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Hey guys,
I have done a few track days and its starting to mess up my street riding. I wont get into details but basically, the more track days I do, the more comfortable I get on anything with 2 wheels and the faster I ride on the street. I've watched lots of motorcycle cash videos (not the ones on YouTube), but honestly that doesn't help at all because most of those people are acting much more recklessly than I would ever consider riding on the street, but I am still finding myself going absurdly fast (for the street) by accident. To be precise, my average speed per my motorcycle is 40.9 MPH of mostly back road riding. This is outside of the MSF average in the "MSF 100 Naturalistic Study" of 31.4mph by 30%. 1 I have, completely alone and on my own accord, gone easily 70+ on a winding back road with a speed limit of 30. I am a little concerned about crashing, but honestly I have gone through my own share of close calls in a natural progression and am pretty good about minimizing risk with a slow in fast out approach, ect. Yes it may happen but I like to think I ride in a way that promotes survival, and the ABS and smart car wheel base with dodge viper braking distances does help (or maybe it hurts? not a great justification). What does concern me is getting arrested and potentially imprisoned for felonious speeding and reckless endangerment. I do not run from the police and never will, no one in a 50 mile radius has my exact motorcycle and they definitely aren't wearing leathers. I need advice from some of you guys who ride track days and know what I'm talking about; do I sell my street bike, buy a cruiser, or just grow up and slow down? I do have a track bike now, but it was supposed to be a 250 for the street to help me slow down, so you see how that worked out. What have you guys experienced? Whats your pace? We have some wonderful law enforcement in this part of the country and they truly exemplify "officer discretion", but they aren't going to be very nice when they see me doing 40-60 over. I don't wanna keep riding like that on the assumption they just wont catch me, but if that's what you do I wanna hear it. All the advice online is too polarized, either its "go 5 under in hi-viz" or "cops will never catch my gsxr", I like to think everyone here knows how to have a good time without being foolish. If you have been arrested for speeding or know someone who was I definitely wanna hear your opinion. If you race, use to race, coach, or are just a fast guys with kids at home I definitely want to know what you think. If a racer can handle going a normal speed on the roads then i should be able to too, but if you dropped the sport bike on the streets I want to be aware of that as I progress at the track.
you can post freely about speeding, you need to be caught speeding to be ticketed. a video of reckless endangerment or evading law enforcement is different and I like to think this is in the right spirit
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