Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

Trying so hard to be cool, and failing so spectacularly next to Marianne Weber
http://8.asset.soup.io/asset/2945/5688_88b5_960.jpeg

She tested the R68 for the French magazine "MOTORCYCLE" (issue 81/August 18th, 1952) and achieved a top speed of more than 160 km/h, proving that the R 68 was a true 100mph racing bike. Marianne Weber later achieved 162,895 km/h (101,24 mph) in a "flying kilometre" near the City of Waterloo in Belgium, 1954.

Imagine how fast she would have gone if she hadn't been risk-compensating for her almost total lack of protective clothing.

Pah, she's positively swathed in protection compared to Rollie Free:
http://motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofimages/Rollie_Free01.jpg
Seen here achieving 150.313 mph on a Vincent Black Shadow at the Bonneville Salt Flats.