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Humberto's Hayabusa has no equal

In 2011 the Mount Pleasant resident is making a new legacy as Cayman’s fastest bike racer. In March he set the new local record in the motorcycle class with a time of 5.702 seconds. This month he claimed the bike class at the Cayman Islands Drag Racing Association drag meet and beat association president Sammy Jackson and his white Chevy Corvette in a heads-up challenge. For the record the Hayabusa is far from stock. Years ago it started off rated at 1300cc with polished headers, an aftermarket exhaust system and a 10 pound bottle of wet nitrous capable of increasing power by some 50 horses. These days the bike has more engine work and makes over 200 horsepower. Rives, who has been through some 16 bikes with his first being a green Kawasaki 900, states all of the work on his Hayabusa was done by hand. “The Suzuki was built here. I got guys from the States to help but it was done from scratch. The frame, motor and everything else was done here little by little. The engine is heavily modified with bigger cams, rods and pistons and it’s on a different level now. It’s a race engine now that makes 230hp to the wheel. The engine is also now 1400cc and it’s bored and bigger than the stock 1300cc motor. Interestingly Rives’ rise in the motorcycle ranks comes in spite of fierce competition from Dante ‘Ross’ Hydes. The West Bayer was the last local racer to hold the bike record as he ran his Honda CBR 1000 to a time of 5.994s last March. Since then he has shipped the Honda to Florida to compete in meets there and is running a Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Breakers. “It’s nice he can race in the US. If I could go to the States I’d do the same thing. There’s a lot of different experiences there for him and I’m happy for him. He’s lucky to have two bikes and the Honda is the more consistent and competitive bike in my eyes. Everyone is different because if it was me I’d take the Suzuki up there because there are a lot of guys there that deal with turbo bikes.

300mph, jet-assisted Hayabusa: meet the Bullet 1236 - | Motorbike ...

So this is the theory: a bike could go a lot faster on the straights if it didn't have wheels dragging on the ground. The solution? A small jet engine and a few subtle wings contributing enough thrust and lift to hold the bike a metre off the ground at 300mph along long straights.

Manoeuvrability is promised 'excellent' in the air, but we get the impression you're supposed to throttle off, touch tarmac and use the tyres to do the braking and turning. The Bullet 1236 is the work of prolific British conceptualist Phil Pauley, who has produced eye-catching, untenable designs in numerous fields.

Says Pauley: "Fortune will favour the brave here - this isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. No pilot licences required either - only balls of steel and a winners mentality!" Says Suzuki: "[click…..burr….

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