$12,000 speeding ticket!

[ajturbo]

i remember this one time.... in th esouth..
2 up on my XJ 900... red line in top
2 up... and i was over taken by a guy (also 2 up) on a FJ1200.... fuckin nearly fell off, i had such a fright

[The Pastor]

ive done 240 on a gpz 1000, had bent forks and brake discs. Theoretically the bike tops 250, and at 240 it still had some go left in it! but i lost my nerve lol, not much between the road and you. Gotta play it safe aye.

Since then i've got myself a helmet but i sold the bike.

[Yanosh]

So what's the fine / worst case scenario for a Kiwi doing 200+kph???

I've always thought it was loss of license and a possible criminal conviction?

[Gremlin]

250kmh on the straight between Geraldine and Rangitata this morning, me and my girl and the packrack, fully loaded, 2006 Hayabusa...anyone beat that ?

subtract a pillion, but add full givi luggage, laden up, and I did that speed on a HONDA

So what's the fine / worst case scenario for a Kiwi doing 200+kph???

I've always thought it was loss of license and a possible criminal conviction?

Definitely loss of license (year or more), incredibly likely a dangerous driving charge, which carries (inc loss of lic) high penalties of fines and possible jail.

However, I know of someone who was very close to topping out a 1L sportbike (as in, close to 3x the limit), picked up on radar, pulled over, and the cop was... shocked... and after nicely asking, it was written much lower.

If they had that here, I wonder how much more it would be for the highest I have gone (and a cop picked me up)

[TimeOut]

Guess it's me that's off to Jail too,

250kmh on the straight between Geraldine and Rangitata this morning, me and my girl and the packrack, fully loaded, 2006 Hayabusa...anyone beat that ?

Yea that's a nice bit of road to stretch you legs, occasional cop on it though

[davereid]

$12,000 ummph... petty cash.

I pay way more than that every year in productivity fines, just for having a job.

[hmurphy]

Was the pillion passenger happy to go those speeds!? Loss of licence for it too.... gutted!

[jrandom]

However, I know of someone who was very close to topping out a 1L sportbike (as in, close to 3x the limit), picked up on radar, pulled over, and the cop was... shocked... and after nicely asking, it was written much lower.

I still have no idea how that was achieved.

No idea.

I suspect that certain people were born with mystical powers that let them just get away with shit.

[Gremlin]

Don't look to me for an answer, until less than a month ago, I had never had a warning, only tickets for exactly why they pulled me up (or more).

Finally got a warning a little while ago from a couple of young general duties, who said they were struggling to read my plate. They were happy for me to continue onto work and clean it (they got some of the heavy muck off) and I cleaned it then...

Made a nice difference...

[Armitage Shanks]

And I guess, in Hindsight I was a bit silly ( only a bit ) however no excuses and I humbly apologise but here's my ' excuse '

I was in a good mood, only had my pretty red Hayabusa a month after reading how good they were for years, 3. The road is magic, long straight, wide and fast, about 6km long.

And 4. For those that don't know about the reeal fast bike it only takes a few seconds to wind it on and the speedo simply heads north, problem ? wind off and it comes down just as quick due to the compression factor, some brakes might help as well :-)

It was a 20 second exercise...but I guess thats how long it takes a tractor to pull out with a trailer on the back....then I hit the black ice at 130....

[Yanosh]

lesson learnt, don't do 130 (yet alone more) in conditions where you might find black ice...

[Armitage Shanks]

Timeout, if you know that piece of road you'd appreciate what my front wheel did on the black ice on the Rakaia to Leeston straight just over the bridge , wow ! just a jiggle and ....past the ice then back on the gas, 8kms of straight road, suns shining , lets go...what a day.....150-160.....round the bend at 140 ...back to 5th, roll it on, slow down to 100 ...80...60, for the tractor, 3rd gear up to 120 then straight roads ahead and warm air, wind it on 4th and 5th 190 and hold it to ......240 on the clock... must say it was a great ride and there was plenty more . No apologies for going too fast, was it 'Talk Talk ' that did the ' Life's what you make it ' song ?

[ambler]

i remember this one time.... in th esouth..
2 up on my XJ 900... red line in top
2 up... and i was over taken by a guy (also 2 up) on a FJ1200.... fuckin nearly fell off, i had such a fright

yeah. you get that with FJ1200's

[Armitage Shanks]

True, the FJ 1200 was and is, a great bike...last of the the true big Yammys a mans bike and 10 points to you mate.