# Motorcyclist dies in Utah speed record attempt **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428 "2008-09-06T07:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quik83Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik83z/32/6042_2.png) [@Quik83Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik83Z)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/1 "2008-09-06T07:36:28Z")
_SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AFP) – A motorcyclist was killed after losing control of his bike at 385 kilometers (239 miles) per hour and crashing on Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats, authorities and reports said Thursday._ The American Motorcyclist Association said in a statement on its website that 49-year-old Cliff Gullett of Montana was killed in an accident during a time trial at the location, around 185 kilometers (115 miles) west of Salt Lake City. The AMA said Gullett was competing in the 500cc class during a time trial speed racing event when his bike crashed. Reports said Gullett was aiming to set a record for the fastest two-stroke, two-cylinder motorcycle. The Salt Lake Tribune cited police investigators as saying Gullett was travelling at 239 miles per hour before the crash. The Bonneville Salt Flats have been used as a speed testing ground since 1896 and became famous in 1935 when British motorsport legend Malcolm Campbell broke the world land speed record at the site. That sucks that he crashed…:down: 239mph out of only 500cc…pretty impressive!! ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/2 "2008-09-06T08:04:47Z")
RIP ---
**Author:** ![tegSimple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/3 "2008-09-06T08:14:24Z")
that sucks…hopefully it’s one of those situations where he died doing what he loved ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/4 "2008-09-06T08:21:24Z")
RIP and damn thats movin on a bike ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/5 "2008-09-06T13:50:07Z")
RIP and that was pretty impressive for a 500! ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/6 "2008-09-06T14:04:10Z")
what a fucking retard. did he have a wife and kids? ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/7 "2008-09-06T19:19:05Z")
nope,but he had a pizza first ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/8 "2008-09-06T21:00:06Z")
^^ 🤣 RIP ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/9 "2008-09-06T21:00:32Z")
> [@New turbo Cobalt SS in 2008.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-turbo-cobalt-ss-in-2008/37514/41): > > ^^ 🤣 > > RIP :hitit: ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/10 "2008-09-06T21:16:42Z")
> [@Awesome jams from the mid-late 90s](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-jams-from-the-mid-late-90s/36102/80): > > nope,but he had a pizza first you have ovens out there in the boonies? ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/11 "2008-09-07T06:58:04Z")
nope,just camp fires! ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcyclist-dies-in-utah-speed-record-attempt/199428/12 "2008-09-07T07:02:53Z")
> [@FS: Nintendo Wii + Games.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-nintendo-wii-games/37749/5): > > nope,just camp fires! you want to get some Jioio’s? I’m fiending for that pizza.