Clergyman sets hearse speed record

Reverend Ray Biddiss, from Halifax has just set the world speed record for a three wheeled hears at 114mph.

The bike mad minister spent four years developing his motorcycle hearse, which he said was much more than a simple motorbike and sidecar. "I wouldn't be seen dead in a sidecar," he said.

The unusual vehicle consists of a hearse built at the rear of the front end of a Triumph Rocket III and can take a coffin of more than six feet in length. If a larger coffin size is required a hydraulic system can add a few more inches to the available length.


"It is 2,340cc of British engineering, the Rocket. If you're going to infinity and beyond, best you go by Rocket," he quipped


The record is awaiting official confirmation from the Guinness World Book of Records. The category had no previous record to beat athough, surprisingly, the Yanks have been using motorcycle hearses for years!