Motorcyclist hits 200kmh on State Highway 1

[duckonin]

Ah, nothing like wise words from one who has the experiences to back up the words...

Haaaaa !! SD so you know me well then...Buggar my secret is out..

[DMNTD:Me]

You and your mate should be very proud of yourselves right about now. It is wankers like you that drags the reputation of the rest of us down. Thanks for nothing!

LOL!!!!!!!!! Love to know what you really thought of the Norfland Crew™ in days of old then!

[carver]

Hehe, what about this one?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10640026

Carver?


Steve

Not me, i can run without binning, but good on the guys, epic run!

[Shadows]

Maybe Madboy is back.

[sinfull]

Shucks and so little a speed can enduce such propaganda !

[Gareth51]

Nah bro i swear i was sittin on 225 but they never found me !

Thats about the time you nip out for the morning paper

[marty]

I can imagine it

"We are looking for a dark coloured bike, with two wheels, capable of exceeding 200km/h"

good luck. It's like on police 10/7

"The offender was maori or pacific islander, about 183cm tall and may have contacts in the hawkes bay"

WTF

they're both funny, cause they're true

[Rev DJ]

It was a Red Duc... wasnt me!!

[steve_t]

Possibly had a dealer plate on...

[Fatjim]

Ahh, how things have changed in the clubhouse... the modern world I s'pose.

In days of old, it was the joker going the slowest who got the most shit, not the fella going fastest....

I must get me walking frame and get back to the bathroom for me meds..

Listening to The Rock today while driving and the announcer says " OMG just heard of a bike being clocked at 212 kph on Kapiti Coast, it must have been Arron Slight as he lives down that way".
. .
Agree, it must be 'make bike riders look bad week'.

Thats what happens when you let the fairer sex near bikes.

[Tank]

Possibly had a dealer plate on...

Nah - they dont put dealer plates on when the spanner monkey takes the bike for a post service 'test ride'

[evilrsvrguy]

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard
Hehe, what about this one?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10640026

Carver?


This was a stolen bike ,my bosses drz400e,the rider got away for a little while before the doggie got him ,

shame it didnt bite him , should be mandatory for thieving bike SCUM

[Conquiztador]

I do not think that 200k+ speeds are what we should do in areas where other traffic is present. A empty road somwhere is not too bad. Most of us have done so.

But what I question is this quote from one of the articles: "Reaction time is 2.5 seconds which means 147m travelled before reacting." That statement is by Sergeant Stu Kearns of the Waitemata serious crash unit. Considering that "Researchers have reported medium-sized correlations between reaction time and measures of intelligence: There is thus a tendency for individuals with higher IQ to be faster on reaction time tests." (Wikipedia), and considering that mean RT for college-age individuals is about 160 milliseconds to detect an auditory stimulus, and approximately 190 milliseconds to detect visual stimulus, his statement makes me think that it is all part of a conspiracy to grab any chance there is where a biker has acted wrongly, and then make it look even worse in the eye of the public.

As much as I disagree on a "standard" reaction time for us all, what is "normally" used when doing any calculations in crashes is a 1.5 second reaction time.

So either the Sergeant was alluding to his thoughts re the intelligence of the rider. Or perhaps he was using some standard that is used to pass prospective new police officers...

[onearmedbandit]

Yeah I saw the bit about the reaction time too. Fuck I'd be dead many many times over if my reaction time was anything like he quoted. And not just from riding.

[george formby]

I do not think that 200k+ speeds are what we should do in areas where other traffic is present. A empty road somwhere is not too bad. Most of us have done so.

But what I question is this quote from one of the articles: "Reaction time is 2.5 seconds which means 147m travelled before reacting." That statement is by Sergeant Stu Kearns of the Waitemata serious crash unit. Considering that "Researchers have reported medium-sized correlations between reaction time and measures of intelligence: There is thus a tendency for individuals with higher IQ to be faster on reaction time tests." (Wikipedia), and considering that mean RT for college-age individuals is about 160 milliseconds to detect an auditory stimulus, and approximately 190 milliseconds to detect visual stimulus, his statement makes me think that it is all part of a conspiracy to grab any chance there is where a biker has acted wrongly, and then make it look even worse in the eye of the public.

As much as I disagree on a "standard" reaction time for us all, what is "normally" used when doing any calculations in crashes is a 1.5 second reaction time.

So either the Sergeant was alluding to his thoughts re the intelligence of the rider. Or perhaps he was using some standard that is used to pass prospective new police officers...

My jaw dropped reading the "2.5 second reaction time" today. WTF? How many of us would be here if this was true? Count out 2. 5 seconds, it's an age! Typical propaganda to give the drearie's & mouth breathers another bit of anti-bike rhetoric based on bullshit media sensationalism. Someone slap the knob who supplied the ammunition.