Motorcycle was clocked at 157mph, court told (w/photo)

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[martin_fierro]

Oh you're just jealous, you thilly thavage. <|:)~

[archy]

Nice car.

I have a unnatural, unrequieted love for the Muria.

My first love will probably always be the Ferrari Daytona, but that *particular* Lambo just gets me right where it hurts.

They're marvelous machines, but you either need the skills and shop to keep one in tune, or the services and ability of one so qualified and convenient to your location to keep one in the condition they deserve.

It may be that my initial encounter with that Muria unsettled me enough that my eye wandered elsewhere. But I've always had a fondness for the Diablo myself, though I can make do with something a little less exotic.

[j_tull]

would show a lower speed to the radar its than actual speed

It seems likely that the actual speed is recorded in a straightaway directly toward the camera's speed sensor, (max speed in the line of sight, min speed across the line of sight, Then, after the rider passes the sensor, the camera takes the picture from behind in order to get the license plate. I'd bet a paycheck the speed displayed in the photo is not the speed at the time of the photo, but rather, the max speed since target acquisition. Just a guess, though.

[JoeSixPack1]

Hey, how did this thread turn into a 4-wheel cage show???

Thilly Thavage??? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!

*<|:-)~~

[archy]

Whoah baby! That's a bike.

Not only that, it was Bill's daily driver. I first saw him and it at the Illinois State Fair at Springfield back in '65 or so. Seeing it and talking to him was what gave me the kick in the pants to rebuild my old Willys Jeepster, which had tossed a rod in it's six-banger flathead, with a Kettering 500 V-8 out of a '54 Cadillac.

It worked pretty good.

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[martin_fierro]

Hey, how did this thread turn into a 4-wheel cage show???

I was just wondering that m'own se'f.

[j_tull]

would show a lower speed to the radar its than actual speed

Yes, but the article says the road is a "dual carriageway" which is Brit for a limited access freeway. The fast lane is the right hand lane.

[archy]

Hey, how did this thread turn into a 4-wheel cage show???

Good iron is good iron, even when bits of it are aluminum or fiberglass, or even less common things.

They run on the same roads.

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[Pharmboy]

Not a BSA Lightning? (I guess I'm dating meself, mate...)

[Pharmboy]

Found a '71...

[JoeSixPack1]

They run on the same roads.

Kinda hard to lean into a curve with 4 wheels and a cage over/under/and around you.

[archy]

A motorcyclist was recorded travelling at 157mph as he flashed past a police camera, followed by a friend doing 148mph, a court was told yesterday.

Sounds like a challenge to us Yanks from the Limeys to me. I think I know of an Indian that could get the job done with a little taller gearing and some suspension tweaks.

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[Pharmboy]

The Viper-Powered Lead Sled

[archy]

Kinda hard to lean into a curve with 4 wheels and a cage over/under/and around you.

Indeed. The **Bolger Challenge* cup is clearly an affair for those up on two wheels. But four on the ground and a roof overhead are useful when the weather goes rotten, and it's interesting to see what they can do as well.

We need the GPS coordinates for that bit of highway....

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[Pharmboy]

One more time:

[xsrdx]

need the skills and shop to keep one in tune

Indeed, exotic classic cars, like exotic classic women, are probably best appreciated from a respectable distance.

[cinFLA]

Trash talk, and untrue at that. An 883 will do about 115,

883 specs:

HP: 50
T: 48 ftlb
TS: 110 mph
Q: 15.6 secs.

Numbers even laughed at in 1972.

[wardaddy]

Is Russ Collins still alive?

[archy]

Geez, at least they could have told us what the boys were riding. My guess would be Huyabusas, capable of approaching 200 mph. But not with me on it!

Not necessarily:

Says James: This Black Lightning has a fine pedigree
On the Bonneville salt flats, in the hands of Rollie Free,
A factory model- not rebored, no tricks,
The speed always steady on one-forty-six,
They smashed through the land speed record that day
So I just had to have my own one, come what may
And you see, it's a matter of some pride,
That Vincent is the marque that I must ride.

1952 Vincent Black Lightning; Richasrd John Thompson.

[JoeSixPack1]

The **Bolger Challenge* cup

hehehe The guy gets a ticket and now we have an internation incident and a race title!! :-) Cool!

But cages are still for guys who can't lean.
(or need to go out to buy something that won't fit into a side bag, ya know, like Plywood or a new TV!!!)

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