Nashville man buys a street-legal land-speed motorcycle from Facebook Marketplace and …

A street-legal land-speed motorcycle listed on Facebook Marketplace was all it took to set one Nashville YouTuber on a very questionable adventure. The plan sounded simple: buy it and ride it home. But vehicles built for land-speed records aren’t exactly known for comfort. Let’s just say things didn’t go entirely to plan. It’s technically street-legal The bike itself wasn’t an ordinary motorcycle. Built around a high-powered GSX-R engine and originally designed for land-speed racing, the land-speed motorcycle featured a stretched, low-slung body with a sidecar-like layout. Bikes and Beards It looked more like something built to break records than an actual road-going vehicle. Despite that, it had just enough equipment to technically qualify as street legal. When the host of YouTube channel Bikes and Beards, Sean Kerr, climbed in, it was clear this wouldn’t be a relaxed cruise home. Bikes and Beards The riding position was cramped to the point of absurdity, forcing him onto his knees with almost no padding and barely any room to move. Even basic controls became a challenge, from reversed shifting to limited visibility in the mirrors. Comfort quickly went out the window, replaced by a constant battle to stay in position. Then came the
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