{"id":6883,"date":"2014-02-05T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2014-02-05T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:29:10","slug":"record-setting-vancouver-man-chases-triumph-on-his-homemade-two-wheeled-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=6883","title":{"rendered":"Record-setting Vancouver man chases triumph on his homemade, two-wheeled masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">By Brendan McAleer, <em>Driving<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6884\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?attachment_id=6884\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6884\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6884\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6884\" alt=\"Tom Mellors with his 200mph record-setting motorcycle.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tom-Mellors-300x195.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tom-Mellors-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Tom-Mellors.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Mellors with his 200mph record-setting motorcycle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">At 170 miles an hour, the bike feels like it\u2019s going to come apart at the seams, frame sundered, fairing shredded, its rider flung into oblivion. The pitted and rutted surface of the salt looks smooth only from a distance; at this speed, everything shakes violently, blurring vision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">There\u2019s little traction to be found here on the boundless white plains. The needles of a gauge re-purposed from a twin-engined aircraft show that the rear wheel is spinning 15 per cent faster than the front. Still, already at 8,000 rpm, the rider eases on more throttle \u2013 the thin grey shape flicks across the landscape like a thrown knife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/driving.ca\/triumph\/auto-news\/news\/the-high-road-best-way-to-learn-break-stuff\/\">Click here to continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brendan McAleer, Driving At 170 miles an hour, the bike feels like it\u2019s going to come apart at the seams, frame sundered, fairing shredded, its rider flung into oblivion. The pitted and rutted surface of the salt looks smooth only from a distance; at this speed, everything shakes violently, blurring vision. 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