Motus Sets Two Land Speed Records at Bonneville

This has not been a good year for speed freaks looking to set land speed records at Bonneville, as the Utah course has been subject to a series of storms, which have either left the salt flats flooded, or the salt conditions unsuitable for record-smashing.

That didn’t seem to stop Motus Motorcycles at the AMA-sanctioned 2014 Bonneville Speed Trials event, as the upstart motorcycle company walked away with two records, in the 1650cc P-PP (165.81 mph) and (168.69 mph) 1650cc P-PG classes –set respectively by Motus founders Lee Conn and Brian Case.

Both records were smashed with a stock Motus MST-R motorcycles, which were then ridden back to the Motus factory in Alabama. The results at Bonneville make the Motus MSTR the fasteset production pushrod motorcycle in the world.