could you imagine a ticket for doing 205?

[stealthmonkey]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4992111.html

 

 

Motorcyclist clocked at 205 mph on Hwy. 61

Associated Press

September 21, 2004 BIKER0922

 

WABASHA, Minn. -- 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 today'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 today.

 

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.''

[Primera]

that was over triple the speed limit! graemlins/eek2.gif

[Devils Advocate]

Eh, Proffessional Motorcycles riders have crashed at 200 (wearing full gear though), and they just get some pretty harsh road rash.

[Guest h23it]

I know a guy that got a ticket for doing 165 in an old Nova. He only got the speeding ticket because when he stopped the car dieseled down and died so he told the state trooper that the throttle got stuck (which its apparently known to do in that model Nova) and got off without getting wreckless or anything. I thought that was bad. 205 is just insane, I'd frame that sucker.

[suffocateXfaster1647545505]

I'd love to see a picture of that ticket

[lilred01]

he got ticketed for driving without a license and going 140 miles over the speed limit and thats it?

 

 

why isnt he in jail or the bike impounded?

[zeitgeist57]

Hot Rod showed a Camaro a few years back that got caught doing 222mph in a 65. True story! smile.gif

[Total Sign]

Wow they beat every ticket Ive gotten. I thought that was impossible!

 

There was a 5-10mph wind there that day....Im sure that was fun.

[Rally Red Evo]

I like speed, but 200 on bike

[Dr. Pomade]

Heh, w/ the last name of Tilley, he must be fast.

[Kuruma]

DAMN, talk about rice-rocket. redface.gif And I thought I knew people who went fast.

[Doug1647545489]

Originally posted by Venomss:

Heh, w/ the last name of Tilley, he must be fast.

bwahah I saw that too

[Mowgli1647545497]

Originally posted by Republicant:

Eh, Proffessional Motorcycles riders have crashed at 200 (wearing full gear though), and they just get some pretty harsh road rash.

The trick is not to start tumbling... then shit starts breaking.

[SlowZ06]

I'll see if I can find my personal best - 141 in a 55 on I-71 (When it was still a 55 zone) back in 1995 so I can post it...

 

The cop was way cool though... I remember, he said "If I were you, I wouldn't have stopped. You know I couldn't have caught you, right? That being the case, you're not going to jail; but you ARE getting a ticket."

 

I've never been so grateful to get a ticket in all of my life. What's funnier, I pled not guilty in court, because the judge I drew knew me from multiple other recent violations, and I didn't want to deal with the consequences just then. When I went back to court for my trial, the cop didn't show up and they dismissed the ticket. smile.gif

[recklessOP]

Originally posted by SlowZ06:

I'll see if I can find my personal best - 141 in a 55 on I-71 (When it was still a 55 zone) back in 1995 so I can post it...

 

The cop was way cool though... I remember, he said "If I were you, I wouldn't have stopped. You know I couldn't have caught you, right? That being the case, you're not going to jail; but you ARE getting a ticket."

 

I've never been so grateful to get a ticket in all of my life. What's funnier, I pled not guilty in court, because the judge I drew knew me from multiple other recent violations, and I didn't want to deal with the consequences just then. When I went back to court for my trial, the cop didn't show up and they dismissed the ticket. smile.gif

graemlins/thatfunny.gif

[Bahnstoermer1647545488]

Originally posted by Mowgli:

The trick is not to start tumbling... then shit starts breaking.

Exactly. You're only going to plan on walking away from a 200mph crash once if you know what I mean.

[Lustalbert]

that is fucking insane. definately worthy of getting framed

[dragknee66]

205 ACTUAL mph on a Honda 1000.. assuming 1000RR... thats almost not believable really.

 

It would take a freakin high ass horsepower Hyabusa to reach those speeds.

 

Million dollar MotoGP bikes dont even reach 205 actual MPH.

 

I think those officers were high tongue.gif

[Kohones]

I wonder once you receive that ticket, would this Wabasha town let you make paymts?????? What could that fine be??

[Black ITR Guy]

you would have to take a loan out to just pay that sob. thats insane, think if like a snale was in the line of his tire or something. at those speeds that would be nought to throw the bike completly out of wack.

[400 HO]

I found this on The Smoking Gun.. The Actual Ticket:

 

205 MPH

[lemosley01]

Originally posted by Venomss:

Heh, w/ the last name of Tilley, he must be fast.

graemlins/thatfunny.gif ! All Tilleys are fast!

 

205 MPH, and what amazes me is that he got caught.

 

The ticket shows a $215 (plus court costs I'll bet) for the speed. That's not too bad. A little more than a $1/mph.

 

Too bad his insurance gets hammered from the reckless op.

[AudiOn19s]

That's either one heavily modified 1000RR (turbo and nitrous maybe?) or one very poor calculation on the part of the police. Seeing as though that bike will go about 175 stock and bikes loose areodynamic advantages at speeds like that he'd have to be making nearly 300hp (double the stock amount) to get to close to 200mph.

 

I'd be crying foul if I were the guy because it's not likely the bike could really go that fast...then agin when your in his situation I doubt that you have alot of room to complain.

[AudiOn19s]

...and as mentioned earlier this one still doesn't take the cake compared to Big Red.

 

Big Red was the '69 camaro built for the silver state open road race. The guy won the race one year then the next morning decided that he was going to run the course backwards on his trip back....I think the ticket he got was 220+..they published a copy of it in Hot Rod magazine.

[Guest riggs867]

Originally posted by DragKnee66:

205 ACTUAL mph on a Honda 1000.. assuming 1000RR... thats almost not believable really.

 

It would take a freakin high ass horsepower Hyabusa to reach those speeds.

 

Million dollar MotoGP bikes dont even reach 205 actual MPH.

 

I think those officers were high tongue.gif

I don't know about that. A stock Hyabusa will run 205, given enough road. RWHP on a Busa is right around 157, and they weigh in at a hefty 478 lbs dry.

 

A CBR1000RR is right around the same HP, but weighs 80 pounds less. The computer shuts it down at 175 though. I bet with a small rider, a Bonneville box, and the right gear, it could do it. This year's 1000 sportbikes are a big jump from the last generation.

 

The last year Honda raced the RC51 / VTR1000SP2 at Daytona, they were running over 200 mph on the back straight. They are only V twins, but are somewhere between 160 and 180 RWHP. Granted, they were very trick Honda built bikes, but still reasonably close to stock.

 

More than anything, it takes big marbles (or a lack of brains) to run 200 on the street.