205mph ticket on a RC51?

[bigjohn141]

There is a small article toward the front of this month's Stuff magazine (Brooke Burke on the cover). It says a guy got a 205mph speeding ticket on a RC51 during a charity ride. I don't remember exactly but, i think it said it had 126hp. Is that even possible?  He was clocked by a plane and it also said he didn't fight it. This was reported as the fastest speeding ticket ever wrote. I was thinking one of you with a turbo could go get the record.

 

[BusaFever]

yeah, that story has made it around the USA, amazing huh?

I seriously don't think the bike would go that fast. I had an RC51, they just aren't that fast. They do handle pretty well tho. But fast is not its business at all.

 

[stkr00]

There were some posts about this before. It wasn't during a charity ride. Here's the links to the previous posts. In the order they were started.

There are links within these that will take you to news articles about the incident.

 

[MC MUSTANG]

BigJohn,
If you look at those links, the riders states that his RC51 was heavily modified and still topped out at about 160...confirmed with dyno runs.
Now I would believe it if the article was about N.E.!

 

[fstbusa]

there is no freaking way.... maybe a new juiced up 1000 but not an rc.... an rc runs a v-twin and they just don't have the hp to pull it to 200+ mph. I'd say the cop needs glasses.

 

[BusaFever]

I think it was one of the deal where they "calculated" his speed from a chopper in the air...

Obviously the "mis-calculated"

Like I said in one of the earlier threads...

205 mph... on a... Hunda.

Now that's some funny stuff.

 

[MC MUSTANG]

I think it was one of the deal where they "calculated" his speed from a chopper in the air...

Obviously the "mis-calculated"

Like I said in one of the earlier threads...

205 mph... on a... Hunda.  

 

Now that's some funny stuff.

Bill,
Play nice! You know it isn't a Hunda - it's a hyunda!

 

[BusaFever]

I think it was one of the deal where they "calculated" his speed from a chopper in the air...

Obviously the "mis-calculated"

Like I said in one of the earlier threads...

205 mph... on a... Hunda.  

 

Now that's some funny stuff.

Bill,
Play nice!  You know it isn't a Hunda - it's a hyunda!

 

My BAD!!!!!

 

[Jace]

aerodynamics

and 125 HP

do the math must have been the 100 shot of spray

 

[billbell]

I think I read that he only could hit 145 on a dyno. He ended up with 200 hours of community service, no fine. They had a follow up article in 2Wheel Tuner this month.

 

[BulletTrain]

Yeah, it's old news... but ya know, it would almost be worth 200 hours of community service to have the braggin' rights to that ticket... *IF* he had really been going that fast of course.

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[busahaya]

I think it was one of the deal where they "calculated" his speed from a chopper in the air...

Obviously the "mis-calculated"

Like I said in one of the earlier threads...

205 mph... on a... Hunda.  

 

Now that's some funny stuff.

Bill,
Play nice!  You know it isn't a Hunda - it's a hyunda!

 

My BAD!!!!!  

Oh man you guys are to much

 

[BusaFever]

Hey! we try...

 

[shenoyp]

205 on a RC52 !!!

No $hit....

....I dont buy it!
Do you think the cop who wrote him a ticket was on weed