Posted on 06/18/2003 8:15:48 PM PDT by chance33_98
Motorcycle was clocked at 157mph, court told
By Stewart Payne (Filed: 18/06/2003)
A motorcyclist was recorded travelling at 157mph as he flashed past a police camera, followed by a friend doing 148mph, a court was told yesterday.
It is believed to be the highest speed recorded on a British road and both riders were warned to expect a stiff penalty after pleading guilty to dangerous driving.
Neil Bolger pleads guilty after being caught in a police speed trap in Buckinghamshire doing 148mph
The men, both 29, were said not to be racing each other. Andrew Osborne, from Leamington Spa, Warwicks, who was clocked at 157mph, and Neil Bolger, from Gaydon, Warwicks, must wait until next month to find out their sentence, but were given interim driving disqualifications.
Magistrates in Aylesbury, Bucks, heard that the men were spotted on the A421 near Buckingham speeding through an underpass on a dual carriageway noted as an accident blackspot. The road had a 70mph limit.
Theresa Murphy, prosecuting, said they overtook a lorry on a sweeping bend before being caught by the speed trap.
Darren Rogers, defending Osborne, a master technician, argued that the case should be dealt with by magistrates and not referred to the Crown Court.
Nicholas Devine, defending Bolger, a lorry driver, said that although he was travelling at excessive speed there were no aggravating features. "There is no evidence of alcohol or drugs," he said.
The case was adjourned for four weeks for reports.
I have a unnatural, unrequieted love for the Muria.
My first love will probably always be the Ferrari Daytona, but that *particular* Lambo just gets me right where it hurts.
They're marvelous machines, but you either need the skills and shop to keep one in tune, or the services and ability of one so qualified and convenient to your location to keep one in the condition they deserve.
It may be that my initial encounter with that Muria unsettled me enough that my eye wandered elsewhere. But I've always had a fondness for the Diablo myself, though I can make do with something a little less exotic.
It seems likely that the actual speed is recorded in a straightaway directly toward the camera's speed sensor, (max speed in the line of sight, min speed across the line of sight, Then, after the rider passes the sensor, the camera takes the picture from behind in order to get the license plate. I'd bet a paycheck the speed displayed in the photo is not the speed at the time of the photo, but rather, the max speed since target acquisition. Just a guess, though.
Not only that, it was Bill's daily driver. I first saw him and it at the Illinois State Fair at Springfield back in '65 or so. Seeing it and talking to him was what gave me the kick in the pants to rebuild my old Willys Jeepster, which had tossed a rod in it's six-banger flathead, with a Kettering 500 V-8 out of a '54 Cadillac.
It worked pretty good.
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I was just wondering that m'own se'f.
Yes, but the article says the road is a "dual carriageway" which is Brit for a limited access freeway. The fast lane is the right hand lane.
Good iron is good iron, even when bits of it are aluminum or fiberglass, or even less common things.
They run on the same roads.
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Kinda hard to lean into a curve with 4 wheels and a cage over/under/and around you.
Sounds like a challenge to us Yanks from the Limeys to me. I think I know of an Indian that could get the job done with a little taller gearing and some suspension tweaks.
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Indeed. The **Bolger Challenge* cup is clearly an affair for those up on two wheels. But four on the ground and a roof overhead are useful when the weather goes rotten, and it's interesting to see what they can do as well.
We need the GPS coordinates for that bit of highway....
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Indeed, exotic classic cars, like exotic classic women, are probably best appreciated from a respectable distance.
883 specs:
HP: 50
T: 48 ftlb
TS: 110 mph
Q: 15.6 secs.
Numbers even laughed at in 1972.
Not necessarily:
Says James: This Black Lightning has a fine pedigree
On the Bonneville salt flats, in the hands of Rollie Free,
A factory model- not rebored, no tricks,
The speed always steady on one-forty-six,
They smashed through the land speed record that day
So I just had to have my own one, come what may
And you see, it's a matter of some pride,
That Vincent is the marque that I must ride.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning; Richasrd John Thompson.
hehehe The guy gets a ticket and now we have an internation incident and a race title!! :-) Cool!
But cages are still for guys who can't lean.
(or need to go out to buy something that won't fit into a side bag, ya know, like Plywood or a new TV!!!)
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