Speedweek: Brett Destoop

Brett Destoop is an interesting guy. He doesn’t own a road-registered bike, but a few days ago, he became the first man in Australia to go faster than 230 mph (370 kph) on a sit-down motorcycle. At the Lake Gairdner Speedweek meet, he rode his home-made ‘water bottle’ into the record books at exactly 232.108 mph. Brett’s Suzuki runs in the APSF-1000 category, which means “A-frame special construct, partial streamline, fuel, 1000 cc”. It's set not only an Australian record, but also eclipsed the next fastest time in its class—215mph, set by an R1 at Bonneville in 2004. The most...