Stunt Rider Jonny Davies prepares to break world record near Leeds

Stunt Rider Jonny Davies is attempting to break a world record at an airfield near Leeds later this month.

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00:00Hi everyone, Jonny Davies here from JD Stunts. I'm a professional motorcycle stunt rider

00:06and this year I'm going to be attempting the Guinness World Record for the fastest speed

00:10drag behind a motorcycle which is currently set at 156.3 mph by Gary Rothwell and he set

00:17that in 1999. But today we're at Elving, this is my final practice before the official attempt

00:23on the 18th of August. So I've dined on the bike in this morning and just starting to

00:29get the skis on and start jumping off the back and see what speed we can push. We've

00:33got a little bit of a side wind to deal with today but I've never had to deal with side

00:37wind yet so we'll see how that goes and if I feel comfy we'll try and get as close to

00:41the record speed as possible. So the skis are made out of grade 5 titanium which Red

00:46Rose, a titanium specialist, supplied and yeah basically two 3mm sheets welded together

00:52with a slight air gap in the bottom and some 2mm for the straps etc.