Brass balls

[RedGTS]

And I mean big ones too:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0922042speed1.html

 

[RX VIPER]

Let's see his dad get him out of that ticket..

I like 4 wheels under me when I do 205..

 

[STUGOTS]

I have done 190+ on a modded busa and let me tell you its scary on 4 wheels but on 2 its downright terrifing.

 

[v10kingsnake]

that is un friggin believable. hard to believe they clocked that bike at 205 when i would bet it couldnt top out at 175 off the showroom floor. unless it had some serious mods this is BS.

 

[BadVenm]

The first article I read about it said he was clocked from an airplane. They used a stop watch and clocked him between the painted white markings on the road surface.

A human flying a plane and operating a stop watch by hand leaves a lot of room for error. A half of a second delay in starting or stopping the stop watch could throw that speed rating all out of whack.

Just my .02 worth.

 

[Cop Magnet]

"No motorcycle endorsement"

Better yet, the kid doing 205 doesn't even have a motorcycle operator's license.

 

[2MANYTOYS]

 

[VinR1]

unless that kid weights 50lbs plus a few G's in mods, that bike won't do 205mph

 

[AviP]

unless that kid weights 50lbs plus a few G's in mods, that bike won't do 205mph

Weight has nothing to do with top speed. Top speed is a factor of horsepower and frontal area. Those stock bikes are capable of 180-195mph. I did 175mph many years ago on my trusty steed ZX1100 and I can say that I felt safer doing those speeds in a bike than a car. It's a mindset, go figure.

That said, the 205mph figure is definitely an error due to the aircraft.

 

[RedGTS]

I agree that there was almost certainly an error in the calculation, but I'm still glad I'm not that guy's lawyer--somehow I don't think a cross-examination of "Isn't it true you could be off by x amount and my client might have only been going 175 mph?" would accomplish a whole lot! And you know when this guy is talking about this the rest of his life he will be saying the cop timed him as he was slowing down!

 

[DarcShadow]

205 wouldn't be to far off. I had a 2000 ZX-9R that topped out at 175. Givin that this was a new 2004 CBR 1000 it wouldn't take much in terms of mods to get it up to around 200.

 

[Bill B]

Gotta shop near me that is putting turbos on these things. I watched a dyno run at 548 at the rear wheel. I have to believe these things will do 200+.

 

[ROCKET62]

Looks like he got his money's worth on that speeding ticket!