HOLY GHOST! EXCLUSIVE

On 23 June, via an oh-so sign of the times virtual launch, an all-new British challenger was unveiled which will attempt to break the World Land Speed Record for Partially Streamlined Electric motorcycles (E-LSR) weighing 300kg or over, currently held by five-time road racing World champion Max Biaggi.

Last November at the Chateauroux airfield in France he established a total of 11 new FIM World records aboard a Voxan Wattman, with his fastest two-way mark for the EV Partially Streamlined class set at 394.45km/h (245.10mph) for the flying quarter-mile, with a fastest one-way speed of 408km/h (253 mph). Max’s new record for the flying mile now stands at 366.94km/h (228.00mph).

The British challenger attempting to smash Biaggi’s E-records is a ground-up device produced by White Motorcycle Concepts, which will be piloted by its designer Robert White, already an exponent of straight-line speed events on his self-tuned Suzuki Hayabusa. But that has