Cop chase, Te Rapa (14 January)

**carver** · 14th January 2007, 21:28

hey, there was a police chase down Te-Rapa straight/SH1 at about 10:45 pm on saturday night, it was a red/black VT250, maybe late 80's early 90's..doing 130-160 with the cops about 70m behind.
it was kinda wet, and dark, i just wonder what happened, the rider wasn't wearing much gear either

**Wasp** · 14th January 2007, 21:50

vt250s cant do 160 from my experience, 130 would be topping it wouldnt it?

**rwh** · 14th January 2007, 22:06

Originally Posted by Wasp

vt250s cant do 160 from my experience, 130 would be topping it wouldnt it?

Mine showed 145ish on the speedo, and felt like it had a bit more left. Maybe it's just the red and black ones

Of course, many people have mentioned the discrepancy between the speedo and reality ... and that's backed up by the roadside speed signs, which always showed me less than I thought I was doing.

Richard

**Wasp** · 14th January 2007, 22:08

hey if were going by speedo then i never went above 95 km/h

**Disqualified** · 15th January 2007, 00:47

from my experience.... dont run from the police... they will almost always catch you in the end

**ZeroIndex** · 15th January 2007, 01:18

Originally Posted by Disqualified

from my experience.... dont run from the police... they will almost always catch you in the end

is that how you got your username/broken collarbone?

ps. welcome to the site

**Disqualified** · 15th January 2007, 01:22

thats how i got my username... was playing at the park on the RM250 and you get the picture... I broke my collarbone doing downhill mtb

**carver** · 15th January 2007, 06:55

Originally Posted by Speedie

One of the two highlighted statements above are incorrect.

really? i just saw them pass by me at the lights, not a bad guess though(?)

**NinjaNanna** · 15th January 2007, 08:54

Anyone that thinks they can outrun the cops on a VT250 need there head read!!!

Hopefully this guy just speed past a speed trap and was planning on stoppping soon, otherwise he's in deep shit

**N4CR** · 15th January 2007, 13:48

Originally Posted by ninjananna

anyone that thinks they can outrun the cops on a vt250 need there head read!!!

hopefully this guy just speed past a speed trap and was planning on stoppping soon, otherwise he's in deep ****

if you can run on a scooter you can run on anything, all depends on traffic and local knowledge... a vt250 would be easy in some circumstances

**avgas** · 15th January 2007, 14:11

I wonder what started it....poor youngin hope he doesnt get too much shit....been there and done that - back when i was 10foot tall and bulletproof. Silly shit really

**scumdog** · 15th January 2007, 14:14

Originally Posted by N4CR

if you can run on a scooter you can run on anything, all depends on traffic and local knowledge... a vt250 would be easy in some circumstances

DON'T say that - now all vt250 owners will want to give it a go!!

**idleidolidyll** · 15th January 2007, 14:22

Originally Posted by Wasp

vt250s cant do 160 from my experience, 130 would be topping it wouldnt it?

the red/black Vt from the late 80's was a bit of a special; it had trick paint and go fast stripes.

Obviously with that extra fast paint job it could easily do 160.

Honestly though, I sold Hondas in 1987 and the VTR250 COULD do 160-170km on its speedo. Dunno if it was way out but it seems probable that it could indeed nudge 160 (hell, a 1969 Ducati 250 could do 160!)

**Wasp** · 15th January 2007, 14:26

yea i know the vtr can do it but its a different engine in that (and newer too?)

i think the spada can do 160 cant it?

**N4CR** · 15th January 2007, 14:49

Originally Posted by scumdog

don't say that - now all vt250 owners will want to give it a go!!

i'm sure they will get caught if they are **** (du|\/|b) and ****y (c0cky), not a huge amount of people could get away with it but as i said depends on conditions and local knowledge (and rider skill) you can do it on a faster 250 easy as pie almost anywhere if you meet those criteria.

Originally Posted by wasp

i think the spada can do 160 cant it?

yes afaik that's waht it's geared for. spada aka vt250f. ducatilover knows.