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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: PeteSC on June 13, 2005, 10:58:54 AM

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: PeteSC on June 13, 2005, 10:58:54 AM

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Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'

    June 13 2005 at 02:32PM  
 
Berlin - A motorcyclist captured on film by German police racing at 251km/h on a road near Berlin has set a new unofficial national record for speeding, Bild newspaper reported on Monday.

Travelling more than twice the speed limit of 100km/h, the motorcycle rider was caught on film in a police radar trap near Bad Freienwalde, outside Berlin.

But authorities don't know who the speeder was because motorcycles have no front licence plates.

"We are not able to identify him," said Lothar Wiegand, a spokesperson for the Brandenburg Transport Ministry in Potsdam.

While German motorists who break speed limits are identified by their licence plates in police photos and receive their fines by post shortly after their infractions, motorcycle riders often escape unpunished.
 

Title: Re: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: Runerx on June 13, 2005, 11:08:30 AM

Quote from: "PeteSC"

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Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'

    June 13 2005 at 02:32PM  
 
Berlin - A motorcyclist captured on film by German police racing at 251km/h on a road near Berlin has set a new unofficial national record for speeding, Bild newspaper reported on Monday.

Travelling more than twice the speed limit of 100km/h, the motorcycle rider was caught on film in a police radar trap near Bad Freienwalde, outside Berlin.

But authorities don't know who the speeder was because motorcycles have no front licence plates.

"We are not able to identify him," said Lothar Wiegand, a spokesperson for the Brandenburg Transport Ministry in Potsdam.

While German motorists who break speed limits are identified by their licence plates in police photos and receive their fines by post shortly after their infractions, motorcycle riders often escape unpunished.
 

Ghost rider??

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: Red01 on June 13, 2005, 07:22:14 PM

For the metric challenged

251 KPH = 156 MPH
100 KPH = 62 MPH

I guess the Germans have a long way to go before they can beat the 205 MPH (330 KPH) RC-51 that is currently holding the US record.
(Though most everyone who knows RC-51's believe it's  :bs: )

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: B6Matt on June 13, 2005, 10:58:45 PM

The Ghost Rider rides wheelies at those speeds! :cop:

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: GaryB12VA on June 14, 2005, 02:27:01 PM

I would have thought that in the land of the Autobahn, a motorcycle would have gone faster than 156 mph.

I remember seeing on a "Modern Marvels" show on the History channel about the Autobahn, they showed a Porsche 911 topping out at about 212 mph. And that was at night  :shock:

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: chippi on June 14, 2005, 04:47:54 PM

:stickpoke: Maybe not the land speed record of the nation, just the German riders are smart enough not to get cought speeding :bslap:

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: Red01 on June 14, 2005, 07:18:49 PM

Used to be the Autobahn had no speed limit. As I understand it, there are still portions that are that way, so doing 156 or 212 or whatever wouldn't be an issue there... kinda like Montana used to be on the interstates.

Title: Biker was going 'like a bat out of hell'
Post by: theslyfox on June 16, 2005, 06:26:37 AM

Ghost rider would be taking corners at that speed on his black GSXR, Maybe it was his mini moto!!!!