2024 Guinness WORLD RECORD Attempt Trailer

The UK’s motorcycle stunt champion, Jonny Davies, is gearing up for a Guinness World Record attempt where he aims to ‘ski’ behind a motorcycle at over 160 mph later this summer.

The 32-year old from Peterlee, County Durham, already has two world records under his belt. His first came in 2020 after setting the ‘fastest motorcycle handlebar wheelie’, sitting on top of the bike’s bars at 109 mph whilst pulling a wheelie. This was followed in 2022 by the ‘most donuts (spins) by a car around a motorcycle performing a wheelie in one minute’ when Jonny and Paul Swift achieved 10 at The British Motor Show that year.

The current record of ‘Fastest speed dragged behind a motorcycle’ was set in 1999 by Gary Rothwell of Liverpool, who reached a speed of 156.3mph at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicester. Jonny – aka JD Stunts – will be looking to raise that bar even further and has even enlisted the help of his hero, Rothwell.

In order to break the record, Davies will ride a specially modified Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX – a bike known for its incredible speed and stability. On a yet to be announced runway later this summer, Jonny will accelerate the bike and then climb off the back of it. Fitted to his motorcycle boots are specially made titanium ‘skis’ that produce incredible sparks but little grip. On the specially adapted bike, Jonny will have a secondary throttle to accelerate up to speed.

In order for the record to count, nobody other than Jonny can be on the motorcycle and once he achieves his terminal speed he then needs to get safely back on and get the bike stopped.

Jonny Davies said: “Growing up in the 90’s, Gary Rothwell was one of the main inspirations for me wanting to become a stunt rider. I can remember watching the video of Gary breaking the record as a kid and then getting on my bicycle to try it! I’d never have thought that 25 years later I’d be having a go for real. The record attempt is unlike anything I’ve done before, but early testing has been going well and I’m confident there will be a new record later this year.”

The final date and location will be confirmed in due course and Jonny will continue to update his website with his progress. Visit www.jdstunts.com for further information.

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in the Sleepy town of Peter Lee on the Northeast Coast UK stunt champion and two-time Guinness World Record holder Johnny Davies is preparing for his biggest and most dangerous challenge to date [Music] back in the 1990s a renowned motorcycle stunt Rider called Gary Rothwell best known for his Daredevil performances and remarkable skills set the Guinness world record for the fastest speed being dragged behind a motorcycle at a staggering 156 mph this stunt involves the rider strapping titanium plates or skis to the bottom of his boots and then jumping off the back of the bike and being dragged along at the highest possible speed Rothwell born in Liverpool England has gained International recognition for his Fearless stunts and record-breaking achievements but now there’s a new kid on the Block [Music] [Music] my name is Johnny Davies I’m from County Durham England I am a professional motorcycle stunt Rider and also a multi-kill maintenance engineer generally through the week I’m a father of two day job and bike maintenance on the weekends uh perform stunt Shores at motor Shores throughout the UK J’s passion for bikes has always been there with him probably bit my fault I’ve always been passionate myself also anything petol motorbikes cars M bik always in the garage with you wasn’t he always wanted to be first bike when he was three was three old yeah um that’s all he was obsessed about that’s all he wanted he just wanted a bike well going back to the grassroot of where the idea of probably come from is I used to buy a lot of the the videos back in the day they were made by called Juke uh and they used to put out videos of stunt events and stuff back in the day with the likes of Gary Rothwell da of Courts he grew up looking at these things and aspired to be like these guys you know what I mean this one is quite a a brave one you know when he does the fast stuff that’s what scares us because literally like that it can go wrong and you know you just don’t know you know like yes I’m worried but I can’t wait for do I’m excited for him to do it I think like i’ be so proud of him like if for doing it so well so I’m Johnny’s girlfriend and I say girlfriend because we’re in this awkward stage where we’ve been together 13 years and I’m still a girlfriend so yeah two children later but I’m girlfriend as probably all of his family had confirm I probably prefer to be oblivious to it all um and know if practices and he’s really good at what he does and I think the stunt rid and probably don’t worry so much um the high speed stuff I do so the latest world record um probably going to be the biggest yet it is the fastest speed getting dragged behind the motorcycle I will set off riding in the normal position get into probably fifth gear at that point I’ll start climbing off the back of the bike and jump off on the titanium plates on my feet at that point I have no throttle control so we’ll be having a throttle extra throttle added to the back of the bike and where I will obviously Full Throttle and try and break Gary’s speed of 156 mph so realistically we’ll be trying for 160 rounded up and then once you go through the lights slow down to a speed where I dare jump back on would you see and then Lea frog on and then that’s the rec all done hopefully [Music]