All you motorbike enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that a British lady has set a world record on her motorcycle. She beat the previous record held by an American woman by 20mph making her the fastest woman on two wheels on a conventional motorcycle.
Becci Ellis is 46 years of age and a mother of two. She works as an IT analyst and comes from Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire.
At Elvington airfield in North Yorkshire she made history reaching a top speed of 264.1mph. The previous record was 243.6mph and had been set in September 2013.
What makes this all the more remarkable is that the off-the shelf Suzuki Hayabusa 1300cc motorbike was bought second hand back in 2008 originally with the intention of using its spare parts. The Suzuki Hayabusa was first manufactured back in 1999 and was renowned as the world’s fastest production motorbike.
Becci has loved motorcycles from a very early age – from 9 years of age in fact. She met her husband when she was 25. He used to be a motorbike drag racer back in the 1970s and spent a couple of years working on the 500bhp bike that included producing a unique turbo system to give the bike the extra power that it required to make the record breaking attempt. She can get to 90mph in first gear.
The bike, with 25,000 miles on the clock, powered along a I mile course at the airfield in just over 20 seconds. That is speed of breath taking proportions. She now becomes the 4th fastest rider on the planet and has achieved this on a bike that would only need to have indicator, front and backlights fitted to make it legally useable on the UK public road system.
Becci feels that it will be many years before her record will be broken by someone else but intends to keep trying to break her own record. Although she realises what she does is dangerous she claims to have no fear.
Well-done Becci!
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