in 2008, Top 1 Oil Ack Attack reached the blistering speed of 360.913 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats to reclaim the absolute world speed record for motorcycles.
Owned by Mike Akatiff and driven by Rocky Robinson, the 20-foot-long Ack Attack was powered by 900 hp 2600cc heavily-modded Suzuki Twin Hayabusa engines. A carbon fibre skin held in a chromoly tube frame linking the wheels, cockpit and powertrain. Mickey Thompson ultra-high-speed tyres—7” in front and 9” in back—provided the traction.
Two years earlier, the Ack Attack had broken the 16-year-old record of 322.149 mph with a 342.797 run, but only held onto that one for two days before the BUB Seven stole the show.
They had another go, in Bolivia this time, in 2017 but didn’t manage to break the 400mph barrier.
