The Cdn. Mounties get their man

[cyberswine]

EDMONTON - A motorcyclist was clocked at a “frightening” speed of 279 km/hr on Alberta’s deadliest highway.

Mounties said motorcyclist who was weaving in and out of traffic at a speeds of 279 km/hr on Highway 63, just north of Fort McMurray, shortly before 8 p.m on Thursday.

The motorcyclist was later arrested.

“It’s frightening,” Const. Christina Wilkins with the Wood Buffalo RCMP said. “I have never seen a speed that high and I think that would go for a lot of other officers as well.”

No information on what he was riding..... might be for sale soon though 

[zooom]

173MPH eh?....be really curious to know what bike it was for sure...

[RC Fan]

173MPH eh?....be really curious to know what bike it was for sure...

I think I read it was an R1.

[Grampa]

a modified 620

[derby]

I think I read it was an R1.

i've done (over) that on an r1...

[Shawn C]

Must have been hard trying to catch him on horseback lol

[1KDS]

a modified 620

Capirex IIRC

[brimo]

a modified 620

Capirex IIRC

In "k" mode

[Autostrada Pilot]

i've done (over) that on an r1...

Stock?  I've always wondered what an R1/GSX-r1000/CBR1000 would do out of the box.


I know an R6 will do 140 in 3rd.

[derby]

Stock?  I've always wondered what an R1/GSX-r1000/CBR1000 would do out of the box.

yup, stock... in 6th gear it'd pull slowly to 199mph-indicated*, bounced off the rev limiter, then drop down 3mph and start climbing again.

*199mph - 10% = ~179mph

[Autostrada Pilot]

yup, stock... in 6th gear it'd pull slowly to 199mph-indicated*, bounced off the rev limiter, then drop down 3mph and start climbing again.

*199mph - 10% = ~179mph

Wow, 180-200 off the showroom floor is pretty ridiculous.  Thanks for answering a question I've had for a few years.