Sands, where further speed testing is being undertaken and we are told that 'technical"
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