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| quote: | Minnesota trooper writes 205 mph speeding ticket
WABASHA, Minn. (AP) — With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a Stillwater motorcyclist hit the throttle and possibly set the informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota history: 205 mph.
On Saturday afternoon, State Patrol pilot Al Loney was flying near Wabasha, in southeastern Minnesota on the Wisconsin border, watching two motorcyclists racing along U.S. Highway 61.
When one of the riders shot forward, Loney was ready with his stopwatch. He clicked it once when the motorcycle reached a white marker on the road and again a quarter-mile later. The watch read 4.39 seconds, which Loney calculated to be 205 mph.
"I was in total disbelief," Loney told the St. Paul Pioneer Press for Tuesday's editions. "I had to double-check my watch because in 27 years I'd never seen anything move that fast."
Several law enforcement sources told the newspaper that, although no official records are kept, it was probably the fastest ticket ever written in the state.
After about three-quarters of a mile, the biker slowed to about 100 mph and let the other cycle catch up. By then Loney had radioed ahead to another state trooper, who pulled the two over soon afterward.
The State Patrol officer arrested the faster rider, 20-year-old Stillwater resident Samuel Armstrong Tilley, for reckless driving, driving without a motorcycle license — and driving 140 miles per hour over the posted speed limit of 65 mph.
A search of speeding tickets written by state troopers, who patrol most of the state's highways, between 1990 and February 2004 shows the next fastest ticket was for 150 mph in 1994 in Lake of the Woods County.
Tilley did not return calls from the newspaper to his home Monday. A working number for him could not immediately be found by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Only a handful of exotic sports cars can reach 200 mph, but many high-performance motorcycles can top 175 mph. With minor modifications, they can hit 200 mph. Tilley was riding a Honda 1000, Loney said.
Kathy Swanson of the state Office of Traffic Safety said unless Tilley was wearing the kind of protective gear professional motorcycle racers wear, he was courting death at 200 mph.
"I'm not entirely sure what would happen if you crashed at 200 miles per hour," Swanson said. "But it wouldn't be pretty, that's for sure."
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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbea...1-speeder_x.htm |
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| Zombie0729 |
| thats a heavy bike to get 200+, but for some reason i really really doubt a Honda CBR 1000 can go 170+... i think our helicopter pilot had a lil too much to drink up there |
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| jp |
| A tuned one can reach those speeds. Perhaps it even had a turbo... |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
thats a heavy bike to get 200+, but for some reason i really really doubt a Honda CBR 1000 can go 170+... i think our helicopter pilot had a lil too much to drink up there |
The story is sensational bull, like a guy in a helicopter is going to be able to locate visble quarter mile marker, pull out a stop watch and time him while flying. Even if the bike could do 205 i doubt it could be done with out a race track surface. :rolleyes: |
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| getfoul |
| it was an RC51, no way in hell would it be going that fast without serious mods. That bike tops out at 160. |
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| jonze234 |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
The story is sensational bull, like a guy in a helicopter is going to be able to locate visble quarter mile marker, pull out a stop watch and time him while flying. Even if the bike could do 205 i doubt it could be done with out a race track surface. :rolleyes: |
they do that type of down by st. louis. they have these white lines across the highway and they just time you from one point to another. |
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| getfoul |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
The story is sensational bull, like a guy in a helicopter is going to be able to locate visble quarter mile marker, pull out a stop watch and time him while flying. Even if the bike could do 205 i doubt it could be done with out a race track surface. :rolleyes: |
uhhh, it actually is a method used by law enforcement. And it is possible just not with that bike.:rolleyes: |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonze234
they do that type of down by st. louis. they have these white lines across the highway and they just time you from one point to another. |
well it sounded ridiculous in new england they dont do that stuff. learn something new everyday |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
That's ing awesome. I wonder how much they fined him for! Prob won't be buying any spare parts naytime soon :toothless
Then again, they probably took his bike away if he had mods on it able to make it reach 205! :eyespop: |
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| D-res |
if i remember correctly, in the mid 90s the CBR held the record at 204mph. of course by 99 it got shattered by the suzuki hayabusa, but the CBR is still the fastest american bike. the hayabusa blows past 200. the speedometer itself goes upwards of 220.
i dont think this story is bull. i beleive it completely, considering its very possible |
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| Nite-Mer |
| I've seen the planes here too. 205 is ing recockulous though. You are asking to get yourself killed, if that bike can even push those speeds. |
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| TAnt |
I have a Honda CBR 600cc bike! :cool:
Its not a 1000cc, but its still pretty damn quick! lol.. |
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