 Police footage of 140mph biker
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Last edited by kidhaf; 09/30/2008 9:04 AM.
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what is strange is that the LEO's use mph instead of kilometer per hour.
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Last edited by moe; 09/30/2008 9:44 AM.
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Had me pinching the seat sitting right here watching it. At first it took a while being on the left side of the road, but as it went on, that didn't matter as much as some of those passes and splitting traffic at speed maneuvers. If I was 20 years old, it might not have been so unnerving, but at 55, I think both of those guys are off their nut.
My congratulations to many of the cage drivers that had the where with it all, to not cause an accident by getting freaked out. It could have been a very poor outcome for one or more of all that were involved. I would venture to say that if that took place around here someone would be dead.
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Dang that looks fun! Kinda reminds me of riding around NYC...I miss it...
Mark
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Dang that looks fun! Kinda reminds me of riding around NYC...I miss it...
Yep, and it reminds me of summer road trips with the Good Friar 
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Dang that looks fun! Kinda reminds me of riding around NYC...I miss it...
+1 cept not when Lynn is on the pillion.  
portions of that vid were missing. I bet that is really when the leo was messing up. The LEO was saying at the 1:02 elasped time, "He's not a very competent rider, he's hi speed, but his bend assessment is terrible and he's not very competent in the wet" "ah heh heh"
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Man, it's just luck no one got killed riding on the wrong side of the road the whole time! 
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Quote " he's a fast rider but not very confident in the wet" Jeez, who is at those speeds. It did look like a lot of fun 
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Did that once on my old 900KZ, after those lines in the road became one straight line, and I came to my senses and figured out if I hit something with that tiny front tire I would be road kill, I learned real quick it wasnt for me. I like my short bursts of speed and just cruising now. No reason to go that fast anymore it scares me 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"The biker is nicked, bang to rights, but should the police be so preachy about road safety when they nearly cause accidents themselves."
In a word, YES!
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Quote " he's a fast rider but not very confident in the wet"
Jeez, who is at those speeds.
It did look like a lot of fun
yep, watched it right before I rode to work and in my mind's eye was driving just as fast... of course, I wasn't, just cruisin' makin' mototcycle sounds......
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I kept waiting for the spike strip. 
FLINTLOCKS!
All else is just a crutch for the lazy or inept.
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