Off Topic--But Officer, I was just doing 140 mph OVER the speed limit

[zardoz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by morseman

The fastest I ever went on my Harley was 135 mph. That was the time my girlfriend Ruth pleaded to drivr with me. I never did care for Ruth as I had another girl I was going with at the time. I was going !35 and Ruth fell off the bike. As i said before I realy didn't care for her so I drove off Ruthlessly.

GROAN!!! [(-D]

[Anonymous]

Being a retired police officer who has had to "clean up in aisle 3" after some of these mooks I might suggest every m/c buyer be required to spend an hour in the morgue, on a "specially selected " day to get a glimpse of the real world.

[Anonymous]

It ain't the flyin' through the air that gets ya,it's the big slow down at the end...

[morseman]

The fastest I ever went on my Harley was 135 mph. That was the time my girlfriend Ruth pleaded to drivr with me. I never did care for Ruth as I had another girl I was going with at the time. I was going !35 and Ruth fell off the bike. As i said before I realy didn't care for her so I drove off Ruthlessly.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

A la the story about the voice black boxes allegedly placed in SUVs. In most of the country, accidents were preceded by the driver saying "Oh, S--T!".

This actually goes back to the first few years Black Box's were installed on commercial and some military aircraft. Over the course of a decade of use a report from the NTSB indicated as an aside that in over 75% of air crashes the last deciferable words on the recordings was some variation: "...Oh ***!... " My personal favorite recipe for Disaster came shortly after the fall of the Soviet Empire, an AeroFlot passenger plane crashed mysteriously on a clear day for no apparent reason, when the Black Box was analysed it turned out the pilot was flying with his whole family in the cockpit with him and his young son was by the conversation was sitting on his lap in the pilots chair, the last words on the recording were, apparently aimed at his son..."Dont touch that !..." [:0]

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by erikthered



Wonder what kind of road rash you get when you lay it down at 200 mph plus?
Erik

The kind where when they pick you up of the pavement, you can here the Paramedic's are saying "Ohh, Thats what Bone looks like..."

[SALfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

I must be the slow poke of the bunch.One night on a trip to San Francisco, I had my friends Duster pegged at 100 MPH.This was when I was young and foolish.

You must have had a V8. My 1976 Duster with the Slant Six would have needed a stiff tailwind to make 100 mph.

[Overmod]

Well, foam: are you familiar with 'dog years' and 'cat years' and so forth?

Doing the ton is about the equivalent of Mach 1.4 in "Duster mph"

[espeefoamer]

I must be the slow poke of the bunch.One night on a trip to San Francisco, I had my friends Duster pegged at 100 MPH.This was when I was young and foolish.

[Overmod]

Erikthered's comment reminds me of what my father (an ophthalmologist) said about riding motorcycles -- which is in large part why I don't ride:

The problem with riding motorcycles isn't getting killed...

...it's getting HALF-killed.

Sure, you can get wiped out high-siding a bike at high speed, but it's also likely that you'll sustain massive, crippling injuries. Not long before you blow through whatever cash and insurance benefits your family might have saved up. Many years, though, of being a quadriplegic or vegetable...

[SALfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by erikthered


Wonder what kind of road rash you get when you lay it down at 200 mph plus?
Erik

SEVERE . . . very severe.

[Anonymous]

Reminds me of the ER nurse in Phoenix who gave me her opinion on motorcycle drivers. She said there were two kinds: the quick and the dead.

Wonder what kind of road rash you get when you lay it down at 200 mph plus?
Erik

[Overmod]

Instructive.

I note that the penalty for doing 205 in a 65 zone is $215.

I'd be somewhat surprised if Tilley's attorneys, dad, etc. don't manage to do PTI on the 'reckless driving' charge in return for guilty pleas on speeding and no m/c endorsement. A small investment of $330 and the boy will be out to engage in more comic pranks.

Forgive me if I keep rumbling about 'the fix is in." But I'll be VERY interested to see how this particular incident works its way through the justice system...

[zardoz]

In case anyone would like to see the actual ticket:

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

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

It is!! gifted morons are nicer then just plane morons...

Gifted?, Plane?, Talented? I guess this gives new meaning of the term oxi-moron[:D][(-D][(-D][(-D][:-^]

[Overmod]

What I am waiting to see is how his daddy gets him off. For that matter, I want to hear the explanation of how a deputy's son, presumably owner of a modified and expensive motorcycle, comes not to have a motorcycle license...

[Junctionfan]

I hate plane morons. I would rather suffer train morons........bad joke.

[Anonymous]

It is!! gifted morons are nicer then just plane morons...

[Junctionfan]

Interesting that he can drive a motorcycle. I guess it is possible to be a gifted moron.

[Anonymous]

In addition to having no brains, USA Today reports he has no motorcycle license.

Wayne

[Anonymous]

For about the last ten years, BMW has valuntarily limited the top speed of its motorcycles to 120 kph regardless of horsepower.

[Junctionfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

HA! my motorcyle does mach 6 watch..

did you see me?

NO? okay pay attention this time...

Wow!!!!

Now can you get a locomotive to do a pop-a-wheely?

[Anonymous]

HA! my motorcyle does mach 6 watch..

did you see me?

NO? okay pay attention this time...

[Anonymous]

A few years back we had an armed robbery in my city involving a subject who fled on a motorcycle. The pursuit took about an hour and involved 13 different police agencies, but eventually the wiseguy ran out of gas and was apprehended. This one didn't have overhead support (i.e. plane or helicopter), just the guys in squad cars. I was in the 911 center as they were working the call. The officers said that the bike just walked away from them when they got on a straight-away, but good old Motorola helped position additional cars up ahead to intercept. I'd guess that guy is still behind bars - speeding and reckless driving in 13 jurisdictions - and - oh yeah, the armed robbery.

My questions is, why are the manufacturers compelled to build a bike that goes 130, 150, 170 MPH?

[Anonymous]

I would like to add that the vast majority of seasoned riders take their riding skills very seriously, ride responsibly, and frown on such behavior.

Many of these poeple poli***heir high speed skills by joining a club for track time, where the environment is controlled and falling even at relatively high speeds usually resaults in only minor injury.

Tracks typically have smooth, clean pavement. Also, turns with large aprons on the outside where a person can safely slide in wet grass or sand for a long distance, and the newest safety, inflatable barriers.

Yes, it is sad when an inexperienced rider on a powerfull machine dies on a public road, and many riders will strongly agree. You could blame the salesman at the dealer for not exercising judgement, but the solution would be government involvement, and personal freedom coupled with personal responsibility is a subject very near the hearts of true motorcycle enthusiasts.

It is commonly said that the motorcycle is one of the few appliances today that you can still buy that has absolutely no safety features save for the human brain, and to some poeple that means a lot.

[Big_Boy_4005]

Jim and everyone, the 20 year old kid who did that state record breaking 205 MPH, just happens to be the son of a county sheriff's deputy, right here in the county where I live. The bike was modified. He was clocked by a state trooper in a small plane, using a special stop watch. The speeding was done on US 61 south of the Twin Cities, near the city of Wabahsa. If Wabasha sounds familiar, It is where the Grumpy Old Men series of movies was filmed.

Back in July, Big Girl and I drove down US 61 while chasing the steam double header of Milwaukee Road 261, and CP 2816. The road follows the Mississippi River, and while there are some straight stretches, the road is not just flat and even. We had a hard time going 60 MPH because of traffic. 205????[:0]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

QUOTE: Originally posted by 88gta350

Clocking with a stopwatch from an airplane is perfectly legal, and a simple mathmatical calculation of time over distance traveled gives speed.

More math - for a measured quarter mile:
4.0 seconds = 225 mph
4.39 seconds = 205 mph
4.5 seconds = 200 mph
4.74 seconds = 190 mph
5.0 seconds = 180 mph
6.0 seconds = 150 mph

Even assuming a small error in starting and/or stopping the stopwatch, he was still moving right along....

Well said tree, add in to that the lessons of physics on the movement of mass (as memory serves) into a stationary structure the effect of speed doesn't just go up linerally but rather geometricly as in squared and that my friends can be messy.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder

Here,

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=8&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_fe_st/205_mph_ticket_2

The guys over on the dieselstop.com think it is bull too.

Adrianspeeder

That is the same exact story that AOL News carried. Both of them, AOL and MSN just copied the AP News story.

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 88gta350

Clocking with a stopwatch from an airplane is perfectly legal, and a simple mathmatical calculation of time over distance traveled gives speed.

More math - for a measured quarter mile:
4.0 seconds = 225 mph
4.39 seconds = 205 mph
4.5 seconds = 200 mph
4.74 seconds = 190 mph
5.0 seconds = 180 mph
6.0 seconds = 150 mph

Even assuming a small error in starting and/or stopping the stopwatch, he was still moving right along....