I was just north of where this dude got caught and witnessed him almost running into the back of a semi.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44150704/ns/local_news-omaha_ne/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44150704/ns/local_news-omaha_ne/
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RaWarrior
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Speeding wildly through police enforcement points is not one of the better ideas out there. I have no problem with and almost always ride in excess of posted limits, when common sense says it's OK to do so. So in heavy traffic, towns, rush hour, and police checkpoints, I take it easy.
A crotch rocketeer like this guy should normally have had no issue dusting the fuzz....but once they have a helicopter on you that's all she wrote. Fortunately, small Adirondack towns do not have helicopters, and a Crown Vic is no match for a Vmax.
A crotch rocketeer like this guy should normally have had no issue dusting the fuzz....but once they have a helicopter on you that's all she wrote. Fortunately, small Adirondack towns do not have helicopters, and a Crown Vic is no match for a Vmax.
Just another idiot who give all bikers a bad rep.:looser:
He lived the bumper sticker, "ride it like you stole it!"
Only 158 mph? He needs a tune up!
While I have seen the aftermath of many a police pursuit, it has been a long time since I saw one myself. Once I was a couple blocks from the house, in FL, was riding an H1 Kawi @ the time, & two young dudes went screaming by me into oncoming traffic on an arterial road approaching US Hwy. 441 (yep, just like the BSA) on a H2 Kawi which at the time was about ths fastest stock production bike. The passenger was turning around to keep an eye on the cop while the driver was over the center line. They were bookin' it! Just about the time I was wondering, "why are those guys in such a hurry?", the cop came flying by, also over the yellow line. He didn't have his siren on either. I don't believe they are allowed to do stuff like that any more. When traffic started back up again, as I got further down the road, there was no sign of the H2, so I guess they made-good on their getaway.
The Kawi H2 was for its time a fire-breathing dragon. I think it was Cycle magazine who road tested one which had a fairing on it, not sure but I think a Vetter Windjammer, & for "top speed" they listed it as 115 mph, at-which speed the fairing split in two! I think it was a comparo where they were testing the big road-buners of the day & their suitability for touring. Back-then, young whippersnappers, there were no Gold Wngs, & if you wanted a touring bike you bought a Vetter, a Wixom, a Hannigan, or some Euro product, & bolted it onto your standard motorcycle. The closest things to std touring bikes you could buy were of-course BMW's, Moto Guzzi V7's/Eldorados, or if you were rrally-flush w/$$$, a Vetter Mystery Ship, which was a heavily-modded KZ1000. They sold at a huge premium, allegedly $10K in 1980, equivalent to $27,393 today according to the Consumer Price Index. http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/Online_Store/Mystery_Ship_stuff.html
If you like mcy history be sure to read the content on the various chapters on the Craig Vetter website, there is some interesting stuff, including a description of why he scrambled his serial #'s for his fairing production (so competitors wouldn't know how-many he made).
My vote for one of the most-influential stylists of transportation products? William Mitchell, selected by the founder of GM's Art & Colour Studio, Harley Earl (now GM Design in Warren MI) , while still in his 20's, to become head designer for Cadillac. There are many stories about Bill, and many of them are true. GM and IBM had strong corporate mores about how to dress, act, and perform, and Bill Mitchell seemed to break these dictums as-often as possible. Whatever was the hottest GM offering of the day, Bill Mitchell got ahold of it, turned it over to his favorite engineers, and had it re-worked to suit his needs for appearance, and especially performance. Bill frequently appeared at work astride his heavily-faired mmotorcycle, which he designed himself. It was colored silver, and he had a set of silver leathers he wore with it. Now, Bill was not a small man, either in height or in girth. Think of Monsieur Bibendum, the Michelin Man, but in silver instead of white. He must have been quite a sight! Bill also championed the Corvette, and was responsible for much of the development work bringing it to market and keeping it there, undiluted by attempts to make 4-door Corvettes or to dilute its performance, or to eliminate it entirely. http://www.corvettemuseum.com/library-archives/hof/mitchell.shtml
Check-out these websites and an exam will be given, be prepared to author an essay on mcy fairing design and icons of American transportation design. Extra points will be awarded for tying-together the Coca-Cola bottle and the Studebaker Avanti (explain the interrelationship to the satisfaction of the professor).
Only 158 mph? He needs a tune up!
While I have seen the aftermath of many a police pursuit, it has been a long time since I saw one myself. Once I was a couple blocks from the house, in FL, was riding an H1 Kawi @ the time, & two young dudes went screaming by me into oncoming traffic on an arterial road approaching US Hwy. 441 (yep, just like the BSA) on a H2 Kawi which at the time was about ths fastest stock production bike. The passenger was turning around to keep an eye on the cop while the driver was over the center line. They were bookin' it! Just about the time I was wondering, "why are those guys in such a hurry?", the cop came flying by, also over the yellow line. He didn't have his siren on either. I don't believe they are allowed to do stuff like that any more. When traffic started back up again, as I got further down the road, there was no sign of the H2, so I guess they made-good on their getaway.
The Kawi H2 was for its time a fire-breathing dragon. I think it was Cycle magazine who road tested one which had a fairing on it, not sure but I think a Vetter Windjammer, & for "top speed" they listed it as 115 mph, at-which speed the fairing split in two! I think it was a comparo where they were testing the big road-buners of the day & their suitability for touring. Back-then, young whippersnappers, there were no Gold Wngs, & if you wanted a touring bike you bought a Vetter, a Wixom, a Hannigan, or some Euro product, & bolted it onto your standard motorcycle. The closest things to std touring bikes you could buy were of-course BMW's, Moto Guzzi V7's/Eldorados, or if you were rrally-flush w/$$$, a Vetter Mystery Ship, which was a heavily-modded KZ1000. They sold at a huge premium, allegedly $10K in 1980, equivalent to $27,393 today according to the Consumer Price Index. http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/Online_Store/Mystery_Ship_stuff.html
If you like mcy history be sure to read the content on the various chapters on the Craig Vetter website, there is some interesting stuff, including a description of why he scrambled his serial #'s for his fairing production (so competitors wouldn't know how-many he made).
My vote for one of the most-influential stylists of transportation products? William Mitchell, selected by the founder of GM's Art & Colour Studio, Harley Earl (now GM Design in Warren MI) , while still in his 20's, to become head designer for Cadillac. There are many stories about Bill, and many of them are true. GM and IBM had strong corporate mores about how to dress, act, and perform, and Bill Mitchell seemed to break these dictums as-often as possible. Whatever was the hottest GM offering of the day, Bill Mitchell got ahold of it, turned it over to his favorite engineers, and had it re-worked to suit his needs for appearance, and especially performance. Bill frequently appeared at work astride his heavily-faired mmotorcycle, which he designed himself. It was colored silver, and he had a set of silver leathers he wore with it. Now, Bill was not a small man, either in height or in girth. Think of Monsieur Bibendum, the Michelin Man, but in silver instead of white. He must have been quite a sight! Bill also championed the Corvette, and was responsible for much of the development work bringing it to market and keeping it there, undiluted by attempts to make 4-door Corvettes or to dilute its performance, or to eliminate it entirely. http://www.corvettemuseum.com/library-archives/hof/mitchell.shtml
Check-out these websites and an exam will be given, be prepared to author an essay on mcy fairing design and icons of American transportation design. Extra points will be awarded for tying-together the Coca-Cola bottle and the Studebaker Avanti (explain the interrelationship to the satisfaction of the professor).
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My wife and I were heading out of town on the interstate Saturday evening when we saw this same group of 20 - 30 morons get on at Maple street and turned the 4 lanes of traffic into 6 lanes, performing wheelies down the lanes and shoulders and weaving in and out of traffic for all of 1 mile until they got off onto West Dodge, heading west. We were talking about how there is never a cop around when you want one.
Very deserved justice. I was glad to hear that someone had reported them. Groups like that are what give motorcyclists a bad name.
Very deserved justice. I was glad to hear that someone had reported them. Groups like that are what give motorcyclists a bad name.
Follow-up article.http://www.ketv.com/news/28879564/detail.html
gundoc_iowa
Well-Known Member
I like how "it was a split second decision and he was trying to figure out where to stop". Come on. If it takes you 24 minutes to stop, you are running and looking to escape. And if he didn't have the bike registered he probably thought he could get away clean. How'd that work out for you genius?
