How fast was this guy going????
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From: Narberth Pa 19072
RE: How fast was this guy going????
A guy I work with has an 05 GSXR1000. He had it dyno'd
After some mods at a little over 180 hp !
And some of the speeds this guy hits , Is crazy !
I tell him it dont matter that you have that armor on , Or that $500.00
helmet . At those speeds , You dont have much of a chance !
I know more than once a person has pulled out in front of me . A squirrel Has darted out in front of me , And they panic , They go back and forth . Well what reaction time do they have at those kind of speeds !
Flippin crazy !
Jack
After some mods at a little over 180 hp !
And some of the speeds this guy hits , Is crazy !
I tell him it dont matter that you have that armor on , Or that $500.00
helmet . At those speeds , You dont have much of a chance !
I know more than once a person has pulled out in front of me . A squirrel Has darted out in front of me , And they panic , They go back and forth . Well what reaction time do they have at those kind of speeds !
Flippin crazy !
Jack
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RE: How fast was this guy going????
ORIGINAL: Rhubarb
Of course it did, but if he was doin 150+ you wouldn't see him when pulling out anyhow. 1/4mile in ~7 seconds
ORIGINAL: QT Hush
Regardless of any other circumstances, he was traveling way too fast, especially at the entrance to an event. I can't help but wonder though, if the van pulled out in front of him.
Regardless of any other circumstances, he was traveling way too fast, especially at the entrance to an event. I can't help but wonder though, if the van pulled out in front of him.
ORIGINAL: QT Hush
I can't help but wonder though, if the van pulled out in front of him.
I can't help but wonder though, if the van pulled out in front of him.
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RE: How fast was this guy going????
I bet he wasn't going near as fast as a lot of people would suspect. Although he was clearly going to fast. Keep in mind that detroit uses tin foil for sheet metal these days. 400 lb rice rocket going 70 mph in a 40 mph zone is not too unrealistic. What kind of damage do you think a 400lb guilotine shaped object would do to a mini van if struck at 70 mph. Another way of looking at it is would you want to be inside a minivan if it was going to get struck by a 600 to 800lb HD at those speeds?? No excuse for what happened but i bet it wasn't going as fast as you might think.
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RE: How fast was this guy going????
ORIGINAL: lapisblue
June 12, 2006
LINDEN, Pa. - A speeding motorcycle slammed into a van, knocking it on its side and sparking an explosion that killed all four people inside and the motorcyclist, police said.
State police said the van was turning off Route 220 when the motorcycle hit it Sunday afternoon with so much force it broke through the side of the van and knocked it over, said state police spokesman Mike Knight.
"If you look at the burned-out van, in between two seats in the van is a burned out motorcycle," he said.
The victims in the van — a man, two women and a child — are all believed to be members of the same family. The motorcyclist was a man believed to be in his early 20s, and police were investigating the possibility that there was another motorcyclist traveling with the one that crashed, Knight said.
The crash was near an entrance to the Medieval Majesty Renaissance Faire, which opened over the weekend in central Pennsylvania.
June 12, 2006
LINDEN, Pa. - A speeding motorcycle slammed into a van, knocking it on its side and sparking an explosion that killed all four people inside and the motorcyclist, police said.
State police said the van was turning off Route 220 when the motorcycle hit it Sunday afternoon with so much force it broke through the side of the van and knocked it over, said state police spokesman Mike Knight.
"If you look at the burned-out van, in between two seats in the van is a burned out motorcycle," he said.
The victims in the van — a man, two women and a child — are all believed to be members of the same family. The motorcyclist was a man believed to be in his early 20s, and police were investigating the possibility that there was another motorcyclist traveling with the one that crashed, Knight said.
The crash was near an entrance to the Medieval Majesty Renaissance Faire, which opened over the weekend in central Pennsylvania.
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RE: How fast was this guy going????
It doesn't take that much force to take out a minivan side door, especially since a third of the door is glass. 400 lbs at 50 or 60 mph would slice thru that door which is one of the weakest parts of a van. Regardless of who's at fault, I feel bad for everyone involved.
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From: Desmoines, Iowa
RE: How fast was this guy going????
you know what it is about this year . but here in the desmoines iowa aera we have had a few people on bikes that has ended up dead due to some bad judgement and going way to fast . yes i know we have done it in the past but times have change . and it seems like some wasn't that famiar with wear they was at and it cost them big time and there is so many cars out there and corners .come on we still have a lot of summer left lets all be safe as we can and slow down . because for one i dont want to hear about a brother or sister getting killed there has been to many all ready.