This is the on-board footage of Andy Carlile, a 33 year old Englishmen who lives in Germany, setting the record Bridge to Gantry Nurburgring lap time on a motorcycle. He’s not part of a massive factory backed effort or professional race team. He’s riding his personal street legal 2005 Yamaha R1. The bike is mostly stock outside of wheels, tires and shocks. His lap time? 7 minutes 10 seconds with a couple of seconds lost to traffic. To put that in perspective, a Dodge Viper ACR runs a 7:12, the Lexus LFA Nurburgring package runs a 7:14 and the Corvette ZR-1 runs a 7:19. Carlile thinks he could go faster, but not so fast that he could break the 6 minute mark.
Sources: BridgeToGantry.com via Asphalt and Rubber