maxim wrote:The thing is i think a a lot do... How many 1000's will do 100mph in 1st or just getting into 2nd? I've seen idiots rag it into 3rd on high streets on K5's or ZX-10's, probably doing 4 times the limit, at 3pm!
It's true, I live on the run to Matlock Bath and every warm Saturday/Sunday can hear the big bike idiots giving it the berries into at least 3rd and 4th gear, it's a 30 zone and what sort of a speed is that? 100mph? more? a lot more? there have been several deaths on the road including one the other summer not 400 yards from my house, a GSXR750 doing (alledgedly) 135mph knocked a young father around 50 yards into a dry stone wall, nice. He's dead of course, there's fresh flowers there most of the time even now.
I could list loads and I'm sure the locals at Boxhill could do the same, 'blade on the way out of Matlock, 30 zone again, bend tightens up, rider doesn't, 3 teenagers in a Fiesta killed, ZXR750 undertakes a car letting someone pull out, the result is one pregnant woman dies from a broken neck. And so on, it's not been so bad the past couple of years but police presence has been massive compared to years ago, cameras, speedtraps, the A6 (road to Matlock Bath, Buxton etc) and A537 (The Cat and Fiddle run) both down to a max of 50mph even out in the open, helicopter enforcement on sunny weekends, coppers just pulling bikes "for a chat" etc.
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