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Trailer Record
Guinness World Records have confirmed that a brand new record has been set -
for a motorcycle towing a trailer!
The record was set at Millbrook Proving Ground, near Bedford (UK), where
experienced MCN road tester, Kevin Smith, rode a Kawasaki ZZ-R1100 motorcycle,
towing a Squire D21 trailer, at an average speed of 139.5 mph.
Squire MD Peter Rivers Fletcher is particularly pleased with the result. "This
is an amazing record, because what you're looking at is a regular bike towing a
standard production trailer around a 2-mile circuit at an average speed of 139
mph. To achieve that average, speeds of up to 150 mph must have been reached on
several occasions during the test".
 | Facts & figures |
| Date: Thursday 28 February 2002 |
| Conditions: dry, 9 degrees Celsius, 16-MPH S/W wind. |
| Motorcycle: Kawasaki ZZ-R1100, 1052cc, 147PS. |
| Trailer: Squire D21, 50KG (+ 35 KG ballast) |
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