Gyronaut X-1
{{Short description|Land speed record motorcycle (1966-70)}}
File:Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2015 (17729203336).jpg, Carmel, California during 2015]]
Gyronaut X-1 was a streamliner motorcycle that set the motorcycle land-speed record of {{convert|245.667|mph|abbr=on}} in 1966, ridden by Detroit Triumph dealer Bob Leppan. It was powered by two 650 cc Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle engines.
The streamlined body was designed by Alex Tremulis, who designed automobiles including the Tucker automobile and Ford Gyron.
It had innovative safety equipment including a cromoly steel roll cage and fire suppression equipment.
Gyronaut crashed in 1970 at over {{convert|280|mph|abbr=on}}. Four decades later, Steve Tremulis, nephew of the designer, displayed the partially restored Gyronaut to the public for the first time in early 2012. It was shown fully restored at Speed Week in 2013, and won a special award at the 2014 Quail Motorcycle Gathering.
See also
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsports-network.com/triumph/2001/bonnevil.htm|title=Triumph's Bonneville Connection|publisher=Motorsports Network|accessdate=2014-10-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011173844/http://www.motorsports-network.com/triumph/2001/bonnevil.htm|archivedate=2014-10-11}}
{{Citation|title=World's fastest motorcycle restored|author=Yoav Gilad|date=September 15, 2014|work=Petrolicious|publisher=May Moon Media|url=http://www.petrolicious.com/world-s-fastest-motorcycle-restored}}
{{citation|title=Postcards From Bonneville 65th Anniversary Speed Week |date=August 16, 2013|author=Cyril Huze|work=Cyril Huze Post|url=http://cyrilhuzeblog.com/2013/08/16/postcards-from-bonneville-65th-anniversary-speed-week/}}
{{citation|title=Alex Tremulis's Gyronaut X-1 goes under restoration|author=Daniel Strohl|date=May 15, 2012|publisher=Hemmings|work=Hemmings Daily|url=http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/05/15/alex-tremuliss-gyronaut-x-1-goes-under-restoration/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518093910/http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/05/15/alex-tremuliss-gyronaut-x-1-goes-under-restoration/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 18, 2012}}
{{citation|author=Sherri Candland|title=Bonneville Speed Week 2013, a City on the Salt|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|date=August 19, 2013|url=http://cars.sltrib.com/articles/view/82/Bonneville_Speed_Week_2013,_a_City_on_the_Salt}}
{{citation|author=John L. Stein|title=2014 Quail Motorcycle Gathering Award Winners|publisher=Hagerty Insurance Agency|date=July 8, 2014 |url=http://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2014/07/08/Speed-Demons}}
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External links
{{Commons category|Gyronaut X-1}}
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.tuckercorporation.com/#!Original-Gyronaut-Plans/zoom/c8a7/i0l0i Original Gyronaut plans] from Tucker Corporation LLC (Mike and Sean Tucker)
Category:Land speed record motorcycles
Category:Feet forwards motorcycles
Category:Streamliner motorcycles
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