Randy Johnsons land speed racer sets another record

Randy Johnson has done it again and set another landspeed record on his Norton 750. The first record was on the Bonniville salt flats in 2012 (SCTA 750cc production pushrod motors on gasoline - 126mph with a best one way of 128mph).

The 2nd was just recently at El Mirage.

Tech guys checkin it out and taking pics.


"Wanted to let you know how the yellow norton did at El Mirage. Stripped it down, race pipes and velocity stacks to run in the 750cc M-PG class. It was an open record with a 120 mph minimum. Ran 119 and change on the rookie run with Bonneville jetting. Then made a recorded run with Dallas jetting at 126.907mph. Had some corrosion issues in the ignition connections/ground. So it didn’t run clean on the top end. Going to remove the stock wiring harness and just run new ignition wiring for the El Mirage meet in May. Also, will convert to a Production Racer style without the fairing. Hoping to run in the 130’s. The race pipes are modified Dominator headers 1-5/8’ with gutted Commando peashooters with the reverse cones opened-up. Hope all is well and you’re off to a good new year!" Randy Johnson

Must have been fighting a headwind.

Jim, Does this motor have some of your parts in it?

Very impressive! Nice....

Congratulations! Looking forward to your numbers in 2022!
Keep pushing!

Land speed record holder tear down

Randy Johnson's Land speed record holder (SCTA 750 pushrod production) during a teardown to switch to a different cam grind. This bike's been at Bonneville a couple times and has been ridden on the street for a few years (although it doesn’t look like it has more than a couple thousand miles on...

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Published on Dec 10, 2013​

74ok said:

Land speed record holder tear down

Randy Johnson's Land speed record holder (SCTA 750 pushrod production) during a teardown to switch to a different cam grind. This bike's been at Bonneville a couple times and has been ridden on the street for a few years (although it doesn’t look like it has more than a couple thousand miles on...

www.accessnorton.com

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Published on Dec 10, 2013​

1972 Norton Commando Tackles the Bonneville Salt Flats - Motorcycle Classics

A rookie crew member at the Bonneville Salt Flats gains an inside look at breaking a Speed Week land speed record on a 1972 Norton Commando.

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If I had a miss, I would rewire the bike. If it is missing because of poor electrical connections, it would be almost impossible to tune. My bike does not have a wiring harness, just a few wires - the bare minimum.