View Poll Results: Where do you consider it OK to speed?

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  • On the open road

    150 38.46%
  • On the Motorway

    108 27.69%
  • On any road as long as there is no other traffic

    140 35.90%
  • In the city

    41 10.51%
  • A little before hitting the 100k sign coming from a low speed zone

    91 23.33%
  • For approx 200m after hitting a 70k or 50k sign

    64 16.41%
  • Only while daylight

    60 15.38%
  • Only in the dark

    35 8.97%
  • If following a speeding cage

    71 18.21%
  • Backroads

    148 37.95%
  • Anywhere I get away with it

    197 50.51%
  • Nowhere!

    68 17.44%
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Thread: Where is it Ok to speed?

  1. #46
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    well according to the policeman I just spoke to 70k was too fast coming off a 100k zone into feilding.

    I know he wasnt picking on me cause there was also 3 other cars picked up within 100m while we were chatting.

    Guess the donut shop is closed at midnight then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NDORFN View Post
    Ok that's taking it too far. I know 180 is fuck all in the grand scheme but for a 250 it aint bad... and did I say indicated
    Blah blah blah.......pointless unless you mentioned waving.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    Blah blah blah.......pointless unless you mentioned waving.
    I was in all honesty a little scared to wave... not only because it was my first time riding the bike, but because I was afraid of the possibility of being rejected by the cows on the side of the road. Cows can't wave back, and that put me in a awkard position, the consequences of which I wasn't prepared to risk, alot like waving to HD riders. It's a toughy man, it really is.
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    They should enforce the speed limit on race tracks too. Then you'd really know who the best rider is.

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    Isn't speed another name for an Upper...LOL

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    There is no speed restrictions on a race track (apart from in the pits). The fastest rider wins. So speeding consideration does not fit in here.

    A note to the ones who are very saefty consious and do not tolerate speeding anywhere for any reason: This thread is in no way promoting speeding. Nowhere am I condoning it or telling riders to speed. I am merely asking what the opinion is re riding faster than the speed limit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rebyl View Post
    Isn't speed another name for an Upper...LOL
    Amphetamines....... (aka crank, billy whiz, dexies, amp etc).

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    Big problem here is are you talking exceeding the speed limit, or speed inappropriate to the conditions? You need to define the word "speed".

    I never ride at a speed inappropriate to the conditions.

    I don't exceed the speed limit in 50km/hr areas. It's a sensible limit there.

    I may at times exceed the speed limit in an open road or motorway area. It's a calculated risk based on MY assessment of the speed appropriate to the conditions.

    But if I get pinged for it I'll take it on the chin.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Usarka View Post
    Amphetamines....... (aka crank, billy whiz, dexies, amp etc).
    Showing yr age here !!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Jizah View Post
    They should enforce the speed limit on race tracks too. Then you'd really know who the best rider is.
    They already do, its called Homologation ! And it does show who the best riders are lol
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    I ride a Harley and wave to everyone but it seems srange to me that normally the only ones who acknowledge me are other Harley riders....does that me that riders of Jappas etc are stuck up....don't think so...alot of people just don't wave..its as simple as that and it don't matter what you ride

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    Uh, I just to clarify here. Are we talking on the road or on the footpath ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Usarka View Post
    Amphetamines....... (aka crank, billy whiz, dexies, amp etc).
    Never ride without a helmet and never take amphetamines unless you have some tamazapam handy. The golden rules of Glasgow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rebyl View Post
    I ride a Harley and wave to everyone but it seems srange to me that normally the only ones who acknowledge me are other Harley riders....does that me that riders of Jappas etc are stuck up....don't think so...alot of people just don't wave..its as simple as that and it don't matter what you ride
    Are you saying if you don't ride a Harley you ride a Jappa? I find that a bit offensive old bean.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McJim View Post
    Are you saying if you don't ride a Harley you ride a Jappa? I find that a bit offensive old bean.
    You ducati riders are too busy waving at yourself in the mirror!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Usarka View Post
    You ducati riders are too busy waving at yourself in the mirror!
    so would you if you looked half as good as me!
    In space, no one can smell your fart.

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