This Honda RS125-powered streamliner has set a new speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats by achieving a two-way average speed of 146mph. 27-year-old Scott Kolb broke a 27 years old world record. The Honda RS125 is a custom framed bike that features radically altered geometry and a 98 inches wheelbase. Scott had to modify the bike with some additional features. He stretched the bike for more 40 inches, and replaced the radiator with a streamlined fairing.
World's fastest 125cc bike
The Martin Eurosports-built 1996 Honda RS125 two-stroke engine produces 41 bhp at sea level, meaning power is probably reduced to about 36bhp in Utah. Kolb says after the run: “Given the bike is a two stroke that is held wide open for over 75 seconds, every nut and bolt has to be either safety wired or given a generous helping of Loctite. The hub center assembly in my haste to complete the bike did not get a generous helping of loctite and what you see is a bolt that had backed its way out. I was in over-rev through the timed mile and could have geared for 155MPH if I had one more day of competition. Next year!”
The RS125 at the BUB speed trials
