140-MPH M.C. chase, weaving "dangerously" through traffic
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charismaticmegafauna
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'Classic case' of a high performance (Race Replica) motorcycle 'interfacing' with the non-riding public (in the U.S.).
140 mph is really no-big-deal on certain motorcycles -- current sport bikes have a 200 mph potential. And, what looks like 'dangerous weaving' to the non-riding public, may be the rider of an almost 200 hp motorcycle just getting thru traffic.
I had this discussion with a rider friend over 20 years ago when out riding and he had his '87 Yamaha FZ 1000 Genesis (FJR-related...). He said, "The public has 'no idea' of the performance of this bike. 100 mph is just loafing along."
Not say that there's not a problem, here...; just that it may not be so heavily the motorcyclist's problem...?
k7lvo
Well-known member
I guess the newsies get paid by the word? How is someone going to run 140 mph on the freeway without weaving in and out of traffic?
Fairlaner
The Bartender Whisperer
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Just cause ya can don't make it legal. :dribble:'Classic case' of a high performance (Race Replica) motorcycle 'interfacing' with the non-riding public (in the U.S.).
140 mph is really no-big-deal on certain motorcycles -- current sport bikes have a 200 mph potential. And, what looks like 'dangerous weaving' to the non-riding public, may be the rider of an almost 200 hp motorcycle just getting thru traffic.
I had this discussion with a rider friend over 20 years ago when out riding and he had his '87 Yamaha FZ 1000 Genesis (FJR-related...). He said, "The public has 'no idea' of the performance of this bike. 100 mph is just loafing along."
Not say that there's not a problem, here...; just that it may not be so heavily the motorcyclist's problem...?
Potential
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The motorcycle was probably stolen. It did say he's committed burglary and auto theft before. There is no way to defend his actions and he obviously didn't realize motorcycles run out of fuel quickly, especially at 140 mph.
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chrisflock
FJR nose gunner
That guy needs a fuel cell.
Somebody had to say it.
Somebody had to say it.
Crash Cash
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I call ******** anyway. When I was on my GS1100GL and had a car turn left in front of me, the paper said I was doing 80mph, when I was really doing about 40-45. I called the reporter and told him "if was really doing 80mph, I'd be DEAD, buckwheat!"
So far, out of 6 stories I've witnessed that were later in the paper, none of the articles have even been remotely close to what happened.
So far, out of 6 stories I've witnessed that were later in the paper, none of the articles have even been remotely close to what happened.
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Big-D
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The Media trying to raise their ratings are probably one of the root causes of people being convicted of more serious crimes than what they are actually guilty of. Every time you turn on the TV they are plastering some guys face all over the air stating he has done something, when in reality they don't know if he is guilty or not. But their undue influence upon the very people that will sit on a jury have already found him guilty because the local news has said he was. *******s!!
SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
Sounds like somebody got his picture in the paper recently.
El Toro
Innocent Bystander
The idea that you can take a sport bike and be loafing at 140 mph is pretty self absorbed. There are other folks out on the public road, and they are not expecting someone to be riding at such speeds. Sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes your the bug. If you ride around on public roads at 140 mph, you'll be the bug soon enough. We lose one or two nearly every year when someone else didn't get the memo and ventured into their path. At 140 mph you will cover nearly 70 yards in a second. Not much time for reacting to the unexpected.
James Burleigh
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When I went from a car to my Harley Sportster, my first bike, to the FJR, I realized right away, "100 MPH ain't what it used to be."
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bikesniffer
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I think it said
"A motorcyclist is in custody after leading Arizona highway patrol officers on a chase at speeds [SIZE=18pt]reaching[/SIZE] 140 mph."
So he may have had 140 on the tach for a very short time, you can't consistently run that kind of speed (certainly not for 50 miles on a busy freeway) without running into trouble fast and furious.
The public reads such an article and sees the number 140 and voila he's been running the bike at that speed for his entire run...
He has of course endangered many commuters besides himself.
FatNakedGuy
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S76
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"He also has a felony warrant for burglary, attempted theft of means of transportation and criminal trespassing."
Why is that not suprising?
And what does "means of transportation" mean. Did he try to steal a bicycle or something? And fail?
Why is that not suprising?
And what does "means of transportation" mean. Did he try to steal a bicycle or something? And fail?
Bugnatr
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BikerGeek99
Yeah, it's a concrete corn cob. So?
140?!
That's it?!?!
Bah. That guy's a chump.
He needs to come to Ohio and ride with off-duty cops.
THEY'LL show him how to ride on the highway.
AND not get a ticket!!
What a maroon...
That's it?!?!
Bah. That guy's a chump.
He needs to come to Ohio and ride with off-duty cops.
THEY'LL show him how to ride on the highway.
AND not get a ticket!!
What a maroon...
