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- Jacob Jaffa, Motors Reporter
- Published: 16:33, 30 Sep 2024
- Updated: 16:33, 30 Sep 2024
A QUIRKY inventor has shown of the world's fastest mobility scooter, which tin deed speeds of 70mph.
The high-powered motor wowed fans with its high-speed antics, including topping 50mph successful the snow.
Gadget whizz Colin Furze claimed a Guinness World Record connected the instrumentality successful 2010 erstwhile helium deed a "wicked" 71.59mph.
The pro stuntman, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, gave supporters a glimpse of the scooter successful enactment connected his YouTube channel.
In the clip, helium tin beryllium seen speeding done snowy fields connected the racing green-coloured vehicle.
Powered by a 125cc motor retired of a motocross bike, it is amazingly nimble arsenic good arsenic being rapid.
Colin whooped and cheered with delight arsenic helium flew crossed the idyllic landscape.
Although, helium did halt on the mode to bash immoderate doughnuts.
Describing the thrust to the BBC backmost successful 2015, helium said: "I've often said to radical if you privation to crook heads don't bargain a Ferrari, pimp a mobility scooter up.
"It's an experience.
"These things person been designed to crook astir successful a shopping aisle truthful the steering is rather responsive.
"You person to support it dormant straight."
Inside the world's smallest caravan conscionable 1.5m gangly & pulled by mobility scooter which features bed, kettle and a BAR
The conveyance surely made an content connected his viewers, too.
One joked: "The enactment betwixt huffy and genius is precise thin."
Another added: "After watching immoderate videos of his transmission I can't judge this antheral is inactive alive."
Sadly, Colin's grounds has subsequently been breached by rival speed-demons.
Danish inventor Klaus Nissen deed 82.67mph successful 2012, earlier David Anderson and Matthew Hine from the Isle of Man broke the 100mph obstruction for the archetypal clip successful 2016.
The existent grounds stands astatine a whopping 112mph, acceptable by German Sven Ogler successful 2017.
It comes aft a acceptable of five supercars worthy implicit £500,000 was stolen successful a light-night racetrack heist.