Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!gary From: gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (gary w buchholz) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Tollway speed record Message-ID: <842@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 17:08:38 EDT Article-I.D.: sphinx.842 Posted: Wed Jul 17 17:08:38 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 08:15:10 EDT Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center Lines: 21 That speed record (138mph in a 55) was set here in Illinois on I 94 going west out to Rockford about a week ago. The cops probably got them on radar, I can't imagine a copy "pacing" these bkes at 138mph to get the speed. I'm curious as to what bikes they had. 138mph means you probably have at least 1000cc. My 750 Nighhawk makes it to about 120mph so it had to be bigger than that. One of the latest biker magazines has a review of the fastest production bikes. The speed record is held by the Honda 1000 R at 150 mph. Anyone who has done over about 100mph on a bike knows that wierd areodynamic things happen at this speed and above esp if you have a full fairing. The guy who got the ticket ought to have it framed and then, if he still has a license, never do it again. Gary