Motorcycle land-speed record
Hey kiddo, have you ever seen a really fast motorcycle zoom by and wondered how fast it goes? Well, sometimes people try to go as fast as they possibly can on a motorcycle and break what's called the land-speed record.
Imagine a big, long road that stretches out really far into the distance. People set up a special track on that road that's extra long and straight, with no curves or bumps. This track is called a "salt flat" because it's covered in a really thick and flat layer of salt.
When someone wants to break the motorcycle land-speed record, they gear up and hop on their motorcycle at one end of the salt flat. Then they start accelerating as fast as they can and try to go really, really fast. They have to keep going in a straight line until they reach the other end of the salt flat.
After they finish, the officials who are watching carefully use special devices to measure how fast the motorcycle went. Then they check if the speed is faster than the previous record, and if it is, the person who rode the motorcycle becomes the new land-speed record holder!
Breaking the land-speed record is a really big accomplishment because it means that someone went faster on a motorcycle than anyone else ever has before. It takes a lot of courage, skill, and engineering know-how to get a motorcycle to go really fast, and it's something that a lot of people dream of doing!
Imagine a big, long road that stretches out really far into the distance. People set up a special track on that road that's extra long and straight, with no curves or bumps. This track is called a "salt flat" because it's covered in a really thick and flat layer of salt.
When someone wants to break the motorcycle land-speed record, they gear up and hop on their motorcycle at one end of the salt flat. Then they start accelerating as fast as they can and try to go really, really fast. They have to keep going in a straight line until they reach the other end of the salt flat.
After they finish, the officials who are watching carefully use special devices to measure how fast the motorcycle went. Then they check if the speed is faster than the previous record, and if it is, the person who rode the motorcycle becomes the new land-speed record holder!
Breaking the land-speed record is a really big accomplishment because it means that someone went faster on a motorcycle than anyone else ever has before. It takes a lot of courage, skill, and engineering know-how to get a motorcycle to go really fast, and it's something that a lot of people dream of doing!