Stupid cops. Always got to be hassling honest citizens like me just because I was going a little over.
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Keep off the lead foot okay? SarahK needs you to help produce Little Right Winged Bloggers of the Future A’ight?
I love bikes; I’d have one myself if it weren’t for all those dangerous, dangerous cars on the road. 205 mph is a bit excessive though … I can’t imagine any result of an accident at that speed other then “red stain on the pavement”.
S
I didn’t see the speed limit sign officer.
I wonder what kind of motorcycle that was…most really fast motorcycles top out around 150-160, and lots of them have a governor/rev limiter to keep you under that.
Seeing that was in Minnesota maybe it did have a governor on it, governor Jesse that is…
“Tilley was riding a Honda 1000, Loney said.”
Ahh, I always loved Hondas.
And does anyone else find it funny that the names of those involved are “Tilley” and “Loney?”
Steverino-
In the article it says “Honda 1000” (shows how much the press knows) – probably referring to the new CBR if anything. You could always defeat the rev limiter., tweak the injection, exhuast, etc. The new liter class I-4’s are wicked-fast (just no character, but that’s a different post).
The article also says that the rider was timed via a stop watch, not radar, meaning that if the cop was even a m/sec off on when he pushed the button, at that rate of speed the result could be off by several mph – I would say the rider was probably going under 200.
The 205 would be his average speed over the 1/4 mile…. if he was accelerating or decelerating during that time…. he could have easily been over 210 at one point…. damn…
And even if the guy in the chopper was a bit off… let’s say it took the guy 4.9 seconds… he was still going 183.67 mph… that is still insanely fast…
BTW, there are generally taped records like that on police choppers, so they could use the tape to get a more precise time it takes.
That’s what we call up here in DC “botched reading.”
To my knowledge, about the fastest production bike was the Hayabusa, prior to the year the lawyers made them detune it.
I agree with you about the lack of soul in the inline 4. I even had an old CB750 that I liked, but those days are over now ‘sniff’ –
If I’m going to kill myself going stupid fast on a motorcycle, I might as well do it on something red, with two cylinders and made in Italy. Ducatis just sound better than Kawazukis and Yamahondas.
Of course, an old KZ500 Triple is a different matter entirely…
The Honda CBR 1000 has a top speed of 260 mph.
It’s possible, but unlikely. Like V-twin said, a 1/4 second drops him under 200 mph easy.
If it’s true, he’s either ballsy as hell and living with a death wish or stupid and lucky. I’d wager a bet he’s the latter.
I’ve hit 140 on my CB1100 and while it’s a blast, but I can’t even imagine 205, nor would I like to see the end result of a front end wobble at that speed not to mention the 400 feet of skid marks you’d leave on the highway.
Whomever said that is a crack-smoking whore. First of all there is not one single production bike on the planet that can go that fast. Punch anyone in the mouth who tells you otherwise. Second of all, there is only ONE 200+ mph out of the box production bike – and it is a Hayabusa and on a good day it can do 203 on the bonneville salt flats. Not the backwoods of MN.
Todays top line liter bikes will go just shy of 190 out of the box, however it’s gonna take you more than a “little tweaking” to go 200, let alone 205. And for those of you turkey’s who say “it’s not that much” – go try it. I’ve done a GPS-clocked 165 on my bike, and my helmet was so smashed into my face, my freaking nose was sideways and it felt like the helmet was going to rip off my head.
Cant.even.IMAGINE.200.
I live in MN. I also ride, and I’ve been on the road in question. That road will not accommodate that speed. Even if there were a CBR 1000 that could go that fast. More like 180 is likely for the bike’s speed, but I still think that stretch of highway is just not straight enough for that kind of speed.
Unfortunately, it will give some ammunition for people who are against other people having fun by riding fast bikes.
heh… I’ve never felt the need for speed on my motorcycle. Something about seeing the pavement whiz by 6 inches below my feet kept me very respectful. 80 is pretty much as fast as I care to go on 2 wheels.
Now 4 wheels…that’s a different story. I’m just terribly glad that the officer that pulled me over when I was 18 in my first fast car had a radar that wouldn’t register anything over 99… it’d just start blinking at him.
Montana was great if you like driving fast. Long straight stretches and very little traffic. I regularly topped 120 out there. A bud got pulled over by a cop clocked at 130. Cop told him to slow down, and let him off with a warning.
200 on a bike isn’t as fast as it might seem. Perceptions of speed on motorcycles, especially crotch rockets, are quite different than in a car. Most recent sport bikes will blow past 100 before they get out of second gear, and feel like they’re doing 50.
Granted, the realities of going fast tend to get rather dramatic over 160ish as wind resistance starts to become a significant issue, especially on a bike.
That’s typically when I pass most bikes with my car. 😉
The bike was a Honda RC51 that had a tuned up motor. Its suppose to be the closet to a race bike as you can get from the factory w/ a v-twin 1 liter motor.
I agree with both sides. While it is possible for a bike to go that fast with HEAVY mods, there might have been some delay from the guy using the stopwatch.
Personally I’m a little jealous that he stomped my high-speed ticket record into oblivion … but then again I drive responsibly and have my license again (now that it’s years later).
It’s an interesting article to read,but you really don’t want to be Tilley when court time rolls around!
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Oh Sweetie, you ain’t right….
Keep off the lead foot okay? SarahK needs you to help produce Little Right Winged Bloggers of the Future A’ight?
And I was fir-irst Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah na!
Thblthlp!!!!
Like the time I got pulled over after the cop clocked me while I was airborn over a hump in the road.
Texas cops wouldn’t have ticketed you. move here!
p.s. sorry you broke the law. i mean, sorry you got caught breaking the law.
Texas cops wouldn’t have ticketed you my pinky-toe! Texas cops ticket ANYONE who doesn’t have a Texas plate on their car.
well, Frank could get Texas plates once he moved here, silly Beo.
ORGAN DONOR!!!!!!!!
I love bikes; I’d have one myself if it weren’t for all those dangerous, dangerous cars on the road. 205 mph is a bit excessive though … I can’t imagine any result of an accident at that speed other then “red stain on the pavement”.
S
I want to know what the fine is for going 140 MPH over the speed limit! He better hope they have financing available!
I wasn’t speeding, officer. I was flying low.
I didn’t see the speed limit sign officer.
I wonder what kind of motorcycle that was…most really fast motorcycles top out around 150-160, and lots of them have a governor/rev limiter to keep you under that.
Seeing that was in Minnesota maybe it did have a governor on it, governor Jesse that is…
Frank, Texas is like Dracula, when the sun goes down the evil comes out. Avoid Texas or wear a lot of garlic.
Some of you guys may deny it, but many of us would secretly be as proud of that ticket as gold medal.
“Tilley was riding a Honda 1000, Loney said.”
Ahh, I always loved Hondas.
And does anyone else find it funny that the names of those involved are “Tilley” and “Loney?”
Steverino-
In the article it says “Honda 1000” (shows how much the press knows) – probably referring to the new CBR if anything. You could always defeat the rev limiter., tweak the injection, exhuast, etc. The new liter class I-4’s are wicked-fast (just no character, but that’s a different post).
The article also says that the rider was timed via a stop watch, not radar, meaning that if the cop was even a m/sec off on when he pushed the button, at that rate of speed the result could be off by several mph – I would say the rider was probably going under 200.
So how many speeding tickets have you gotten in real life, Frank? ^_^
(shrug) There go your insurance rates, mr.leadfoot 😉
The 205 would be his average speed over the 1/4 mile…. if he was accelerating or decelerating during that time…. he could have easily been over 210 at one point…. damn…
And even if the guy in the chopper was a bit off… let’s say it took the guy 4.9 seconds… he was still going 183.67 mph… that is still insanely fast…
BTW, there are generally taped records like that on police choppers, so they could use the tape to get a more precise time it takes.
That’s what we call up here in DC “botched reading.”
To my knowledge, about the fastest production bike was the Hayabusa, prior to the year the lawyers made them detune it.
I agree with you about the lack of soul in the inline 4. I even had an old CB750 that I liked, but those days are over now ‘sniff’ –
If I’m going to kill myself going stupid fast on a motorcycle, I might as well do it on something red, with two cylinders and made in Italy. Ducatis just sound better than Kawazukis and Yamahondas.
Of course, an old KZ500 Triple is a different matter entirely…
The Honda CBR 1000 has a top speed of 260 mph.
It’s possible, but unlikely. Like V-twin said, a 1/4 second drops him under 200 mph easy.
If it’s true, he’s either ballsy as hell and living with a death wish or stupid and lucky. I’d wager a bet he’s the latter.
I’ve hit 140 on my CB1100 and while it’s a blast, but I can’t even imagine 205, nor would I like to see the end result of a front end wobble at that speed not to mention the 400 feet of skid marks you’d leave on the highway.
Whomever said that is a crack-smoking whore. First of all there is not one single production bike on the planet that can go that fast. Punch anyone in the mouth who tells you otherwise. Second of all, there is only ONE 200+ mph out of the box production bike – and it is a Hayabusa and on a good day it can do 203 on the bonneville salt flats. Not the backwoods of MN.
Todays top line liter bikes will go just shy of 190 out of the box, however it’s gonna take you more than a “little tweaking” to go 200, let alone 205. And for those of you turkey’s who say “it’s not that much” – go try it. I’ve done a GPS-clocked 165 on my bike, and my helmet was so smashed into my face, my freaking nose was sideways and it felt like the helmet was going to rip off my head.
Cant.even.IMAGINE.200.
Lay the bike down at that speed and you lose the third dimension.
I live in MN. I also ride, and I’ve been on the road in question. That road will not accommodate that speed. Even if there were a CBR 1000 that could go that fast. More like 180 is likely for the bike’s speed, but I still think that stretch of highway is just not straight enough for that kind of speed.
Unfortunately, it will give some ammunition for people who are against other people having fun by riding fast bikes.
heh… I’ve never felt the need for speed on my motorcycle. Something about seeing the pavement whiz by 6 inches below my feet kept me very respectful. 80 is pretty much as fast as I care to go on 2 wheels.
Now 4 wheels…that’s a different story. I’m just terribly glad that the officer that pulled me over when I was 18 in my first fast car had a radar that wouldn’t register anything over 99… it’d just start blinking at him.
Montana was great if you like driving fast. Long straight stretches and very little traffic. I regularly topped 120 out there. A bud got pulled over by a cop clocked at 130. Cop told him to slow down, and let him off with a warning.
200 on a bike isn’t as fast as it might seem. Perceptions of speed on motorcycles, especially crotch rockets, are quite different than in a car. Most recent sport bikes will blow past 100 before they get out of second gear, and feel like they’re doing 50.
Granted, the realities of going fast tend to get rather dramatic over 160ish as wind resistance starts to become a significant issue, especially on a bike.
That’s typically when I pass most bikes with my car. 😉
S’rino-
(in your best Homer Simpson)
mmmmmmmmmmm, Ducati’s
The bike was a Honda RC51 that had a tuned up motor. Its suppose to be the closet to a race bike as you can get from the factory w/ a v-twin 1 liter motor.
I agree with both sides. While it is possible for a bike to go that fast with HEAVY mods, there might have been some delay from the guy using the stopwatch.
Personally I’m a little jealous that he stomped my high-speed ticket record into oblivion … but then again I drive responsibly and have my license again (now that it’s years later).
It’s an interesting article to read,but you really don’t want to be Tilley when court time rolls around!
Blogging is the next generation of the Internet. If you’ve got something to say that interests somebody else, by golly, then there you have it! It’s not about search engine rank or advertising, either. It’s about word-of-mouse, and presentation. More here