News & Reviews

The Salt Report - Bonneville

Aug 14, 2019

Bonny to Bonneville: the bumpy road to a record

Mar 08, 2019

False starts, dead ends, missing parts, bereavements. Nobody said attempting a land speed record would be easy, but Ferg’s preparation of a production class Triumph Bonneville has faced, and now overcome, unexpected setbacks.

Bonneville land speed record attempt, part six

Sep 24, 2018

It’s been a winter of enormous work and engineering development but Fergus Maynes’s record-chasing Bonnie is now shaping up nicely.

Bonneville land speed record attempt - Part five

Apr 26, 2018

Bad news: Ferg has had to put his record attempt back to 2019 after problems manufacturing pistons put too long a delay into the timeline for this August. But the good news is that the postponement will allow more valuable time for development and testing, which continues apace.

Ride On newsletter - February 2018

Mar 19, 2018

In this issue we take a ride out of this world, preview Energica's E-bikes for the new MotoE series, have video of the Akrapovi? Tribute to Superbikes from Slovenia, the return of a Vincent Down Under, and we have the next instalment of Ferg's preparations for his world land speed record attempt.

Bonneville land speed record attempt - Part four

Feb 22, 2018

Ferg’s Triumph Bonneville T120R has taken great strides in its recreation as a land-speed-record breaking machine. We revisited his workshop to catch up on progress.

Ride On newsletter - December 2017

Feb 15, 2018

In this issue we find out how an everyday Suzuki stands up to high mileage, review the SWM Superdual, and update you on Ferg'’s preparations for his world land speed record attempt.

Bonneville land speed record attempt - part three

Dec 15, 2017

We’ve been covering the attempt by Fergus Maynes to set a new world land speed record for the 650 production pushrod class at Bonneville next year. In this third instalment, we cover more of the background to Ferg’s attempt and update the Triumph Bonneville’s rebuild.