140mph over the 65mph speed limit
 

WABASHA, Minn. -- With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a Stillwater motorcyclist hit the throttle and possibly set the informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota history: 205 mph.

On Saturday afternoon, State Patrol pilot Al Loney was flying near Wabasha, in southeastern Minnesota on the Wisconsin border, watching two motorcyclists racing along U.S. Highway 61.

When one of the riders shot forward, Loney was ready with his stopwatch. He clicked it once when the motorcycle reached a white marker on the road and again a quarter-mile later. The watch read 4.39 seconds, which Loney calculated to be 205 mph.

``I was in total disbelief,'' Loney told the St. Paul Pioneer Press for today's editions. ``I had to double-check my watch because in 27 years I'd never seen anything move that fast.''

Several law enforcement sources told the newspaper that, although no official records are kept, it was probably the fastest ticket ever written in the state.

After about three-quarters of a mile, the biker slowed to about 100 mph and let the other cycle catch up. By then Loney had radioed ahead to another state trooper, who pulled the two over soon afterward.

The State Patrol officer arrested the faster rider, 20-year-old Stillwater resident Samuel Armstrong Tilley, for reckless driving, driving without a motorcycle license - and driving 140 miles per hour over the posted speed limit of 65 mph.

A search of speeding tickets written by state troopers, who patrol most of the state's highways, between 1990 and February 2004 shows the next fastest ticket was for 150 mph in 1994 in Lake of the Woods County.

Tilley did not return calls from the newspaper to his home Monday. A working number for him could not immediately be found by The Associated Press today.

Only a handful of exotic sports cars can reach 200 mph, but many high-performance motorcycles can top 175 mph. With minor modifications, they can hit 200 mph. Tilley was riding a Honda 1000, Loney said.

Kathy Swanson of the state Office of Traffic Safety said unless Tilley was wearing the kind of protective gear professional motorcycle racers wear, he was courting death at 200 mph.

``I'm not entirely sure what would happen if you crashed at 200 miles per hour,'' Swanson said. ``But it wouldn't be pretty, that's for sure.''

that's just insane

Thats why I dont get a bike

damn thats crazy, why would he stop for cops if he can go 200mph on his bike? :1orglaugh

nice one

it seems its ur birthday soon

on a motorcycle, wow talk about a death wish

bet that was one expensive ticket.. lol

how did you know that, i dont tell anyone

"Only a handful of exotic sports cars can reach 200 mph"

mine can :) :thumbsup

i googled it.

jk.

happy birthday man.

I though 120 was fast, 205!? jesus

thats 270km/hour

someone got fined here 1500 plus 3 months in jail for going hardcore over the limit

I have a Honda CBRxx1100 and my bike tops out at 176mph. I think they are guessing his speed and they are a bit off.

328 km/h :)

didnt you read it? of course they guessed it... when they take speed from a helicopter they have lines and they start a stop watch when they go over the line and stop it when they go over the second line. just being off by 1 second could mean a close to a 50mph difference in his case.

Obviously none of you have seen the Ghost Rider Videos? The guy in it rides around in sweden anywhere from 100-200mph in heavy traffic...thats a death wish now.

would have been kind of hard to do in any kind of normal car so quick :1orglaugh

more like 330.5

thats mad.

That is fucking insane. Just hit a flea at 205 mph and the bike would flip... :1orglaugh

The ticket will be insane too

wonder if the guy is going to fight it ... 50 mph can make a world of difference:1orglaugh

I hope his organ donor card is up to date:thumbsup

link?

state patrol airplanes? haha soon every state will be under this type of shit. fuck that.

Aaaaaaand people say Minnesota is boring.

Btw, Ghost Rider Videos are bad ass. But isn't in KM not Miles?

some crazy fuckers out there...

That's just stupid shit that will get him killed and with that said I need to get a bike like that...

I don't think Doctors can harvest organs they have to scrape off the highway with a shovel. :helpme

Since we now have thread drift to insanity

I had a guy go past me in 6pm traffic on the Interstate here, mildly crowded, doing over a hundred in 70 mph traffic.

he was doing a wheelie, and standing on the pegs weaving through traffic.

Some are young and foolish, few live to be old and that foolish

Sheesh

why? no self control?

I've gone that fast in a car and close to it on a boat, but I can't imagine it on a bike. That's got to be intense.

you can't outrun Motorola

his organs would be better in a Bloody Mary , , , , there would be no useable pieces

Lucky dude......what kind of boat was that???
super no water resistance flying boat?? :Graucho

i cant wait till i break 175mph, let alone 200 mph. fucking niceeeeee

You can't out run a radio signal.

i bet that guy cant wait till he breaks his skull when he crashes :1orglaugh

vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom :glugglug

that's why I don't have a motorcycle, i'd probably kill myself on it.

http://www.ghostridermovie.net/

Wow 140 over...that is insane

Fastest I have driven was 165 in a 60, although it was on the I90 express lanes in Seattle which are out in the middle of the lake with absolutely no traffic around, at about 5am.

GhostRider is waaaaay cool :thumbsup

i did 180km in 60km zone

so almost the same :)

same here .....thats the fastest i ever went on a sports bike was 120 mph (Triumph Speed Triple back in 2002)

:helpme

yep

I think it's impossible for a bike to reach this speed. I've driven bikes before, this must have been a jet-engine bike then...