what do yall think?
Possable or he cant accurately determine speeds from the sky?


205 Mph 2004-11-15

Motorcyclist Clocked at 205 MPH!

A Minnesota State Patrolman hovered in the sky along Highway 61 when he saw something faster than a speeding bullet — and it wasn't a bird, a plane or a superhero.

It was 20-year-old Samuel Tilley on a Honda RC-51 and he was going too fast for Al Loney, the patrolman, to keep up, in a plane.

"It was faster than any other vehicle I had ever seen speeding, no question, " Loney said.

In the Cessna 182 that Loney was flying, he used sight, two stopwatches and painted hash marks along the highway to measure the speed.

On the road, there are one-mile stretches here and there with rectangles painted every quarter mile. That allows "eyes in the sky" like Loney to clock speeders, using the marks on the road and stopwatches, from high above the roadway.

In this case Tilley was clocked over the entire distance of one quarter mile in 4.39 seconds. That is an average speed of 205 miles per hour.

Some question the accuracy of a stopwatch but Loney says in ten years his watch times have never been wrong. "I believe that the speed is very true and accurate, even more than a radar."

Motorcycle enthusiasts have also questioned if that Honda RC-51 can even go more than 200 miles per hour, but the patrol says if the bike is heavily modified, it can do the speeds without question.

Tilley was ticketed along with his racing partner for speeding. Neither had a motorcycle endorsement on their licenses. Neither of them were arrested and a Wabasha County Judge will decide the fine.

 

they should let him go and give him an award for going so fast....screw the ticket.....he deserves some kind of credit

 

thats bull, he couldnt have been goin that fast

 

I think he will be able to get out of that one.. At least a good lawer would be able to get him off.. However if he was going that fast mad props to him.

 

if he really was, hed be in jail, and probably never get his bike back, obviously they had nothin to really hold against him

 

I go that fast everyday....haha (anyways that story is old)

 

yeah what he said-------^

there was an article about it in 2 wheel tuner magazine.. they interviewed Sam Tilley-the rider...not to mention Erion and honda both claim that a V-twin cant rev hight eunf to reach 200 mph

 

No kidding..... re-re-re-post!!!!!!!!

 

yea i read that 2 on uponone.com and havin a hard time believin i've seen video of a turbo hayabusa goin 220 maybe more but thats was turbo a all engine rc51 honda goin 205 and in Minnesota somethings faulty i bet he was goin 190 tops

 

i doubt he was going that fast.

 

welcome to last week jessh. He got off you guys don't watch the news much eh? All they said in court was that the max speed is like 130 (whatever it is for an rc51) and that that speed isn't possible. Boom gets thrown out.

 

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy old...This happened back in the summer time...He ended having the bike dyno'd...It topped out at 159mph...

For all those rooting for him, he disappointed many...He pleaded gulity to the charge in December...Sit tight and I'll find the article...

 

Here's the link....

http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_358105755.html

 

oh....i thought it was a new story...

got me a little riled up for a second there

*sniff* is someone cooking bacon?