What does a mother of two teenage daughters do instead of fighting about clothes, unsuitable boyfriends and school, she puts them on motorcycles and teaches them how to break Bonneville National Land Speed Records.

Laura Klock is the speed mom who set another new record of 153.9 mph on her custon HD cruiser which is know as the “World’s Fastest Bagger”. Daughters Erika,18, and Karlee,14, both had impressive runs of their own, posting new records of 132 mph and 110 mph respectively.

This mother/daughter/daughter trio was the first in history to hold Bonneville National Land Speed Records in the same year. Making it even more impressive is the fact that Karlee just received her driver’s license in her home state of South Dakota.
All class records are determined by bike size not the riders’ gender. Laura and Erica Klock were previously acknowledged as the first mother and daughter riders to set national land speed records and have now added younger daughter Karlee to that record.

“I think it’s pretty cool that me and my sister are the two youngest out there and that we’ve done what we’ve done and set examples for other women who want to ride and younger people to get more into it,” said Erika.

Karlee actually set two land speed records, making them the first mother, daughter, daughter combination to do that. For mom, who encourages both girls to go fast, also reminds them to be careful.
“It’s a lot harder to put her out there than I thought it would be, her first pass I was just, I think I held my breath the whole time,” said Laura. “I always tell my girls and this is my philosophy too, if something doesn’t feel right just slow down, we’re out there to have fun not tor hurt ourselves or get killed or anything.

But Klock thinks it’s safer than other racing sports. “It’s wide open, you’re not next to walls like you are at a drag strip, it’s a wide open area, there’s nobody racing next to you it’s actually a very controled environment, besides that you’re hitting pretty high speeds it’s probably almost safer to be on that track than you are on the road because you don’t have to worry about other people pulling out in front of you or even an animal running out in front of you because it’s very controlled. It’s like putting them out there in life, you know you gotta let them go and say a prayer for them and hope everything you taught them, they’re going to remember” said Laura.

Source | Motorcycle-usa

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