Sam Wheeler plans to break the motorcycle land speed record in the summer/fall of 21013 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The current record is 376.156 MPH set by Mike Akatiff’s Ack Attack in 2010.… Read More
ENGINE VIDEO: RACE TO 400 MPH – Episode 3
Sam Wheeler has selected Vance & Hines to build the 500 HP + Suzuki Hayabusa engines that he will need to break the motorcycle land speed record. Fred Fox at Parts Unlimited was instrumental in putting together the Vance & Hines involvement. In this video we hear from Terry Vance, Byron Hines, and Eddie Krawiec… Read More
THE TRANSMISSION – SAM WHEELER VIDEO: RACE TO 400 MPH – Episode 2
In Episode 2 Sam talks about the transmission which is the heart of winning the drag race to 400 MPH. In doubling the horsepower with the new Vance & Hines Hayabusa, Sam wants to take no chances that the drive train will be the strongest and most advanced that his fertile mind can imagine.… Read More
SAM WHEELER VIDEO: RACE TO 400 MPH – Episode 1
In this video, produced by IGNITION3, Sam Wheeler talks about the changes he is making to reach over 400 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats with his EZ HOOK streamliner. A switch to a Vance & Hines built 500 HP+ Suzuki Hayabusa engine and a completely new power train and rear suspension means huge changes… Read More
Welcome
STREAMLINER.COM is the official site of Sam Wheeler’s motorcycle land speed record program. Sam Wheeler is a native southern Californian who has been passionate about setting land speed records since his high school days. For 50 years he has been building motorcycle streamliners. In August 2006 at the BUB meet on the Bonneville Salt Flats,… Read More