Bravo2zero_sps

He is off to prison from what I have read [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

I have broken the speed he was doing several times and I think its pathetic you go to prison for this.

Burglers, causing grievous bodily harm etc etc get lighter punishment FFS [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

As someone said bikers know they are jam if they come off at this speed, thats our problem, we don't do these speeds past schools or on busy roads. You need an empty piece of road to hit that speed and if the roads empty then who the hell are you endangering except yourself??? No one! So as far as I'm concerned its no one elses feking business as I am affecting no one around me!

Total ******* joke, this countries laws make me sick [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

In fact you can have no insurance, no mot, no tax and get off with a small fine. This is far more dangerous as the vehicle with no mot is likely to be unpassable which is why it hasnt got one therefore not safe for the road.

Yet you can take a machine thats built for this sort of speed and relatively safe in terms of the equipment it has such as 6 pot brakes and get put in prison even if you were riding safely, ie in a straight line in dry conditions with no other road user about.

Hope the people who make these rules rot in hell [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Speed in itself isn't dangerous, its how you are riding at speed that makes you dangerous. And those are the words from a copper quoted in a newspaper not so long ago so how the hell can 157mph on its own be considered dangerous driving???

House of Lords needs to be emptied of all the old cronies and replaced with people with modern day views so reasonable laws can be passed, not by a bunch of old tw@ts who shouldnt be on the road at their age let alone passing judgement on how others should drive [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Shutting up now cos I could go on for hours about this, makes my blood boil [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Going home on the bike now, wonder if I will break his record tonight

Bravo2zero_sps

Guys u r quite right about not being very nice having to scrape up the mess, most of the time tho this happens from either a biker being knocked off cos a car/van/lorry/whatever hasnt seen him or her or because they have actually been riding dangerously in heavy traffic. This occurs every year on the London to Hastings run that I go on and its very nasty seeing the consequences, it happened this year where a biker was killed on the way down to Hastings and it was very sad

However I don't consider doing high speed in a straight line in dry clear conditions on a near empty dual carriageway any where near similar risk, the only thing that is going to take you off is mechanical failure and to be honest its most likely to be just as devastating at 70 mph as it is if you are doing 150mph.

The thing is here im not saying the speed is clever or big, its not, its bloody stupid but most of us know that and still do it for the adrenaline rush and pleasure we get from it, but simply I don't believe its a criminal offence and warrants a jail sentence.

Losing your licence? Yes because it means you are less of a risk to yourself at the end of the day and know thats the risk when I do that sort of speed. Going to jail? Definately not.

Bravo2zero_sps

Chip I will do these speeds only where I can see a long way ahead, for example there is a stretch of dual carriageway near me that is well over a mile straight and flat so you don't get any nasty surprises half way down it. I know very easily if there is any traffic in front of me or not

Another one was down the Dronfield bypass on the way to Doonington form Sheffield a couple of years back, must be again over a mile long mostly down hill. I went to silly speeds one time down there and the bikes in front of me were pulling away from me to about 190/200 mph (they were modified big time with nitrous cannisters ) You really think you can do that sort of thing if there is traffic in front of you?

You really think you can go these speeds round corners? I think not. So its not a case of going 157mph round a blind bend is it, thats called suicide/russian roulette!

Again I'm not saying anyone should condone the speed as sensible behaviour, just its not a criminal offence to the severity its made out to be.

Bravo2zero_sps

I very much doubt any rider could overtake on a bend at that speed on a corner or roundabout etc. More like it was down a straight they were clocked at that speed but were also filmed prior/after that speed and they are being made to look more dangerous than what they were.

You can be caught for burglary and not get a custodial sentence at all, where is the comparison/justice in that? [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Bravo2zero_sps

Minibus of school kids? Don't think so somehow. I don't approach other traffic at that speed, you do it when its a clear stretch of dual carriageway/motorway.

I have only done that speed on dual carriageways early in the morning where there werent any cars on the road and with a few other bikes. The risk was entirely ours and no one else was at risk.

And to add like I said only done it a couple of times and its not a regualar speed I do on my bike. The conditions were right at the time and I don't have any wish to purposely go out and do it again. Have experienced it enough just after a couple of times and don't feel the need to take those risks anymore.



[Edited by ************** - 7/15/2003 6:14:23 PM]