The Fastest Woman in the World on a Motorcycle

Leslie Porterfield holds the Guinness Book of World Record as the Fastest Woman in the World on a Motorcycle, a record she set in 2008 at Bonneville, with a speed of 232.522 mph.
Michael Kirby Smith for TIME

Fast Times
Leslie Porterfield holds the Guinness Book of World Record as the Fastest Woman in the World on a motorcycle, a record she set in 2008 at the Bonneville salt flats, with a speed of 232.522 mph.

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