Around Australia Speed Record

[motoplast]

Ok sorry to be a killjoy here but lets look at the facts.

Suzuki or any business will not sponsor you to put either your life at risk or to break the speed limit.

A lap around is about 17,000k's.
Th record is just under 9 days
That equates to 1,888k's per day
If you stick to the speed limit you might average 90kph
That means you need to sit in the seat for about 20.9 hours per day giving you 3 hours sleep per day for each of the 9 days.


Just imagine it -
But officer Suzuki are sponsoring me to speed.

At the coronial inquest if you get killed what defence will suzuki have., not to mention the criminal charges that would be laid against them or the litigation payout. How exactly will Suzuki benifit from sponsoring something they could never advertise.

Wake up people, if you want to break the record then just do it but dont delude yourself into believing that Suzuki or any other company will openly support you.

Ditto mate!. I hate to put things like this down, as u know, this is close to my heart. Blackzook laid out the facts to which I would like to add: In 1978, there were no speed cameras, the public attitude to a speed attempt was positive (sorry, an endurance attempt!). Let's speed towards the New Millenium, Times, rules, policies and the general public opinion to this type of attempt is exceptionally negative. There is no way any corporate company would want to be involved, period. The police, general media etc etc would take a very dim view of such a public known event.
As proof of a current attempt, u could use all the tickets from all the speed cameras, they show date/time/speed!!!!.
Sorry to put a damper on it, but if someone does want to have ago at it, quietly, I would only be too pleased to offer my experienced advice. ( I'd probaly want to come along).

Cheers,
Tex & Bundy