cop clocks dude a 205MPH

[chr|s sedition]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0922042speed1.html

can a CBR1000 really hit 205?

[Suf Daddy]

No date of offense?

FREEBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Suf Daddy

[Lucky13]

Citation?! Wouldn't he be immediately arrested ?

[ftrain]

A stop watch is not accurate at those speeds. The difference between half a second is alot at those speeds.

[Beantown R6]

ya i heard this on WAAF this morning

[TLRMan]

He can get it reduced to 186 mph.
Bikes are limited to no faster than that...unless you see me about a little radio shack resistor to solder somewhere on your Suzuki...

[SWEET_Z]

He didn't even have an endorsment. Not sure why he wouldn't be arrested though.

[Half Squid]

Here is a statement from the RC51 that was speeding.

Quote:


"All right, I was the one who got the ticket and it is
time to clear some things up. For one, I was riding a
2003 Honda RC51, "heavily modified" with 2 Brothers
slip on pipes and, well thats all the mods I have
unless you count the "I stop for wh***s" sticker.

Next, the bike wasn't impounded, it was towed so it
wouldn't be in the roadway. Ok, on to the tickets.
205...uh no. I am personal friends with the owner of
"Hitman Motorsports" and tonight, Sept. 22, we did a
top speed run on his dyno, in 6th gear, and maxed
nearly 60mph slower than I was arrested for. The "no
motorcycle endorsement" is because my licence was
expired, I do have a motorcycle endoresement for all
you people digging into me about that.

The stop watch method may be accurate at times, but
this is un-conceivable for my motorcycle to approach
205. Honda's RC211v, which is Honda's MotoGP race
bike, 5 cyclinders and 268 horespower, just broke
200mph on the track within the last week. And we are
talking about a 1/2 to 3/4 million dollar bike. And
for you gear-heads, I had on Joe Rocket Boots, Shoei
helmet, Leather gloves, Ballistic coat, and leather
bottoms.

Also, both of us were arrested, and no, the slower one
did not get a warning, he was ticketed for 111mph on a
F4i. I hope this clears things up for everybody, I am
just sick of everyone saying things about what they
dont know, making me look like this horrific person.
People speed, and if anyone knows anything about the
"Flood Run" (which was the ride I was on, which by the
way benefits the Gillettes Children Fund) I would be a
hell of a lot more concerned about the 7,000
bar-hopping motorcyclist out on the road. 99% of the
people you hear things from are misinformed.

If you have questions, I will answer them. And one
last note, this is information you don't know, the
pilot who clocked me, was clocking me, the F4i, and
flying his plane at 110mph all at the same time. Think
about that for a second.

TO answer some questions this happened about 5-6 miles
south of Wabasha on 61 heading towards Winona. I
haven't talked to the flood run organizers, however
the officers did say they were there because they knew
the event was taking place and they have had a history
of "excessive speeders" on the last stretch down to
Winona.

And while we were on the side of the road, I would
estimate 200-300 bikers passed us, but no one pulled
over. And in response to Merlin509, there are some
decent steches on that road, but even if my bike did
do 205, I personally wouldn't feel comfortable. And
the stretch down to Treasure Island you are talking
about, one of my old roomates was killed on that road
earlier this year.

And on the subject of this stopwatch calculation, you
have to sit back and think, and believe me I have done
a lot of this, about human reaction time, the fact
that he was running two stop watches and flying his
plane at the same time, his degree of angle on my when
I crossed the hash-marks on the road, plus
depth-perseption. I really do appreciate everyones
feedback on this, and I will keep everyone informed."

205 did sound a bit stretched!
Carry on!