Police track down motorcyclist clocked at 200 km/h (Montreal)

The Gazette ^ | 07/11/2014 | ANNE SUTHERLAND

[aimhigh]

A motorcyclist going in excess of 200 kilometres an hour on Highway 40 was tracked down at his Laval home Friday after he evaded police.

Sûrété du Québec officers noticed the speedster at 3 a.m. near Côte-de-Liesse Rd. and went after him with their lights flashing and siren blaring. The motorcyclist refused to pull over and continued west

[aimhigh]

200 kph = 125 mhp. It's hard to imagine maintaining control at that speed. Must have been a nice, level road.

[hosepipe]

Keep yer stick on the asphalt..

[V_TWIN]

125 mph isn’t reall all that fast on the right sport bike

[V_TWIN]

reall = really

[TurboZamboni]

not a big deal. lots of bone stock bikes can do 0-125 mph and back to 0 in under 25 seconds.

[Fido969]

not a big deal. lots of bone stock bikes can do 0-125 mph and back to 0 in under 25 seconds.

It's the "back to zero" that'll kill ya.

[cork]

At 125 he had to have at least to gears left.

[Blueflag]

True. I used to work WERA and AMA races at Road Atlanta as a track safety official. 200 KPH is nothing for the super bikes.

[nascarnation]

Agree but the degree of risk really is depending on the road condition, surroundings, traffic count, etc.

Not at all familiar with the area but it probably doesn’t look like the Bonneville salt flats.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

125mph isn’t much on a Ducati or some of the behemoths these days. 175 - 200 would be news.

[South40]

Ghost Rider in Sweden claims 353 kph. That's 219mph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTdStgg0x8w

[TurboZamboni]

6 pot rotors,Brembo ceramic brakes...stop on a dime and give change to the homless.

[beelzepug]

125 mph is plenty fast when you only have two tires. I had the H-D up to 95 mph once (fastest I ever went on it) and began to sense the beginning of a high speed wobble. My pucker factor went off the chart for a few seconds.

[nascarnation]

Yes any mechanical failure on a bike (and especially tires) is so much more potentially dangerous.

[jimt]

I worked with a guy who used to drive his desmodromic Ducati at speeds over 140 mph on Texas highways.

125 for a bike today is very easy.

[Red Badger]

I used to do 100+ mph on my motorcycle in the desert east of Palm Springs.....................

[V_TWIN]

” I had the H-D up to 95 mph once”

That’s why I said what I said, I have an HD that weighs 800 lbs. Had it to 100 mph, yeah it was fast enough but it wasn’t freaking me out or anything.

As far as degree of risk, I was taught reaction time is your friend, faster you go the less you have and the worse things can get. There’s a lot to be said for doing the posted speed limit on a scooter.

[tacticalogic]

125 mph isn’t reall all that fast on the right sport bike

Did that on a Kaw Concours once. Early Sunday morning, and 6 miles of brand-new concrete. Hadn't even been striped yet.

[Kenny Bunk]

WOW! 200!

WhoTF wrote this? Some zombie watching World Cup?

[CodeToad]

Easy to do. A good bike does that no sweat. I’ve had several that coul...I mean, Hey! Who does such a thing??!!