Posted on 06/18/2003 8:15:48 PM PDT by chance33_98
Motorcycle was clocked at 157mph, court told
By Stewart Payne (Filed: 18/06/2003)
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.
It is believed to be the highest speed recorded on a British road and both riders were warned to expect a stiff penalty after pleading guilty to dangerous driving.
Neil Bolger pleads guilty after being caught in a police speed trap in Buckinghamshire doing 148mph
The men, both 29, were said not to be racing each other. Andrew Osborne, from Leamington Spa, Warwicks, who was clocked at 157mph, and Neil Bolger, from Gaydon, Warwicks, must wait until next month to find out their sentence, but were given interim driving disqualifications.
Magistrates in Aylesbury, Bucks, heard that the men were spotted on the A421 near Buckingham speeding through an underpass on a dual carriageway noted as an accident blackspot. The road had a 70mph limit.
Theresa Murphy, prosecuting, said they overtook a lorry on a sweeping bend before being caught by the speed trap.
Darren Rogers, defending Osborne, a master technician, argued that the case should be dealt with by magistrates and not referred to the Crown Court.
Nicholas Devine, defending Bolger, a lorry driver, said that although he was travelling at excessive speed there were no aggravating features. "There is no evidence of alcohol or drugs," he said.
The case was adjourned for four weeks for reports.
Done. It was amusing. Was then, still is.
I'll tape my next post to my back so you can read it while I pass you on my $5,600 Honda Nighthawk 750, which does 141Mph (with the overdrive sprocket), and does 0-60 in 4.9 seconds.
And you can shout out "You're a Homo!" as I go by, but I doubt anyone will hear you with those straight pipes trying their damnest to get your bike up to the speed limit.
Next time I go to the Rock Store, i'll look as hard as I can to find a Hardley with more than 5,000 miles on it (you guys don't actually RIDE your bikes further than the local poser joint), while those of us who do 30K+ miles a year take off into the canyons while you down your third beer of afternoon while TALKING about riding.
It's your money, dude. I guess it's cheaper than a penile implant.
Actually, that might explain your obession with homosexuality.
Matter of fact, at 67, I got scared of all of them - just sold my last BMW late last year. Still, on a nice summer day, I wish I had a bike in the garage to strap a tent and sleeping bag onto and take off for 4 or 5 days!
Oh yeah. If you get the chance ....
Bite me! . ... .
Children, children! The nice pommie bahstahds British cousins have so thoughtfully set up a spot where you can give each other's bikes a go on a nice road with some twisty bits on it, where another has shown it can be done by one bike alone.
Talk is all very nice, but if you really want to impress anyone with either the ricegrinder or the Milwaukee vibrator, you know where you can go to do it. And if you're such hotshots as you like to sound, the previous rider's 148MPH/222KPH burnout shouldn't be hard to top at all, and it'll make him appear to be relatively angelic by comparison.
Go. Let's see whatcha got.
-archy-/-
Me too, and for NorVins as well, though the P.11 was nicely enough done and is enough of a classic that they really deserve to glow in their original appearance.
But back in the Norton's heyday, their advertising commonly showed one useful accessory that never seemed to grace the ads for the P11. Maybe somebody was afraid of getting muddy on the off-road steed in the Norton stable.
They're baaaaack....
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