I doubt they were doing 180mph

[edzx6]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/vir...mph-on-public-road/vi-BBXLe1u?ocid=spartandhp

 

[budman]

Well... in jail they will be obeying the speed limit.
Pretty stiff sentence.

Maybe one dude did... the camera bike. :dunno
The video did not show that.

 

[edzx6]

Well... in jail they will be obeying the speed limit.
Pretty stiff sentence.

Maybe one dude did... the camera bike. :dunno
The video did not show that.

I was shocked at how stiff a sentence they received. In Merica, what 30 days maybe, if anything.

UK views driving as a privilege not a right.

 

[frozenuts]

These guys did though, at least the camera bike!

RRW video

 

[ctwo]

UK views driving as a privilege not a right.

Same privilege here in the US...?

MPH in UK?

 

[afm199]

Yes, naked bike 180 mph, uh huh.

In the US a video of the speedo wouldn't have been allowable. Seeing the wheelies, I suspect somebody was running 1 down three up, and with the usual inaccurate speedo, 180 would have been 90% of 160, or around 145, which I might believe.

 

[Johndicezx9]

I was wondering where MilleRacer went...

 

[gixxerjeff]

What sprockets were they using?

 

[sanjuro]

This link worked better for me.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/bikers-caught-on-camera-riding-180-mph-on-public-road

My guess is that one of them probably did 180mph for a brief moment.

 

[EastBayDave]

29 months for speeding? Police must be bored eh'?

I know someone who flew by a cop on the interstate @ 195ish & the cop didn't do anything...

Guess he figured he wouldn't catch him?

 

[afm199]

This link worked better for me.

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/bikers-caught-on-camera-riding-180-mph-on-public-road

My guess is that one of them probably did 180mph for a brief moment.

There are only a handful of modern bikes that will actually do 180 mph. None of them are naked. I doubt it very much.

 

[HeatXfer]

More likely 180kmh = 111mph. That's a bit more reasonable. Speedos in the UK, dont'cha know.

 

[Climber]

Good point. Journalists usually aren't very expert on conversions and/or willfully ignorant to jack the numbers by doing a 1:1 conversion. :laughing

 

[edzx6]

More likely 180kmh = 111mph. That's a bit more reasonable. Speedos in the UK, dont'cha know.

The article says MPH. I think all of us are aware that UK is on the metric system

I think Climber is correct. Willful ignorance from reporters. They are just as bad in the UK as they are in Merica

 

[rob linders]

UK uses MPH.

 

[edzx6]

Well then, I have learned something today. Thanks

 

[thedub]

What sprockets were they using?

:laughing

 

[East Bay Mike]

LOL at 180 mph. Wonder exactly what kind of punishment they’d get in USA.

 

[kxmike]

didn't look too bad in the video...just a typical hooligan group ride. 180mph???...I highly doubt.

 

[Tom G]

UK is part metric, part imperial. Mph though, and Tesco did state a petrol (not gas) price of pound per gallon (imperial).