Originally Posted by Slingshot
Yes, 3829k/hr. I just pulled out from the shops, accelerated and 4 seconds later I was in the middle of the tasman sea.........
Take out the armour and put on floaties
Down with bouncing!
Yes, 3829k/hr. I just pulled out from the shops, accelerated and 4 seconds later I was in the middle of the tasman sea.........
Take out the armour and put on floaties
Retired
I wouldn't have disputed that ticket... I would've plead guilty. The amount of kudos, free sex and ego stroking you'd get from being the fastest guy on a bike by 3,500km/h would be worth the 9 month disqualification and $1000 fine and NEVER getting insurance again.
"You, Madboy, are the Uncooked Pork Sausage of Sausage Beasts. With extra herbs."
- Jim2 c2006
i've made a complaint to the broadcasting standards authority about this 'news' item, as it has obviously been staged, and it was poorly reported, poorly researched, and the information contained in it was not substantiated, or even backed up by any charges being laid.
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Don't think the issue here is whether it's lasar, radar, wet, fine, puddles on road etc. The simple fact is that the instant loss of licence means just that not only for us bikers but all those that use the roads...........and this on the say of a police officer. Now I personally don't give a shit if it's forty K's over or ten k's over when you lose your licence. I am concerned that the law has not allowed the driver time enough to get home. Instead it leaves a road user stranded at the side of the road that may be in a city or town but could equally be some place out in the wop wops. It is illegal for school bus drivers to remove unruley students from their buses even though the driver may have cause to believe that the students behavour may endanger his passanger or other road users. There is a very good reason for this.........roads are dangerous places for pedestrians and school bus drivers are required by law to take the student to the desiganted drop off point that is the closest to their homes. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. But the politicians in their infinite wisdom have deemed otherwise and that our roads no matter where are perfectly safe for adult pedestrians.
I have in the past, before going into battle, asked my self two question.
Am I right??
Can I win??
The answer is Yes to both of them. And now the scary part is how. That's the bit I am now grappling with.
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
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I'm pretty sure that unless you've done something to reallythem the cops will give you a lift to someplace safe from where you can make arrangements.
Besides - you choose whether you place yourself in that situation - it's pretty hard to do 40k's over the limit "by mistake".
Forum whore
NOT WHEN FULTON HOGAN HAVE BEEN LAZY AND DIDNT PUT SIGNS UP ON A SIDE STREET SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LICENCE CAUSE THE PIG IS TO LAZY TO GO SEE THAT THE SIGNS ARENT THERE. THATS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A COURT TO DECIDE B4 PUNISHMENT IS DEALT
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That's not being lazy - that's a blatant bloody speed trap. The oinks know where the signs should be and where they aren't.
In the riders seat
It is 307.447kmh set by John Hepburn on a Hayabusa at Edendale, Febuary 5th, 2000 ( that is for the flying quarter )
His best one way pass was 310kmh
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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You are right it is pretty hard to do that speed by mistake. I can remeber a time when I was travelling nice and law abiding behind a trailor just South of Amberly, cruising just a tad below 100 and enjoying the ride. There were three cars ahead of the trailor and a stream of cars behind. Everybody just minding their own buisness. Now this trailor was loaded up to the gunnels with firewood and lo and behold it hit a bump in the road and off comes a couple of pieces of fire wood bouncing along that I narrowly avoided. I would hate to think what would have happened it I had gone to ground............so to speak. Well not too sure what you would do but me I'm not hanging around for anothe peice to come bouncing off. Now as I said there were three cars ahead of the trailor so in effect I had four cars and a trailor to get past. under normal circumstances I would have got closer to the trailor so as to get out and make my run as fast as possible but due to the unstable load I was unable to do this. I had cars up my arse as it was. Well I'll make it short. To get out of this dangerous situation I was into the 160+. Even then under the old loss of licence regime I would have been stranded. I deliberatly broke the speeding laws because some fool had an unsafe load. Now before you make any excuses and say that the cops would take that into account I came across police at the vehicle weigh station and rep[orted to them what had happened. They pulled the trailor up and after talking to the driver allowed him to continue. So if I was pinged I leave my bike on the side the road and this guy is allowed to drive on. TRUE STORY MY FRIEND TRUE STORY. I'd wager that most here at some time in their rideing carreer could tell of a simular incedent where it is neccessary to speed to get out of a dangerous situation.I'm pretty sure that unless you've done something to really
Besides - you choose whether you place yourself in that situation - it's pretty hard to do 40k's over the limit "by mistake".
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
Down with bouncing!
To start with, I dont think I ride that fast. There are plenty of guys who ride faster than I do. I ride a 15 year old 600. I don't think it is hard to do 140 at all. A nice day, cruising, sun on your back, striaght road and 140 just creeps up on you. (probably why I have so much trouble with speeding tickets). Now as I said, my bike is 15 years old. Probably something like 70-80 HP. I just only imagine how these late model 100+ HP 600s stay under 140.
fuckin grumpy leave me alone
good on you Marty maybe if we all did that, can you send me an addy or a link.I will make a complaint as well.
F/F
oh yeah I know itsbut did you here about the B737/500 incident at Houston on monday ? I think it was a Continental Aircraft.
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"Would crawl over broken glass before owning Suzuki"
The only reason I only ride in the Iron man Class is I have no friends left to enter the two man events,
my own fault really.
on the up
How many other people are sitting here thinking that there's someone out there who saw last night's piece on TV1 and are saying to themselves "Okay, the bar's been set at 330. How do I beat it?"
sits and waits for the inevitable TV1 piece on rider on new ZX14 topping 350 on the Canterbury Straights...
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.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Immature and proud of it.
I've just checked Stalker spec sheets. Radar reads to 299 km/h, Lidar reads to 481 km/h.
So, which one checked the 'Busa at 330?
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Hone made me
hahaha...gotta keep the competitive spirit alive.How many other people are sitting here thinking that there's someone out there who saw last night's piece on TV1 and are saying to themselves "Okay, the bar's been set at 330. How do I beat it?"
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Must go faster - but how?
I assume that means they clocked you at 140kmh+ in a 100kph zone?
Thar's quite a margn of error, one I suspect would not be possible.
Every piece of kit has it errors, I would have thought the radars/lazers to be much tighter than that, even under the worst conditions/operators.
One of the cops here might know, or somebody who has read up on them, what's the measurable limits, and the acceptable margin of error?
At the rise of the hand by Policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him.
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