CBR 1000RR sets new speeding ticket record

Loren, You just push a button between two measured points or if you are moving you do it for the target vehicle and then again for yours. If you are in the moving mode the system measures the distance and the police units speed it then does the math using the target vehicles time for the same distance.
David, The acronym stands for Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder. The distance can be anything that is measured. It the case of this motorcycle it might have been a distance greater than 1/4 mile. I do not know of its use in Texas as DPS does not run traffic using aircraft that I know of. Many states and other countries do use it in vehicles and aircraft. The next time you are driving through Florida, Georgia or Austrailia pay attention to those white stripes on the Hwy. They are start and stop marks for aircraft using VASCAR. People will make arguments about errors but when they do the math they use a short distance which makes the error look larger than it probably was.
As far as error in pushing the button goes everyone here uses a stop watch at the track we are usually pretty close on the times.
Interesting story.
David

Loren, You just push a button between two measured points or if you are moving you do it for the target vehicle and then again for yours. If you are in the moving mode the system measures the distance and the police units speed it then does the math using the target vehicles time for the same distance.
David, The acronym stands for Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder. The distance can be anything that is measured. It the case of this motorcycle it might have been a distance greater than 1/4 mile. I do not know of its use in Texas as DPS does not run traffic using aircraft that I know of. Many states and other countries do use it in vehicles and aircraft. The next time you are driving through Florida, Georgia or Austrailia pay attention to those white stripes on the Hwy. They are start and stop marks for aircraft using VASCAR. People will make arguments about errors but when they do the math they use a short distance which makes the error look larger than it probably was.
As far as error in pushing the button goes everyone here uses a stop watch at the track we are usually pretty close on the times.
Interesting story.
David

I call BS on the BS comment.
The new mag out this month talks about some dude across the pond that tweaked a 1000RR that tips over the 200mph mark and can be had for about 36K!

I call BS on the BS comment.
The new mag out this month talks about some dude across the pond that tweaked a 1000RR that tips over the 200mph mark and can be had for about 36K!

Just because you can go 205mph doesn't mean you should...

Most of today's current crop of liter bikes, and a few others like the big Kawasaki's and the 'Busa can pull top speeds around 190mph with very little modification. Spending another few grand will get you over the 200mph mark. Spending $30K - $40K will get you up to the high 230's... past that, life gets a lot harder and more expensive.

Unlike a GP bike, "all" you need to be able to do here is go fast in a straight line. The extra bucks for chassis development, suspension components, and handling twisties at high speed don't matter much, so its not the same kind of megabuck investment as a GP bike. Most of the builders for the really fast straight line bikes are building on an already hyperfast (in relative terms) platform.

If you've tried drag racing a big bike, you know its not easy to ride a machine this fast, even if it is mechanically capable. Things like turbos, extended swing-arms, strapped front forks, and the like are what it takes to make speeds in the 200mph+ zone, at least in a way that's stable. Take a look at the September '04 copy of Sport Rider if you have one handy - there are a couple of good write-ups about what it takes to get to the 200mph club using a ZX-12R and a 'Busa... get ready for sticker shock.

My take on this is that its not total BS - there may be some error in the computed top speed, but the guy was probably hauling butt... the bigger wonder is the traffic enforcement aircraft - even a fast small aircraft like a Mooney would have trouble keeping up with something moving 200mph... what are the troopers in MN flying these days?

I would also hate to be this guy... unless he's got some really good lawyers, and lots 'a money, he will have plenty of time to reflect on his record-breaking ticket in the Twin Cities pokey.

Just because you can go 205mph doesn't mean you should...

Most of today's current crop of liter bikes, and a few others like the big Kawasaki's and the 'Busa can pull top speeds around 190mph with very little modification. Spending another few grand will get you over the 200mph mark. Spending $30K - $40K will get you up to the high 230's... past that, life gets a lot harder and more expensive.

Unlike a GP bike, "all" you need to be able to do here is go fast in a straight line. The extra bucks for chassis development, suspension components, and handling twisties at high speed don't matter much, so its not the same kind of megabuck investment as a GP bike. Most of the builders for the really fast straight line bikes are building on an already hyperfast (in relative terms) platform.

If you've tried drag racing a big bike, you know its not easy to ride a machine this fast, even if it is mechanically capable. Things like turbos, extended swing-arms, strapped front forks, and the like are what it takes to make speeds in the 200mph+ zone, at least in a way that's stable. Take a look at the September '04 copy of Sport Rider if you have one handy - there are a couple of good write-ups about what it takes to get to the 200mph club using a ZX-12R and a 'Busa... get ready for sticker shock.

My take on this is that its not total BS - there may be some error in the computed top speed, but the guy was probably hauling butt... the bigger wonder is the traffic enforcement aircraft - even a fast small aircraft like a Mooney would have trouble keeping up with something moving 200mph... what are the troopers in MN flying these days?

I would also hate to be this guy... unless he's got some really good lawyers, and lots 'a money, he will have plenty of time to reflect on his record-breaking ticket in the Twin Cities pokey.

I thought a more appropriate title for this thread would have been....
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Road Racing World Reader Response

I thought a more appropriate title for this thread would have been....
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Road Racing World Reader Response

Well, this story made the 6 o'clock news in HOUSTON last night. But the airs were humorous, re: a new speeding ticket record, and comments that they don't think they would try and go that fast even in a car, chuckle, chuckle....

No mothers against sport bikes quotes or legislatural types spewing political rhetoric.

Couldn't help tossing an e-mail at the newspaper article's author in review of his journalistic excesses. I may need to get a life....

Well, this story made the 6 o'clock news in HOUSTON last night. But the airs were humorous, re: a new speeding ticket record, and comments that they don't think they would try and go that fast even in a car, chuckle, chuckle....

No mothers against sport bikes quotes or legislatural types spewing political rhetoric.

Couldn't help tossing an e-mail at the newspaper article's author in review of his journalistic excesses. I may need to get a life....