



The pair were also able to set a new one mile, standing start speed record of 178.614mph, covering 29 miles up and down the Yorkshire runway on the day. I was very cautious and careful, and progressively went faster and faster across the day.” It’s like having a topbox on the back of your bike, full of cement,” he joked. “I’ve got that to manage and then I’ve got someone on the back. “I’m on a homemade bike that weighs 600kg with no fairing,” Millyard told MCN, having ridden the 13-year-old machine on the day. The UK&ITA record was set at Elvington, with the pair reaching the ludicrous speed from a standing start over 1.25-miles – beating the current Guinness World Record of 181.426mph, set by Erin Hunter and Andy Sills back in September 2011. TV favourites Henry Cole and Allen Millyard have set a new speed record for two-up riding, reaching 183.5mph aboard Millyard’s own 8000cc Viper V10 naked bike.
