Whilst RC51s are nice bikes, (aside from roasting your bum and thighs
after 5 miutes) nobody would accuse them of being fast.
The only way an RC51 will exceed about 160 is if you dropped it out of
a B52 at 20,000 feet.
Charles
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>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:15:18 -0400
>From: Matt Murray <mattm@optonline.net>
>Subject: [NERSOLO2] Re: 205 mph ticket
>To: evolution-discussions <evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com>,
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>For anyone who's heard about the guy getting a ticket for going
>205 mph. His side. --Matt
>
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>
>>From www.sportbike.net
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> 09-23-2004, 01:15 AM #61
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>All right, I was the one who got the ticket and it is time to
>clear some
>things up. For one, I was riding a 2003 Honda RC51, "heavily
>modified" with
>2 Brothers slip on pipes and, well thats all the mods I have
>unless you
>count the "I stop for wh***s" sticker. Next, the bike wasn't
>impounded, it
>was towed so it wouldn't be in the roadway. Ok, on to the
>tickets. 205...uh
>no. I am personal friends with the owner of "Hitman Motorsports"
>and
>tonight, Sept. 22, we did a top speed run on his dyno, in 6th
>gear, and
>maxed nearly 60mph slower than I was arrested for. The "no
>motorcycle
>endorsement" is because my licence was expired, I do have a
>motorcycle
>endoresement for all you people digging into me about that. The
>stop watch
>method may be accurate at times, but this is un-conceivable for
>my
>motorcycle to approach 205. Honda's RC211v, which is Honda's
>MotoGP race
>bike, 5 cyclinders and 268 horespower, just broke 200mph on the
>track within
>the last week. And we are talking about a 1/2 to 3/4 million
>dollar bike.
>And for you gear-heads, I had on Joe Rocket Boots, Shoei helmet,
>Leather
>gloves, Ballistic coat, and leather bottoms. Also, both of us
>were arrested,
>and no, the slower one did not get a warning, he was ticketed for
>111mph on
>a F4i. I hope this clears things up for everybody, I am just sick
>of
>everyone saying things about what they dont know, making me look
>like this
>horrific person. People speed, and if anyone knows anything about
>the "Flood
>Run" (which was the ride I was on, which by the way benefits the
>Gillettes
>Children Fund) I would be a hell of a lot more concerned about
>the 7,000
>bar-hopping motorcyclist out on the road. 99% of the people you
>hear things
>from are misinformed. If you have questions, I will answer them.
>And one
>last note, this is information you don't know, the pilot who
>clocked me, was
>clocking me, the F4i, and flying his plane at 110mph all at the
>same time.
>Think about that for a second.
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