DRRR,DRRRR,DRRRR,DRRR
Posted on 09/27/2004 1:24:53 PM PDT by TownCryer
Looks like a radar gun check in order. 205 on that bike? Ha!
Doesn't work for motorcycles. RC51 probably has an RPM cutoff at 10,000. In 6th gear he should go that fast by the numbers, but the aerodynamics of motorcycles are so bad you can't reach max RPM in top gear. I know from experience. My VFR 750 won't go faster than 140 but still had lots of RPM to go when I tried it....once.
Maybe it was me that reached the limiter after all.
Occam's Razor agrees with you. The trooper's stop-watching was less than perfect.
How did they catch him? :-)
Even if the reaction time of the cop was horribly off by .6 seconds....the guy was still doing +180mph.
Now either he started his watch late...
Stopped it too soon....
And/or the 1/4 mile marker are not quite 1/4 mile apart...
Or he really was going 205.
- Somewhere along Highway 61, just after twilight.
'Sir can you explain why we clocked you doing over 200 miles per hour?' - Says the police constable, after he's pulled Zathras over for being a naughty boy and engaging maximum thrusters.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry, much apologizings. Zathras has great responsibilities, was thinking great thoughts, did not see you. Was looking for the One. Was thinking great thoughts, very sorry. Very sorry."
'Could I have your name please' - PC
"Zathras" - Z
'Well you do realise that you are not just endangering yourself but also other road users !' - Nice Pc Plod.
"Zathras does not want to die. But if it is the only way, then Zathras dies. It is life."
'You still have not answered why you were speeding ?' -PC
"The One is hurt. Must find. Zathras must find help."
'The one?, who is the one ?'
"Oh. Not the one, no." - Z
'Not the one what?' - PC
"Not the one. Won't talk. Can't talk. Not the one. They told me, they did. Zathras listens, he does, yes. Zathras listens and does what he's told."
'And sir where exactly are you coming from ?' - PC
"Zathras not of this time. You take, Zathras die. You leave, Zathras die. Either way, it is bad for Zathras." - Z
'I'm sorry Sir, but I'm not satisfied with your answers, I'm going to have to ask you come in for questioning' - PC
"Go now, leave me." - Z
'PUT YOUR HANDS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE' -Shouts the not so nice anymore PC, as he draws a Magnum 45, probably the best lager, errr handgun in the world !
"Go. You must. Listen to Zathras. You have a destiny. Go, please. Go for Zathras." - Z
'STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE NOW !!!' - PC
"No one *ever* listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. He's even grown to like it. Oh yes."
'THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE' - Shouts the PC, as he drops the hand-gun, and withdraws a M15 Sub-machine gun.
"Just as Zathras said. Not good. Definitely not good." - Z
DRRR,DRRRR,DRRRR,DRRR - As Pc Plod lets rip at the car, whilst watching Zathras's, body bounce around as the bullets hit home.
"Zathras, warned but no one listen to pooor Z.......... arrrhhhhfgh"
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'Punk' - Says the PC as he holsters his unfired magnum, and starts walking back to his patrol car, carrying the smoking sub-machine gun.
I didn't know police helicopters could go 205 M.P.H. (falls out of chair laughing)
DRRR,DRRRR,DRRRR,DRRR
I recall one time when about 6 of us went by a VA state trooper at 90+, and he never moved. I guess he thought that he could never catch us. I was riding a 69 Triumph Bonnie - this was many, many, years ago.
I personally hope that he beats the ticket
Honda RC51- He is not a "biker". He's a motorcyclist.
Ha! That's my favorite Zathras quote. I was going to post it but then I found the other dialog posted on some chaps site and thought it was good for a laugh.
The original report didn't have him on an RC51 did it? In either event, turbocharging a V-twin is the easiest thing in the world. Aerotech even makes bolt-on Turbochargers for Harley-Davidsons, and it doesn't get anymore V-Twin than that.
Having said that, I learned long ago that in a Darwinian kind of way that mother nature always loved experiments and was always coming up with superior idiots to try to undo what I as an engineer tried to make idiot-proof.
I wouldn't be surprised to find a nitrous oxide bottle strapped to the bike or some other form of bizarre customizing. I also would expect that the speed recorded was a bit off. But having said that, if I were the local factory representative for that motorcycle, I might spring for an attorney for the speeder on condition of getting some appearances at trade shows and story rights.
"An RC51 could NEVER hit 205mph"(Zathras)
Agreed. No Way.
We went by some troopers at 124. The guy in the other lane looked at me and I at him. We coasted back down to 65, the posted limit. Four squad cruisers and eight troopers on lunch break. That's the breaks.
Doesn't work for motorcycles. RC51 probably has an RPM cutoff at 10,000. In 6th gear he should go that fast by the numbers, but the aerodynamics of motorcycles are so bad you can't reach max RPM in top gear. I know from experience. My VFR 750 won't go faster than 140 but still had lots of RPM to go when I tried it....once.
Electronic modifications are some of the most common modifications made on motorcycles. Even us Harley guys usually install after-market ignitions with higher rev limits.
Biker ping
It has been years since I've had bikes, so I am not up to date for theoretical limits for ratios. Even still, the current dyno programs will give you the required HP needed with the correct parameters.
And now he is a school teacher. Who wudda thunk...
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