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Started by cernunos, September 21, 2004, 12:34:59 PM

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cernunos

Hope this hasn't already been posted...if it has then moderators can delete mine. Check this out about a speeding biker...wonder if it was a Baby G? Love the little GS and the forum and the Ruger Super-Blackhawk.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6064129/

C.......
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chinox22x

i'm 100% sure it wasn't a baby G.

i live in this little forum and in my baby g as well  :kiss:
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scratch

Another one driving without a licence.

"Sorry, Officer, I was so excited that I wanted to get my licence as fast as possible!"
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Stephen072774

Quote from: cernunosHope this hasn't already been posted...if it has then moderators can delete mine. Check this out about a speeding biker...wonder if it was a Baby G? Love the little GS and the forum and the Ruger Super-Blackhawk.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6064129/

C.......

I read another article that said it was a Honda 1000.  I guess they were talking about the 1000rr.  140 OVER the speed limit... wow.  I thought that bike was only capiable of 180-190, so there might be some error.  Sucks to be him.
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goggleman

With mods I think you can get the big bikes up there in speed. Couldn't have been a GS though, they top out at like 110 without doing a lot of work to them. What did Bob say his racing one hit? Like 135? 205 in our wildest dreams perhaps. ;)

I love that the guy didn't have a license either.

Roadstergal

Quote from: scratch"Sorry, Officer, I was so excited that I wanted to get my licence as fast as possible!"

Sorry, officer, I was in a really big hurry to get to my funeral....

Daniely

I would like to point out in an interview on another web site by the helicopter that witnessed this, he wasnt "Clocked" by radar. The guy timed him with a stop watch from one white line to a quarter mile to get his quarter time, which was like 4 seconds or some rediculous number. Then he calculated his speed to be about 205 (could be wrong with his math or the quarter distance in either case).
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cernunos

Radar? We don't need no stinkin' radar!! Just love that littl GS, the forum and the .45 auto.

C.......
Don't hurt, don't take, don't force
(Everybody should own an HD at least once)
(AMF bowling balls don't count)
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indestructibleman

Quote from: DanielyI would like to point out in an interview on another web site by the helicopter that witnessed this, he wasnt "Clocked" by radar. The guy timed him with a stop watch from one white line to a quarter mile to get his quarter time, which was like 4 seconds or some rediculous number. Then he calculated his speed to be about 205 (could be wrong with his math or the quarter distance in either case).

that's a legit way to get a speed reading.
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Roadstergal

Quote from: indestructiblemanthat's a legit way to get a speed reading.

It'll give you an average velocity, which will be slower than your top speed unless you maintain a constant speed...  so, yikes.

indestructibleman

Quote from: Roadstergal
Quote from: indestructiblemanthat's a legit way to get a speed reading.

It'll give you an average velocity, which will be slower than your top speed unless you maintain a constant speed...  so, yikes.

yeah, that was my thought when i read the article.  this guy was probably accelerating the whole time.
"My center has collapsed. My right flank is weakening. Situation excellent. I am attacking."
--Field Marshall Ferdinand Foch, during the Battle of The Marne

'94 GS500

cernunos

Exactly!! How holy bikin' fast was this roller goin'?? Amazing. Got more cojones than me. Love the Baby G, the forum and the M6.

C.......
Don't hurt, don't take, don't force
(Everybody should own an HD at least once)
(AMF bowling balls don't count)
Jake D for President 2008

Gofer

License or no license, that was just plain stupid.

However, i have to admit that i had a good laugh at the part about "Only the faster one was arrested." Guess it's better to come in 2nd in some cases.

It's lucky he didn't hit someone/something--you can only imagine the backlash against biking that would've caused.

cernunos

Holy maloly...what happened to the Roadstergal?? Check them bug-eyes out!! Love the bike, the forum and the Hi-Power.

C.......
Don't hurt, don't take, don't force
(Everybody should own an HD at least once)
(AMF bowling balls don't count)
Jake D for President 2008

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