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what is the highest mph speeding ticket you have had on a motorcycle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chiefblueman" data-source="post: 1408635" data-attributes="member: 29249"><p>I was checking the main jets on my Suzuki GT380 after having the cylinders ported. Wide open throttle for a minute, hit the kill switch, pull over to the side of the road and start pulling plugs. I was on SR520, a main commuter route right off the East end of the 520 floating bridge, about 4pm on a weekday.</p><p></p><p>I had completed a plug check but decided it wasn't definitive enough. Fired her up, looked back and only saw one yellow car coming, so I took off spewing gravel and pinned it. Tucked and began maneuvering around slower vehicles at 110+mph. Chopped the throttle, hit the shoulder and had 1 plug out when I heard "What in the f@#k do you think you're doing?" The yellow car was inhabited by a police lieutenant and he was standing behind me with his hand on his pistol. Cars were honking as they went by to express their pleasure in my apprehension.</p><p></p><p>He made me get in his car. "I've got you at 120 mph" says he. I said "That's impossible, this thing won't do 120". "How fast will it go?". "About 115" I said.</p><p></p><p>"CLOSE ENOUGH!"</p><p></p><p>He asked what I was doing. I explained the procedure for checking main jet size to him, hell, #1 plug was lying next to the bike. He shook his head and said he figured nobody could make that shit up. Then he read me the riot act, told me all the tickets he could write and could impound my bike. He had this 20 year old shaking.</p><p></p><p>Then he let me go.</p><p></p><p>Don't remember his name, but I tip my hat to that guy for understanding youthful exuberance every time I think of this incident.</p><p></p><p>BTW, the port job turned a nice, broad powerband into a peaky top end bitch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chiefblueman, post: 1408635, member: 29249"] I was checking the main jets on my Suzuki GT380 after having the cylinders ported. Wide open throttle for a minute, hit the kill switch, pull over to the side of the road and start pulling plugs. I was on SR520, a main commuter route right off the East end of the 520 floating bridge, about 4pm on a weekday. I had completed a plug check but decided it wasn't definitive enough. Fired her up, looked back and only saw one yellow car coming, so I took off spewing gravel and pinned it. Tucked and began maneuvering around slower vehicles at 110+mph. Chopped the throttle, hit the shoulder and had 1 plug out when I heard "What in the f@#k do you think you're doing?" The yellow car was inhabited by a police lieutenant and he was standing behind me with his hand on his pistol. Cars were honking as they went by to express their pleasure in my apprehension. He made me get in his car. "I've got you at 120 mph" says he. I said "That's impossible, this thing won't do 120". "How fast will it go?". "About 115" I said. "CLOSE ENOUGH!" He asked what I was doing. I explained the procedure for checking main jet size to him, hell, #1 plug was lying next to the bike. He shook his head and said he figured nobody could make that shit up. Then he read me the riot act, told me all the tickets he could write and could impound my bike. He had this 20 year old shaking. Then he let me go. Don't remember his name, but I tip my hat to that guy for understanding youthful exuberance every time I think of this incident. BTW, the port job turned a nice, broad powerband into a peaky top end bitch. [/QUOTE]
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