World’s fastest monowheel at Sammy Miller Museum

The latest addition to the ever-growing Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum is ‘Trojan’, the world’s fastest monowheel. The UK Monowheel Team, made up of six dedicated enthusiasts (for ‘dedicated enthusiasts’ read ‘bonkers madmen’!) from Lincoln, Nottingham and Northamptonshire, designed, developed and built the extraordinary machine over a period of ten years. It’s the team’s fourth monowheel and is currently recognised as the fastest in the world, having achieved a Guinness World Record of over 80mph. (The team is now building a new machine with the aim of 90mph. We did say bonkers…)

Having seen monowheels in action, we know just how truly difficult they are to ride, but we still asked Sammy’s PA, the lovely Viv, whether Sammy had ridden it. She just laughed. Have we finally found something that the estimable Mr Miller can’t ride? We wouldn’t bet on it, which is why the Museum staff have quickly installed it on permanent display in the foyer of the building to stop Sammy taking it for a trip around the car park…

You can see the world’s fastest monowheel at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum, Bashley Cross Roads, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 5SZ. For more details, visit sammymiller.co.uk.