Edmonton just got a whole lot faster, thanks to Liane Langlois. The 50-year-old rider rolled back from Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats with a brand-new world record under her belt. And honestly? That deserves way more than a polite round of applause. She’s now the first Canadian woman—and only the fourth Canadian, period—to land an official Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme motorcycle land speed record. Her top speed was 136.331 mph.
Or 219.403 km/h, if you’re counting in metric.
Now, if you’ve never heard of Bonneville, picture it: a blinding white desert, flat as glass, stretching forever under the Utah sun. It looks like a mirage until you’re standing on it, squinting through the heat. For more than a century, this salty stage has been the place where dreamers and daredevils come to push past reason. Burt Munro chased history here in the 60s—his story turned into the film The World’s Fastest Indian. This is where legends are born, where records fall, and where every run feels like it belongs to something bigger than you.
