Honda "Double C-note" Crotch Rocket
Honda should find Samuel Tilley and immediately cover all his court costs, tickets, fines, etc. They couldn't ask for better publicity for their 2003 Honda RC51 sport motorcycle than Tilley getting a ticket for going 205 mph on U.S. 61, outrunning the Cessna from which the state trooper was clocking him.
[Tilley] faces misdemeanor charges of speeding, reckless driving and riding without a motorcycle license.After the Pioneer Press first reported the details of Tilley's citation, the nation's media picked up the story and, within hours, the motorcycle racing world began buzzing about whether Tilley really could have reached such a record-breaking velocity.
There are more than a few skeptics.
"Theoretically, it could happen — anything is possible — but I don't believe it," said John Ulrich, editor of Roadracing World, a magazine that covers sport bike racing. "Guys who want to break speed records and go over 200 mph have to go to great lengths to get there."...
This still would be the unofficial state record for the fastest speeding ticket, and everyone agrees a Honda CR51 can hit that speed. But it's not the double C-note.
The State Patrol is sticking to its guns — and stopwatch. Spokesman Kevin Smith said it's possible for Tilley's bike to go that fast, and noted the pilot who timed Tilley has more than two decades of experience on patrol.
Blog post #3712 in category
Miscellaneous
posted 24 September 04