Lambky Liner

The Lambky Liner is a motorcycle land-speed record streamliner designed by Navy veteran and Vincent motorcycle restorer Max Lambky from Kansas, United States.[3] It reached a top recorded speed of 250 mph (400 km/h) at the 2007 International Motorcycle Speed Trials,[1] and an estimated 275 mph (443 km/h) in second gear before a supercharger spindle broke and spoiled a run in 2008.[2]

Lambky Liner
ManufacturerMax Lambky
Assemblyc. 1990–2012 (12 redesigns)
ClassSpeed record streamliner motorcycle
EngineTwo, c. 1,000 cc supercharged Vincent Motorcycles pushrod V-twin engines
Alcohol fuel
Top speed250–275 mph (402–443 km/h)[1][2]
BrakesParachute assist
Weight1,600 pounds (730 kg) with rider and fuel (wet)

Design and construction

World record holder Don Vesco consulted with Lambky on several features of streamliner design that Lambky utilized, including hub-center steering.[4]

The streamliner is powered by dual alcohol-burning supercharged Vincent Motorcycles pushrod V-twin engines, built in 1949 and 1952.[5][6][7] The total displacement is almost 2,000 cc running on alcohol, developing c. 400 horsepower (300 kW).[5][6]

Total weight with rider and fuel is 1,600 pounds (730 kg).[6] Frontal area is 4 square feet (0.37 m2).[8]

As of 2012, nine iterations of the streamliner had been built by Lambky, including a sidecar configuration.[3] Development costs were reported as $100,000 in 1997,[5] and over $150,000 by 2008.[6]

Riders

Riders included Don Angel, the first, who was recorded going 150 mph (240 km/h) through the timing lights backwards in 2006,[2] and Hartmut Weidelich, a German who also rebuilt the engines.[2][9][10]

Records

The streamliner won an award at the 2005 Speed Trials by BUB at Bonneville Speedway in the antique division at 212.86 miles per hour (342.56 km/h).[9][11]

In September, 2010, it set a new Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) record of 191.303 miles per hour (307.872 km/h) in the SCS-PBF class; SCS stands for special construction (hub steering, two engine) streamliner; PBF stands for piston, blown, (alcohol/nitro) fuel.[12]

References
  1. Rocky Robinson (6 August 2008), Salt Addiction: Lambkys Liner, Motorcycle USA
  2. Rocky Robinson (8 September 2009), Salt Addiction: First, Best and Next, Motorcycle USA
  3. Rocky Robinson (21 June 2012), Salt Addiction: Max Lambky, Motorcycle USA
  4. Lambky, Max (November 2007), 1990-1992 First Streamliner
  5. "A 400-MPH Vincent?", Cycle World, 36 (9): 26, September 1997
  6. Motorcycle Lightning: Vincent Streamliners, How Stuff Works, December 2008, archived from the original on 3 March 2016, retrieved 5 October 2014
  7. Johnson, Wayne (2010). Live to ride: the rumbling, roaring world of speed, escape, and adventure on two wheels. Atria Books. pp. 203–244, chapter 7, "At the Last, Fastest Place on Earth: Salt Fever". ISBN 978-1416550327. p. 222
  8. Aero-Horsepower & Drag Loss Calculator, Los Angeles: RB Racing
  9. Mark Rustigian (March–April 2007), "Sonny Angel Motorcycles", Motorcycle Classics
  10. ""GRIP – Das Motormagazin": "Der Ferrari F12 Berlinetta"" [GRIP – the motor magazine: the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta], Focus (in German), 28 September 2012
  11. Second annual international motorcycle speed trials—Cash Prize Award Recipients, BUB Racing Inc., 12 September 2005, archived from the original on 14 January 2012, retrieved 5 October 2014
  12. "Lambky Liner", SCTA records page, Southern California Timing Association, archived from the original on 30 November 2014, retrieved 5 October 2014

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