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Over 200 MPH?! The Fastest Speeding Ticket Ever Issued in Minnesota
KXRB ^ | 6 Aug 2023 | Andy Gott

Posted on 08/08/2023 2:35:00 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

On a bright Saturday afternoon, State Trooper Al Loney witnessed a motorcycle travel 205 mph. You read that right.

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To: Texas Fossil
I did not do that many times.

I've had the Duc up to a buck fifty a few times. Pretty much stopped doing that once I hit the half century mark a couple of years ago.

41 posted on 08/08/2023 3:26:40 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There are Mad Ivines going by on the interstate at night fairly often. Every now and then one gets the splat they deserve. Hopefully without taking an innocent life.


42 posted on 08/08/2023 3:29:01 PM PDT by Revel
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To: V_TWIN

Go do what?

I did road race bikes at Ontario motorspeedway, Riverside International, and Willow Springs in the mid-70’s.

The only HDs I ever saw road racing was the factory team, and they were as different from profiling cruisers as they could be.


43 posted on 08/08/2023 3:29:37 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Texas resident

I have a friend who was knocked of his bike on the highway by a bird strike - a vulture. He suffered but fully recovered…he was only wearing one of those brain bucket half helmets so his face got some serious road rash and permanent disfigurement to his nose too.


44 posted on 08/08/2023 3:31:02 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

State trooper Al Loney: “I was in total disbelief...”
Yeah, me too.


45 posted on 08/08/2023 3:31:42 PM PDT by A strike ("The worse, the better."- Lenin (& Schwab & Soros)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

If you could extend hinged wings that would normally trail behind and had some kind of controllable empennage (tail section), you could easily fly over any traffic jam at that speed.


46 posted on 08/08/2023 3:33:05 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Iceclimber58

Went to the Keith Code school at Laguna Seca back then. They teach you how to ride fast on a track but not 200. On the way home we touched 140 and lost our nerve. That was a Honda VFR 750. 90s vintage. Could have gone faster with a different rider.

Just sold my BMW K1200S and it had 167 HP. 200 would be possible on that one.

The fun riding is more in the turns at speed; not speed per se.


47 posted on 08/08/2023 3:37:30 PM PDT by JeanLM
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To: doorgunner69

“did road race bikes at Ontario motorspeedway, Riverside International, and Willow Springs in the mid-70’s”

And none of ‘em weighed 650 lbs. Did they?


48 posted on 08/08/2023 3:38:22 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Vaquero

A dyno’ed turbo ‘Busa can produce over 500 HP.


49 posted on 08/08/2023 3:39:05 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: cableguymn

You may be able to outrun that Crown Vic but you can’t outrun the Motorola.


50 posted on 08/08/2023 3:39:41 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: George from New England

For food, it is.


51 posted on 08/08/2023 3:39:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ealgeone

I grew up riding dirtbikes but I refused to ride on the road for the very kind of accident you are describing.

Everytime I see some moron in a car blow through intersections on red lights going so fast they nearly get airborn trying to get in under the light change I am reminded of why I stuck to dirt only.


52 posted on 08/08/2023 3:44:16 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: Vaduz

Same as the worm.


53 posted on 08/08/2023 3:48:18 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: George from New England

For food, it is.


54 posted on 08/08/2023 3:53:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Sirius Lee

Have not owned one since about 1987.

I’m 75 now.


55 posted on 08/08/2023 4:01:54 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: TalBlack

Yeah, I think that is what it’s called.


56 posted on 08/08/2023 4:11:00 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: DUMBGRUNT
You'll never get me ... Bronze!!!


57 posted on 08/08/2023 4:17:27 PM PDT by CapnJack ( )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Did they ticket him for speeding or flying too low?


58 posted on 08/08/2023 4:20:55 PM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: Gnome1949

—”you could easily fly over any traffic jam at that speed.”

The flying sounds good...But the landing maneuverability is going to need work.

May want to add in an airbag.

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59 posted on 08/08/2023 4:28:31 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: George from New England

The Haybusa motorcycle got it namesake from the peregrine falcon (200 mph dive!). Modern liter bikes make 200 hp so 200 mph is readily attainable speed these days.


60 posted on 08/08/2023 4:36:02 PM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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