Johnny Allen Motorcycle Racer

Agajanian (1999) giacomo agostini (1999) david aldana (1999) johnny allen (1999) c.e. In the early 1990s, herb harris struck up a friendship with the legendary triumph tuner jack wilson, builder of the 650cc triumph twin engine that powered rider johnny allen to a 214.4mph world record at the bonneville salt flats on sept. 6, 1956, a feat that cemented triumph’s reputation in the u.s.

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He owned and ran a chrome plating business, and held a racing sponsorship from local dealer pete dalio.

Johnny allen motorcycle racer. And launched the iconic triumph bonneville. For example, back in 1956, texan johnny allen took his triumph powered streamliner to 214.40 mph in the measured mile (left, as the news. (1998) bob armstrong (1998) erle armstrong (1998) roy artley (1998. His goal was to set the absolute motorcycle land speed record though, and did so at 214.40 miles per hour in 1956.

Johnny allen was a pioneer in the purest sense, a man for whom the fear of the unknown was merely an added incentive to cut through the salt of bonneville at approaching a third of the speed of sound. View johnny allen’s profile on linkedin, the world's largest professional community. It’s namesake is a tribute to johnny allen’s 193mph world record run at the bonneville salt flats back in 1955 in a normally aspirated 650cc triumph powered streamliner called “the devil’s arrow”. From 1961 bonnevilles were designated either t120r, for road models, or t120c for the scrambler version with high pipes.

Johnny allen & the texas ceegar honored in british customs' legends series. Johnny allen and crew with the texas ceegar at the bonneville salt flats. He had a whopping ten fingers. As he became a highly successful drag racer.

Allen was born in 1929, and grew up in forth worth, texas. The motorcycle hall of fame has inducted the following people as honorees: Allen's speed was ratified as a record by the american. He surpassed the great joey dunlop’s total of 118 in 2009 and although he retired in 2012, he returned in 2014 to add more success to his total.

A pure road racer, farquhar’s career started in 1995 and he’s now the most successful northern ireland road racer ever with over 200 road race wins in his native country. See more ideas about harley davidson, harley, harley davidson motorcycles. The result was triumph’s fastest ever machine (the ‘120’ bit was supposed to suggest it could do 120mph) and named in honour of the johnny allen 1956 bonneville salt flats world land speed record streamliner. Before johnny allen’s run of 214.40mph at the bonneville salt flats in 1956, it had been a long dry spell for u.s.

See more ideas about cafe racer, motorcycle, bike. Johnny allen was a rider best known for setting motorcycle speed records as many times as he had fingers. Mcnews covers all areas of interest for the motorcycling public including news, reviews and. Johnny allen inducted 1999 1950s world speed record holder categories :

Motorcycle land speed racers—33 years, in fact. Allen carter inducted 2001 engineer at the indian motocycle company in the 1930s and 1940s. Altman (2003) hap alzina (1998) brad andres (1998) leonard andres (1999) leo anthony, sr. “stormy” mangham, and fort worth dealer, tuner and 2001 motorcycle hall of fame inductee, jack wilson and piloted by legendary texas racer johnny allen.

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