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     Grussy |
LIVINGSTON, La. — A motorcyclist has been given a couple of days to think about the record he set — at least in the minds of state troopers. Brian Samuel Willis, 20, was clocked zooming down Interstate 12 on Sunday at 155 miles per hour — more than two times the speed limit 70, state police said. "That may be the fastest of all-time in the state," said Trooper Ryan Riley of Troop A. "I can't confirm it, but I don't think anyone has ever gotten anybody at 155. The fastest I know of is like 144." Riley said he was traveling westbound about 6 p.m. when he got the motorcycle in his radar. Maneuvering his vehicle to the other side of the interstate, Riley tried to follow Willis, but the black Yamaha R6 ducked off the roadway onto state highway 441 and traveled south to state highway 42, Riley said. At that point, Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies and Springfield police chased Willis back toward Riley, who made the arrest, he said. "He pulled over once he saw all of us, without incident," Riley said. "He just said he didn't think he was going that fast and he didn't know we were behind him. He thought he was only doing 120 or 130." Willis motorcycle was impounded and he was booked for reckless operation of a vehicle, flight from an officer and speeding, Riley said. "The judge refused to set the bond until Tuesday," Riley said. "I think she is going to let him spend a few days in jail." | ||
| Perry |
"Honest ocifer, I thought I was only doing 120, and just happened to double back on two highways - I didn't see you!" "Oh, in that case I'll let you off with a warning son." Yeah, nice try dude. | ||
| Rocketman |
As long as that's the open road, good on ya R6 rider. Rocket | ||
| Pupu |
what an a$$hat  | ||
| Vaneo1 |
155 is pretty fast, I wonder who HONESTLY has the fastest speed on two wheels posted in their profile here on the WEB | ||
| Bubabuell |
Fast and stupid. | ||
| Skyguy |
I have a record that will prove speeds in excess of 150mph.......... Yes I was an asshat  | ||
| Ortegakid |
Wish he had been in texas, might not have been pulled over!And do not ask that question if you do not want the whole story my friend!Have seen 202 on the gun on my friend in cali! | ||
| Josh_ |
>I wonder who HONESTLY has the fastest speed on two wheels posted Where's Scrap when we need him? | ||
| Ortegakid |
I bow to the god scrap, hopefully it was at a drag strip? | ||
| Josh_ |
Nah, too much salt to be a drag strip. It should read 208.xxx tho - he didn't update after the last time out. | ||
| Martin |
I understand that the LTI 2020 speed gun is common over there. It was licenced for use by the uk government even though it was never tested against a bike. independent testing has shown that a stationary bike at 500 yards can register 40mph if a car passes it! Some of you might want to reconsider your radar-gun figures. BTW, 144 mph over here would have you in jail for a year! | ||
| Hdbobwithabuell |
At that speed it would be hard to know if the troopers are after you. Then again, you could probably just assume they are and pull over to let them catch up. | ||
| Brucelee |
Darwinism at its best. | ||
| Davy_boy |
I want first crack at his wife when he kills himself  | ||
| Rocketman |
As a person against the sometimes ridiculous anti-speeding legislation, no proof exists that speed kills. SPEED DOES NOT KILL is more true on a huge scale, otherwise the guy we're referring to here wouldn't be in jail. Rocket | ||
| Canadianbacon |
Speed may not kill as you want to argue it rocketman, but proof does exist your point of possible perception to reaction time certainly doesn't get any longer at 155. Perry nailed it right on. This guy's a moron. | ||
| Sub65chris |
speed doesn't kill but the semi changing lanes ahead of you might .  | ||
| Curtyd |
Speed does NOT kill, it's the abrupt loss of speed that can be the killer. In my "yute"..., "I wonder who HONESTLY has the fastest speed on two wheels posted in their profile here on the WEB", ...does 130mph tank slapper and street crash with a 376' skid mark get me in the running. There was a FHP "Careless Driving" ticket in 1982 or so N. of Weeki Wachee Springs in Fla. that attests to the accuracy of this report. Two eyewitness reports as well, me and my buddy beside me in his GS750. Walked away, actually ran to push the bike off the road and then to his bike and jumped on the back and rode another 50 or 60 miles back home to get a truck, by the time we got back FHP had come and gone and towed the bike away. OH, the true stories still resound from a misspent youth.  | ||
| Rocketman |
How many times must we do this over the years? 155mph and more is often done in short bursts on many a quieter British back road. It doesn't take much of a road to get up to those speeds and beyond. Take any sunny Sunday and work out an imaginary figure of how many thousands of bikes are out on the road. Narrow that down to bikes capable of the speeds we are talking about. Narrow it down further by how many of those bikes have their riders push them to the speeds we are talking of, even if it's just for a moment, and we've still got a big number of bikers out there hitting some high speeds. Now ask yourself how many of these same speeding bikers are killed on every such Sunday. Just the speeding bikers that are killed that is. Got a number yet? Most Sunday's it is NONE. So what makes these bikers asshat's or stupid in your opinions? I thought the Buell demographic had got younger with the advent of the XB's but reading here sometimes and I feel like I'm for the most amongst a lot of boring old farts. We are talking motorcycles here, not iron horses. Rocket | ||
| Ortegakid |
For once I must agree with his rocketness, speed is realative, if we are all going 145, and the same direction, no big deal! No matter what the officer says! | ||
| Ortegakid |
For once I must agree with his rocketness, speed is relative, if we are all going 145, and the same direction, no big deal! No matter what the officer says! | ||
| Canadianbacon |
After re-reading this post, I don't think anyone was knocking speed or the fact that it's fun and we all do it. It's just that some of us 'boring old farts' have better things to do than try to outrun the fuzz if we get caught with the throttle wfo. I doubt this guy is in jail for speeding. There's a difference between 155 and 155 in a couple directions with half the state patrol chasing you. There's nothing worse than an over zealous highway patrolman, but this guy went looking for trouble...and found it. Some guys just don't know when to quit... | ||
| Skyguy |
As I have posted before. Speeds in excess of 150mph. may result in a felony conviction. I have one for just that and it makes life a whole lot more difficult. I was young and stupid. However, all I have to do is see a few pictures of cars that have been center punched by a bike traveling at such speeds and all I can say is that unless you are on a chunk of road where it is IMPOSSIBLE to hit a car......... You are an ASSHAT! (great word) It is not fair to put others at risk for your playtime. | ||
| Rocketman |
But playtime could be at 55mph too. Responsibility with the throttle is a huge commitment, and there's a natural thing the brain does when you increase the speed of your motorcycle. It works faster too. No one goes out there as an asshat, but you could be an asshat at 25mph. I was last year when I lost the front coming down from a wheelie. Asshat happens sometimes, but it's no need to condemn 155mph just for the sake of the speed involved. Rocket | ||
| Kdan |
Sorry...   | ||
| Brucelee |
I went down this road a long time ago here and it was not fruitfull. Suffice it to say, if you are convicted for reckless driving at 155, well, then you were by definition, RECKLESS. Additionally, as was pointed out above, you will likely live to regret that infraction. As for the rest of it, hey, if you want to go that fast, go for it. Just take out a big policy for your loved ones, just in case! | ||
| Poplifedc |
This is why I sold my Yamaha FZ1 and bought a Buell. The Yamaha can go that fast and faster. Just knowing you can ain't enough. The Buell tops out at 130. Sure my friends on the jap bikes whip me at the top end, but I don't care. It gives me enough time to avoid their accidents. | ||
| Jerseybuell |
I always get the, "how fast does it go?" question. As morbid as it sounds..My answer, "fast enough for a closed casket". That usually ends the line of questioning that I didn't care to get into anyway... | ||
| Mikej |
"fast enough for a closed casket" That's pretty good. Might even work for a license plate frame verbage. |
