National Period Records
Record: Canadian Flying Start 1/4 Mile Mean Speed Record
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Bagotville, QC, Canadian Armed Forces Base
June 14, 1969
Roger Beaumont, London, ON
Triumph T120R twin cylinder engine; before 71 mm/stroke 82 mm, 4 stroke, normally aspirated with two carburetors; capacity 649cc.
Bright and sunny; wind gusty, blowing parallel to runway.
80 – 85 F
airfield runway, asphalt – no gradient measurable.
149.50 mph, new record
Gerald Marshall
J. Ronald White
Record: Mainland Coast to Coast
(Sydney, NS to Vancouver, BC) by one person on a solo machine.
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7:52 am Atlantic time, August 30, 1972 to 3:14 am Pacific time, September 3, 1972.
James E. Kelly, Hamilton, ON
Yamaha 650cc
Fred Deeley Limited, Vancouver, BC
BK Motorcycles Sales, Hamilton, On
95 hours 38 minutes
Board of Directors Meeting October 1, 1972
Record: Mainland Coast to Coast (west to east) by one person on a solo machine
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1973
Blaine McLennan, Moose Jaw, SK
Honda IV 750cc
Leisure Wheels
83 hours 48 minutes
Board of Directors Meeting October 13, 1973
Record: Mainland Coast to Coast (west to east) by one person on a solo machine
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1973
Roy Eastwood, Etobicoke, ON
BMW 750cc
83 hours 48 minutes
Board of Directors Meeting October 13, 1973