Holy S**T thats fast!

Now that will pucker your spingster up!!!!

Years ago my friend bought a used Honda and brought it over to show me. He said it was fast. I had only rode trail bike a few times before that. He talked me in to taking it for a ride so that I could see how fast it was. After a few min I was going so fast I was too scared to look at the speedo. But I just had to know how fast I was going. So without letting off the gas I got my nerve up to look away from the road and see how fast I had got this rocket up to. The speedo read 40 mph. I knew right then that motorcycles weren't for me. I haven't rode one since......True story
 
Oh come on fruitbat, another 165mph and you could have had the record!

I've never ridden a bike, but 205 has to be quite a rush!
 
Well, I guess if you have an accident at 205 on a motorcycle, you don't have to worry about being in pain or being crippled.

I broke my hip in a motorcycle accident the day after school got out my sophomore year in highschool. Very little motocycling for me after that!
 
MicMurry said:
Oh come on fruitbat, another 165mph and you could have had the record!
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No way.
Now a car is a different story. I used to have a Firebird back in the late 80's. Me and my "Firechicken" would get up 130 mph sometimes. It's a wonder I'm alive today.
 
Shann said:
Well, I guess if you have an accident at 205 on a motorcycle, you don't have to worry about being in pain or being crippled.

I broke my hip in a motorcycle accident the day after school got out my sophomore year in highschool. Very little motocycling for me after that!
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At 205 MPH, all you'd have to worry about is holes in the container you'd keep the guy in. You wouldn't want him leaking everywhere, would you?
 
I got clocked doing a little over 135 on a crotch rocket, once. I discovered, rather quickly, that loud, thumpin' V-Twin cruisers were more my speed. :D
 
That's the same thing I said the first time I rode my Kawasaki ZX-12R(higher top speed than the CBR1000, but the CBR handles better...it's lighter.) As I write, I'm healing up from a broken foot. If you ride, watch out for those cars. This one got me from behind...

Wait a minute?!? 205mph on a CBR1000?? I'd love to see the engine/gearing work on that baby? Definitely not stock!! My bike...stock...is good for 186mph top speed(not that I'd ever go that fast on the street) and it's a 1200cc bike.
 
OK guys, let's get this right. He was clocked for 4.39 seconds on the quarter mile, and that speed was extrapolated to equal to 205MPH (4.39 per quarter mile=17.56 seconds per mile. At 3600 seconds in an hour/17.56sec=205.01MPH). He was not physically doing 205MPH terminal speed. Don't know about you, but big liter bikes can easily achive that level of velocity during peak torque, but that's not the true speed he was traveling at. If I was him, I'd contest the ticket.
 
tonyccw said:
OK guys, let's get this right. He was clocked for 4.39 seconds on the quarter mile, and that speed was extrapolated to equal to 205MPH (4.39 per quarter mile=17.56 seconds per mile. At 3600 seconds in an hour/17.56sec=205.01MPH). He was not physically doing 205MPH terminal speed. Don't know about you, but big liter bikes can easily achive that level of velocity during peak torque, but that's not the true speed he was traveling at. If I was him, I'd contest the ticket.
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We both know he's screwed! :D Twice over the speed limit and it's bye-bye license, bike, and maybe jail time too. Which is scary considering how many times I've been over 110mph. I've done 80mph in 2nd gear(4 more gears to go). Sportbikes are fast...extremely fast.
 
150mph indicated on the speedo of my '00 R6. Real speed probably around 135~140. Quite a rush. I was on the interstate as well. Racing a friend at 5:30 am.

Flinx
 
You know, depending on what plane the officer was in, he might have been out-running the plane. I knew a doctor in Northeast Ohio who was extremey wealthy and had a huge Porsche collection. One night while driving around in one of his street legal racing Porsches at an extremely high speed, he stopped for gas (the gas gauge was moving faster than the tach) only to have a trooper drive in on him and tell him to step away from his car. The cop said he was getting a speeding ticket. The doctor replied, "i didn't see anybody clocking me." To which the trooper said, "we got you from a plane."
doctor:"that's odd, i didnt see a plane."
trooper:"that's becasue you outran the thing!"

He said he paid the ticket, but i forgot to ask exactly how fast he was going. Now this guy had some nice cars completely capable of doing 200+ mph...I wish I would have been riding with him.
 
Plumber576 said:
You know, depending on what plane the officer was in, he might have been out-running the plane.
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Doesn't matter. The officer started the clock on the first marker, and stopped the watch when he crossed the second. From most perspectives, it's hard to miss when the bike crossed the line.

He's screwed is right, but I don't think the 205MPH charge is accurate. ;)
 
Flinx said:
150mph indicated on the speedo of my '00 R6. Real speed probably around 135~140. Quite a rush. I was on the interstate as well. Racing a friend at 5:30 am.

Flinx
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It is an awesome feeling...hearing the wind, the engine, leaning into a corner. Damn...now you all got me thinking about bikes. Hopefully I can get in a week or two after this foot heals and I fix the bike. :(
 
Some thoughts.

One, assuming the trooper was dead-on accurate with the stop watch, 205 MPH was his average speed. I doubt there was too much variation over the 5 seconds, but if there was any variation at all his top speed was even faster.

Two, if there is a direct correlation between MPH-over and the punishment, I would definitely consider fighting the ticket. If you could convince a judge that the trooper was .5 seconds off it could knock 20 mph off the ticket.

Third, he could probably get the ticket framed and sell it on e-bay for almost as much as the fine is going to be (maybe). I'd keep it as long as I lost my license though, i.e., forever!
 
tonyccw said:
OK guys, let's get this right. He was clocked for 4.39 seconds on the quarter mile, and that speed was extrapolated to equal to 205MPH (4.39 per quarter mile=17.56 seconds per mile. At 3600 seconds in an hour/17.56sec=205.01MPH). He was not physically doing 205MPH terminal speed. Don't know about you, but big liter bikes can easily achive that level of velocity during peak torque, but that's not the true speed he was traveling at. If I was him, I'd contest the ticket.
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Is that new math? I don't understand how you figure it was not 205MPH? If he covered a set distance (1/4 mile) in a given time (4.39 seconds) it is clearly miles per hour. Call it velocity or speed it is a distance of 205 miles per hour. I think you are confusing acceleration with velocity. Someone correct me if I am wrong here.....

Motorcycles are capable if very impressive acceleration but they are still bound by the laws of physics. You can not achieve a velocity without actually covering that distance in that time.
 
chris in mo said:
Is that new math? I don't understand how you figure it was not 205MPH? If he covered a set distance (1/4 mile) in a given time (4.39 seconds) it is clearly miles per hour. Call it velocity or speed it is a distance of 205 miles per hour. I think you are confusing acceleration with velocity. Someone correct me if I am wrong here.....
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You're right. Physics is not something we can skew. Been having a discussion with my riding buddies on this all day, with lots of math thrown around. The basic formula of "Point A to Point B at a set time = real speed" makes perfect sense. We're still suspect that the actual speed is 205MPH since you're extrapolating by a factor of about 1:800.
 
I'll say this again...it doesn't matter if he was doing 205mph or 160mph. At that speed, it's over for you if you get caught(and clocked at that speed). If it wasn't for the plane, they probably would have never caught him...hit the first exit and lose yourself(not that I'd recommend doing something like that...if they still catch you, then that's also evading the police). The guys I used to ride with...well let's say they wouldn't stop if the sirens come on when clocking triple digit speeds.
 
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