Speeding facts vs fiction

[unstuck]

Great! My HD is in MPH!

0-40? Must be a small dial, how do you read it?

[Berries]

Big numbers

[caspernz]

Big numbers

On account of the vibration of course...

[swarfie]

Set the speed limit at 110. Anyone riding a Harley just do what your bike can manage.

Nice to hear a cop advocating 110....so when are we going to get real and bring that rule in? Only for some stretches though, some motorways and wide straight bits would be good. Then those that wanna ride Charlie Harrisons can ride em balls out

[swbarnett]

Great! My HD is in MPH!

I like the way you think. My bike is as well.

"Truly , officer, my speedo never went over the limit..."

[Urano]

Do it like they do in France, 130 in the dry, 110 or lower in the rain

this is the widest applied limit in europe.
on that you have to consider the tolerance set at 5% (7kmh) for the speed camera.
eventually, summing up the tolerance for the camera and the one of the tachometer, you can safely consider that if you stay below 150kmh indicated you're risking almost nothing, a minimum fine at worst.
trucks and buses have lower limits (90-100 the firsts, 110 the latter)

130kmh seems to me a good limit.
cars have no real good reason to go faster: the fuel consumption rises quickly above 130-140 for normal cars, and the time to destination drops of only few minutes every 100 km, so it's not a big deal
bikes has the problem of comfort, and whatever you say, riding faster than 110-120kmh is a mess: very high noise in the helmet, low air protection from the fairing, and then again high fuel consumption.
on a track you can go full throttle in the straight, but in open roads it becomes rapidly annoying...

obviously, you have to consider the infrastructures.
how you doing with the cheesecutter thing guys?

[swbarnett]

and whatever you say, riding faster than 110-120kmh is a mess: very high noise in the helmet, low air protection from the fairing,

Please do not put words in my mouth. You can only say this is what you've found. Others have found quite different.

[rastuscat]

Whatever the limit gets set at they have to factor in a tolerance. Effectively it's already 110 most of the year, cept holiday weekends when it's 104.

Or are we asking for 110 and zero tolerance?

[russd7]

130kmh seems to me a good limit.

bikes has the problem of comfort, and whatever you say, riding faster than 110-120kmh is a mess: very high noise in the helmet, low air protection from the fairing, and then again high fuel consumption.
on a track you can go full throttle in the straight, but in open roads it becomes rapidly annoying...

obviously, you have to consider the infrastructures.
how you doing with the cheesecutter thing guys?

may be a problem with your bike and gear but not the case on either of my bikes, of course i have only ever gone over 100km/hr on a track .
i would suggest you need to invest in a good quality helmet or get one that fits correctly if you have an issue with noise in your helmet

[Scuba_Steve]

Whatever the limit gets set at they have to factor in a tolerance. Effectively it's already 110 most of the year, cept holiday weekends when it's 104.

Or are we asking for 110 and zero tolerance?

Na I think what most are asking for is common sense & zero extortion

[Kickaha]

Na I think what most are asking for is common sense & zero extortion

Perhaps when motorcyclists start showing more common sense the law might as well

[bluninja]

The highest speed limit in Bermuda is 35 kmh and foreigners aren't allowed to drive. Yet.......

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – OECD, Bermuda has one of the highest rates of road fatalities – 20 per 100,000. The OECD average is 9.6 per 100,000. From the year 2000 to 2012 135 people died on Bermuda's roads

(source http://www.cada.bm/index.php/statist...hs_in_bermuda/)

Wow!!!

[Berries]

Or are we asking for 110 and zero tolerance?

Well if you are taking requests I'll go for 160 and a 40km/h tolerance thanks.

[Scuba_Steve]

Perhaps when motorcyclists start showing more common sense the law might as well

Don't be daft, it's the "law" which has killed common sense in the 1st place...

[scumdog]

Perhaps when motorcyclists start showing more common sense the law might as well

Like THAT will ever happen!