Atually, he did! Local story here said that plane could not keep up and cops had to scramble to put a roadblock in place before the plane lost him

 

From the horse's mouth as posted on www.sportbikez.net - bike was RC51 with aftermarket pipes - topped out at 145Mph on a dyno 2 days ago...

"All right, I was the one who got the ticket and it is time to clear some things up. For one, I was riding a 2003 Honda RC51, "heavily modified" with 2 Brothers slip on pipes and, well thats all the mods I have unless you count the "I stop for wh***s" sticker. Next, the bike wasn't impounded, it was towed so it wouldn't be in the roadway. Ok, on to the tickets. 205...uh no. I am personal friends with the owner of "Hitman Motorsports" and tonight, Sept. 22, we did a top speed run on his dyno, in 6th gear, and maxed nearly 60mph slower than I was arrested for. The "no motorcycle endorsement" is because my licence was expired, I do have a motorcycle endoresement for all you people digging into me about that. The stop watch method may be accurate at times, but this is un-conceivable for my motorcycle to approach 205. Honda's RC211v, which is Honda's MotoGP race bike, 5 cyclinders and 268 horespower, just broke 200mph on the track within the last week. And we are talking about a 1/2 to 3/4 million dollar bike. And for you gear-heads, I had on Joe Rocket Boots, Shoei helmet, Leather gloves, Ballistic coat, and leather bottoms. Also, both of us were arrested, and no, the slower one did not get a warning, he was ticketed for 111mph on a F4i. I hope this clears things up for everybody, I am just sick of everyone saying things about what they dont know, making me look like this horrific person. People speed, and if anyone knows anything about the "Flood Run" (which was the ride I was on, which by the way benefits the Gillettes Children Fund) I would be a hell of a lot more concerned about the 7,000 bar-hopping motorcyclist out on the road. 99% of the people you hear things from are misinformed. If you have questions, I will answer them. And one last note, this is information you don't know, the pilot who clocked me, was clocking me, the F4i, and flying his plane at 110mph all at the same time. Think about that for a second.

TO answer some questions this happened about 5-6 miles south of Wabasha on 61 heading towards Winona. I haven't talked to the flood run organizers, however the officers did say they were there because they knew the event was taking place and they have had a history of "excessive speeders" on the last stretch down to Winona. And while we were on the side of the road, I would estimate 200-300 bikers passed us, but no one pulled over. And in response to Merlin509, there are some decent steches on that road, but even if my bike did do 205, I personally wouldn't feel comfortable. And the stretch down to Treasure Island you are talking about, one of my old roomates was killed on that road earlier this year.

And on the subject of this stopwatch calculation, you have to sit back and think, and believe me I have done a lot of this, about human reaction time, the fact that he was running two stop watches and flying his plane at the same time, his degree of angle on my when I crossed the hash-marks on the road, plus depth-perseption. I really do appreciate everyones feedback on this, and I will keep everyone informed."

 

lol. that guy has his defense all planned out already.

 

Also known as a Hyabusa the fastest production bike made if.If i'm not mistaken

 

i find it very hard to believe a 1-liter bike is gonna top out at 145 mph. the gearing would seem ridiculously low for that kind of power. but i dunno...i'm no expert on bikes.

 

I was born in Winona, MN!

Too bad you didn't do 200+, you probably would have outrun anything, including a plane.

 

How can they call it the speed LIMIT if it can be exceeded by approx 320%?

 

from thesmokinggun.com

the guy



the ticket

 

Thanks, i was looking for this story!!

 

Yeah, he would top out much higher than that. The RC51 is a 900cc bike if I recal correctly. I have a dinky little Ninja 250cc and my max speed (that I've gotten it up to) is 115. So to have a bike that is almost 4 times the size of mine only topping out at 30 mph more than me is rediculous. The ZX6Rs top out at around 160 and they are 600cc bikes. I think he could hit atleast 180-190. And with mods easily break 200.

edit: It's a 999cc so a 1000 not a 900cc

 

He sure doesn't look like the 20 year old Son of the sherrif

 

That's what I was thinking......

 

No way will a liter bike hit 205 stock, it may with a turbo, or useless gearing. On the same note, there is no liter bike that won't go over 145. I had a 2001 GSXR750 with a few mods and it would easily hit 175 indicated, so maybe 160. Something is fishy.

 

he looks like he's like 35 yrs. old