For those of you wanting to defeat the speed limiter...

[Retsel_imp]

Whish they would crack down on the "no indicator lane changers" here in California! About 10 years back rode with a couple on Ducati friends through Nevada. They did 140+ out there on some long runs. I didn't even attempt to keep up on my Valkyrie. But lots of room to run wild.

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[suhawk305]

As a wild "Yute" (that means "youth" for redbirds), living in the North Country of New York State (near Quebec, CN), I was intimidating the local law enforcement agencies riding my Honda CA95 Benly and then my CA77 Dream (one step from being a Hell's Angel). I got the first ticket while working summers at the former Lake Placid Club and second was near my parents home near Malone, NY (as you can see, it does not take much to be the news in the Malone Evening Telegram Newspaper! I probably got a couple more tickets back then.

Now I feel better confessing my sins.
Mike

[LongRanger_imp]

Joan Claybrook and 85 mph speedometers. I remember that.

[Acrobat_imp]

The truth always shines. This forum is full of ex juvenile delinquents disguised as old men on a CB. Here In Greece in the old times the difference was that you got a call to go to court. I went three times: no license, no helmet, speeding. The good thing was that court hearing was scheduled some years after , so you could get your license, helmet and be a good boy. I remember the judges question: Promise your are not going to do this again? ...Yes sir!!

Ferret, this must have a traumatic experience for you. Is this why you developed the up to 3000 rpm riding style?

Just kidding. I ride the same way (not always...)

Here I must thank all the fellow riders-drivers who at those times warning as if there were a police check point and kept us out of trouble many times.

[PowerDubs_imp]

I like how we can't 'swear' around here- but we can discuss 125+ mph on public roads.




That being said- I've seen 154mph on my GPS in my VW Golf R32 on my way from NJ to NH to drive in the woods at Tim O'neil's place.

I was about 10 feet off the rear bumper of my friends R32 who was also foot to the floor. Had he not lifted, I would have kept going.

I've always wanted to roadtrip out to Bonneville ever since I learned you can just show up and drive whenever you want weather permitting. My other VW (12 cyl) in theory should kiss close to 200mph (eventually)...

[Labrador12_imp]

I got popped on my Sportster for doing a ton, passing a school bus and another car over a double solid line. The NYS Trooper let me off on a faulty speedometer for $50. I took him back and showed him that I didn't pass on a double solid line. It was Oct 30 and 70 degrees, last sweet riding weather in NY that year.

[Banned_imp]

When I was 16 I was speeding through town one night on my '83 Honda CM450 when I met the cops, as I was underage and had a quart of Bacardi rum in my backpack I decided to try get away. My town is quite small (1100 pop.) and is arrayed primarily on the main road so there are only a couple of side streets, I knew i couldn't outrun him on main road so I decided to turn up one of the few streets (incidentally next to my house) in an effort to hide. This street also happens to be the steepest hill in town.

Ever try to outrun a police cruiser on a CM450 on a steep hill? Guess how far I got. Luckily he didn't have his radar with him so he couldn't say how fast I was going (100kph in 50kph zone) and I convinced him I that I wasn't trying to get away, I just hadn't seen him. He let me go with a warning.

Oh, he didn't search my backpack either.

[the Ferret]

I like how we can't 'swear' around here- but we can discuss 125+ mph on public roads.




That being said- I've seen 154mph on my GPS in my VW Golf R32 on my way from NJ to NH to drive in the woods at Tim O'neil's place.

I was about 10 feet off the rear bumper of my friends R32 who was also foot to the floor. Had he not lifted, I would have kept going.

I've always wanted to roadtrip out to Bonneville ever since I learned you can just show up and drive whenever you want weather permitting. My other VW (12 cyl) in theory should kiss close to 200mph (eventually)...

I think young men, motorcycles, and speeding sort of go hand in hand. I mean what teenage or early 20s male doesn't think he's invincible and wants to see how fast the vehicle he is driving will go?

I got my first street bike in 1965. A 50cc Aermacchi 2 stroke 3 speed. I can tell you it would go an indicated 55 mph wide open in 3rd, and it didn't take me long to find that out, and I ran it wide open often. Replay that same story for every motorcycle I owned or rode for the next twenty-five years (and I worked in the motorcycle industry from 1972-1989 and rode a lot of motorcycles) . Finally in the late 80's, when I was maybe 37-38 years old, the bikes were getting fast enough that a combination of fear, age and responsibility convinced my brain that it was a good time to really slow down. I had survived some crazy riding on most of the most powerful bikes of their time..Honda CB 900F, CB 1100F, VF 1100S and CBX, Suzuki GS 1100, Kawasaki KZ 1000, Yamaha XS 1100 and V Max. I found out how fast each of them would go, and yes on public roads. You don't have to tell me how stupid I was, because I came to realize that fact myself. Stupid, stupid, stupid. My younger brother and I often wonder how we survived those times. Seriously.

So now we putt around so to speak. Neither of us ride fast, we don't take chances, we are super cautious, and I believe we are actually very good riders now instead of just really lucky riders.

I know you can't convince other young folks not to act like fools on the public roads. They have to find out for themselves. It's like when your parents tell you not to drink, or not to smoke, or that there is nothing worthwhile being out of your house after midnight. You have to try it all yourself, make up your own mind, and at least in my case, I found out they were right. So I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I am usually in bed asleep, long before midnight. I no longer have the urge to push the limits, on/in anything. Certainly not on something that affords me as little protection as a motorcycle. I no longer take unnecessary chances, and I'm perfectly happy.

[Bheezy27403_imp]

You guys have brought shame on this forum. I'm very disapointed.
I, of course, have never, EVER, exceeded the speed limit on public roads. That would just be flat out irresponsible.

Shame.

I will take the evening to reflect on these revelations to decide whether I want to continue my membership to this forum.

[Cormanus]

Bheezy, good luck with your deliberations. May I suggest that, in this context, 'flat out irresponsible' is an oxymoron?