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mrmr96

2,728 posts

34 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
Three things:
1 - Evo speedo's are cr@p at the best of times and above 100 they are pretty useless. Therefore an indicated 186mph would be possible in an FQ-320 as true speed would be more like 150-160mph.

2 - If you want to see this 'Ghost Rider' video people keep mentioning, head over to Google Video and search for Upsala Run, or click here
http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=upsala+run

Note, the 15-16min Upsala Run video is no longer hosted on Youtube and this is the one you're after.

3 - The driver and rider in the Stu-pid video need a good kick in the face.

Lamboandy

730 posts

81 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
dougc said:
An Evo 320 doing 186mph?
I dont think so!

Andy.

dingocooke

Original PosterOriginal Poster

240 posts

50 months

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viper paul said:
Just seen your post that I am a 'Do Gooder'not so dealt with quite a few dead people in my 15 years in the Met as a Special one of whom was a Police Solo, I remember to this day I was first unit on scene the medic copter was in the fieled next door and the doc was working on him and looking up at me shaking his head, he new he was past it.

If thats doing good then yes I am, I care about all human life but 15 bikers taking the piss and abusing car drivers is not funny and don't tell me I hate bikes and bikers cause I ride 20 grands worth of Harley, yes its got a radio, but thats because I don't have to ride like a fool.

If you want to ride a bike hard..........take it to the track.........no most are frightened of being beaten by someone who can ride on a smaller lighter faster machine.
Paul that was a good reply until you typed Harley; hardy a cutting edge bike in the 60's LOL

Edited by dingocooke on Wednesday 5th September 15:03

C5L

280 posts

37 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
Wow overtaking on the wrong side , up a hill , past a giveway at 100mph !

ing tts

why god decided to spare them that day i have no clue.


touge

173 posts

33 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
I've got the full version of this and dvd it's quite entertaining but obviously very dangerous. The plates are visible but they just look like fake plates, the bikes plates read "GSXR 1000" and the evo "VIII EVO"

The GSXR does 186mph on the clocks and the evo(326bhp) manages 181mph, both over-reading no doubt.

Edited by touge on Wednesday 5th September 15:50

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GingerNinja

3,836 posts

88 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the actions displayed in the, how can a video displayed on YouTube be used as evidence at all - there've been a number of these recently and I fail to see how this evidence would hold up.

It's digital therefore could have been manipulated.

All speeds displayed on non-calibrated speedometers.

We all know the rigmarole the police have to go through to ensure correct calibration for their devices - all the makers of these vids would have to say is "I modified the footage" and even evidence of reckless driving would be rendered worthless.

touge

173 posts

33 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
GingerNinja said:
Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the actions displayed in the, how can a video displayed on YouTube be used as evidence at all - there've been a number of these recently and I fail to see how this evidence would hold up.

It's digital therefore could have been manipulated.

All speeds displayed on non-calibrated speedometers.

We all know the rigmarole the police have to go through to ensure correct calibration for their devices - all the makers of these vids would have to say is "I modified the footage" and even evidence of reckless driving would be rendered worthless.
That is basically what happened to these guys about a year ago, "insufficient evidence" to charge them.

RobM77

15,091 posts

64 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
GingerNinja said:
Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the actions displayed in the, how can a video displayed on YouTube be used as evidence at all - there've been a number of these recently and I fail to see how this evidence would hold up.

It's digital therefore could have been manipulated.

All speeds displayed on non-calibrated speedometers.

We all know the rigmarole the police have to go through to ensure correct calibration for their devices - all the makers of these vids would have to say is "I modified the footage" and even evidence of reckless driving would be rendered worthless.
The speeds can be faked, but that video shows loads of examples of very reckless and dangerous driving. You'd have to be a Hollywood special effects whizz to edit those in surely?

Globulator

3,911 posts

61 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
RobM77 said:
GingerNinja said:
Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the actions displayed in the, how can a video displayed on YouTube be used as evidence at all - there've been a number of these recently and I fail to see how this evidence would hold up.

It's digital therefore could have been manipulated.

All speeds displayed on non-calibrated speedometers.

We all know the rigmarole the police have to go through to ensure correct calibration for their devices - all the makers of these vids would have to say is "I modified the footage" and even evidence of reckless driving would be rendered worthless.
The speeds can be faked, but that video shows loads of examples of very reckless and dangerous driving. You'd have to be a Hollywood special effects whizz to edit those in surely?
If the police and courts cannot convict the people in this video than I really fail to see what the I pay my road tax, council tax and income tax for.
If these people go unpunished the 'safety' brigade will become a laughing stock. Again.

RobM77

15,091 posts

64 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
Globulator said:
RobM77 said:
GingerNinja said:
Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the actions displayed in the, how can a video displayed on YouTube be used as evidence at all - there've been a number of these recently and I fail to see how this evidence would hold up.

It's digital therefore could have been manipulated.

All speeds displayed on non-calibrated speedometers.

We all know the rigmarole the police have to go through to ensure correct calibration for their devices - all the makers of these vids would have to say is "I modified the footage" and even evidence of reckless driving would be rendered worthless.
The speeds can be faked, but that video shows loads of examples of very reckless and dangerous driving. You'd have to be a Hollywood special effects whizz to edit those in surely?
If the police and courts cannot convict the people in this video than I really fail to see what the I pay my road tax, council tax and income tax for.
If these people go unpunished the 'safety' brigade will become a laughing stock. Again.
Don't forget that the whole country is obsessed with speeding!! Most newspapers, people and police forces couldn't care a less how people drive so long as they aren't speeding. That sounds like a harsh comment, but I can back it up: A few months ago I was driving down an A road near my house approaching a roundabout. As I joined the roundabout, some twerp in a 205 came steaming down my inside with a massive screech and slid his car down the inside of mine. The right hand lane wasn't intended for going straight on as both sides of the roundabout were the standard two lanes. He just about missed my car and nearly lost control as he slid in front of me (once he was alongside I braked and moved to the left to give him room). He then proceeded to do the same thing to an old lady in front of me. I reached for the hands free and called the BiB. First thing they asked me? "was he speeding sir?" Given that I was doing 30mph and he was doing about 45mph, I had to answer "no". The second thing they ask me? "You say you're following him now - has he shown any signs of speeding yet?". confused I pointed out that he nearly took me off the road, and just scared an old lady so much she had to pull over, but they genuinely didn't seem interested because he hadn't exceeded the 60mph speed limit...

SplatSpeed

5,047 posts

81 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
derestrictor said:
Just watched this again.

For all my bleating about hooning, the ability to go far quicker than laws currently allow, etc, etc, etc, I simply cannot fathom the strain of lunacy so proudly paraded here.

It seems to me we are dealing with a new breed of uber chav, not dissimilar to the well to do members of London's football following hooligan elite some years back, whereby gross antisocialism which actively celebrates nothing so righteous as considered driving freedoms, rather, insane danger itself, is the singular raison d'etre.

Whilst we might secretly admire the notion of hatred against the reviled speed trap devices, we know that within the context of such mindless presentation, any sympathetic currency such antics might sustain is immediately and comprehensively devalued to the level of the Rhodesian dollar.

It is the same, thick, giddish, sub-lad culture with which only the brain dead can be arsed, similar in vein to utter crap like the 'Jackass' type phenomena, ad nauseum.

The reference to that Ghost Rider antihero signifies the emergence of this thinking, or cult and I fully endorse Vonhosen and his ilk to round them up and administer a thorough truncheoning.

These are the kind of grunt dwellers who you simply watch with considerable disbelief as they breach double white, after blind crest after red light and so on.

That this culture so undermines our noble cause is all the more reason to condemn and despise these antics.

Lower class, wannabe Gumballing vermin but without the appalling nouveaux.

Get 'em, Dibble. mad
dont diss jackass or dirty sanchez

they only hurt themselves

mainline

42 posts

45 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
Oh its an Evo and a GSXR, what a surprise.

hairykrishna

4,347 posts

33 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
I see people saying that video isn't enough evidence to convict them of anything? Surely that's a load of boocks? They can't be convicted of speeding because those speedos are possibly (probably) inaccurate but those videos (even the little preview) show lots of incidents of dangerous driving. Surely it doesn't matter how fast that knob in the evo was going if he's forcing oncoming traffic onto the verge?
They could claim that it was staged on a private road I suppose, but surely that won't get them off?

130R

2,602 posts

36 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
mrmr96 said:
Evo speedo's are cr@p at the best of times and above 100 they are pretty useless. Therefore an indicated 186mph would be possible in an FQ-320 as true speed would be more like 150-160mph.
Probably more like 170 mph GPS. My Evo 9 reads 100mph on the speedo and 91 mph on the GPS (not on the public roads obviously). 186 mph on the speedo isn't going to happen with a standard 320.

bi9_jk

883 posts

95 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
I have to disagree with all of you, and as usual anyone who disagrees with the norm on here will be called arsehole, cock...ect.ect.ect. and then troll so ive seen it before so dont bother.

I actually think this video was really really kewl. I mean can any of you say it wouldnt be fun to drive like that. Safety worries aside i mean they didnt kill anyone. They created a great video which was really interesting to watch. They obviously have some skill to ride and drive like that. Asif most of us could do it. They obviously have a lotta nerve. There is the possibility there could have been some editing but all in all its a great video.



Edited by bi9_jk on Wednesday 5th September 21:51

vonhosen

21,150 posts

47 months

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sillysmash

"they didn't kill anyone"

& that was luck, not judgement.

Edited by vonhosen on Wednesday 5th September 21:52

Parrot of Doom

20,789 posts

64 months

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bi9_jk said:
I have to disagree with all of you, and as usual anyone who disagrees with the norm on here will be called arsehole, cock...ect.ect.ect. and then troll so ive seen it before so dont bother.

I actually think this video was really really kewl. I mean can any of you say it wouldnt be fun to drive like that. Safety worries aside i mean they didnt kill anyone. They created a great video which was really interesting to watch. They obviously have some skill to ride and drive like that. Asif most of us could do it. They obviously have a lotta nerve. There is the possibility there could have been some editing but all in all its a great video.



Edited by bi9_jk on Wednesday 5th September 21:51
You're an arsehole mate. Not for disagreeing with the norm, but for suggesting that these motorists are anything but complete ing retards. I've watched the entire DVD, its quite simply astounding that nobody died while it was being made. I am not exaggerating.

bi9_jk

883 posts

95 months

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Parrot of Doom said:
bi9_jk said:
I have to disagree with all of you, and as usual anyone who disagrees with the norm on here will be called arsehole, cock...ect.ect.ect. and then troll so ive seen it before so dont bother.

I actually think this video was really really kewl. I mean can any of you say it wouldnt be fun to drive like that. Safety worries aside i mean they didnt kill anyone. They created a great video which was really interesting to watch. They obviously have some skill to ride and drive like that. Asif most of us could do it. They obviously have a lotta nerve. There is the possibility there could have been some editing but all in all its a great video.



Edited by bi9_jk on Wednesday 5th September 21:51
You're an arsehole mate. Not for disagreeing with the norm, but for suggesting that these motorists are anything but complete ing retards. I've watched the entire DVD, its quite simply astounding that nobody died while it was being made. I am not exaggerating.
Do you really think that someone of minimum intellegence and backward ability could drive or ride like that? Could you do it? As much as i would like to belive i could im not sure i could. The quality of excitement and play of the video is excellent, you cant doubt that it kept most people on their edge of their seat and as so many people are watching it, interest is obviously high. One point about people branded as retards, though i would say mentally challenged as a less abrasive term have problems with reading so ill repeat from my prevoius post "safety worries aside" or do i need to explain more?

vonhosen

21,150 posts

47 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
bi9_jk said:
Parrot of Doom said:
bi9_jk said:
I have to disagree with all of you, and as usual anyone who disagrees with the norm on here will be called arsehole, cock...ect.ect.ect. and then troll so ive seen it before so dont bother.

I actually think this video was really really kewl. I mean can any of you say it wouldnt be fun to drive like that. Safety worries aside i mean they didnt kill anyone. They created a great video which was really interesting to watch. They obviously have some skill to ride and drive like that. Asif most of us could do it. They obviously have a lotta nerve. There is the possibility there could have been some editing but all in all its a great video.



Edited by bi9_jk on Wednesday 5th September 21:51
You're an arsehole mate. Not for disagreeing with the norm, but for suggesting that these motorists are anything but complete ing retards. I've watched the entire DVD, its quite simply astounding that nobody died while it was being made. I am not exaggerating.
Do you really think that someone of minimum intellegence and backward ability could drive or ride like that? Could you do it? As much as i would like to belive i could im not sure i could. The quality of excitement and play of the video is excellent, you cant doubt that it kept most people on their edge of their seat and as so many people are watching it, interest is obviously high. One point about people branded as retards, though i would say mentally challenged as a less abrasive term have problems with reading so ill repeat from my prevoius post "safety worries aside" or do i need to explain more?
People sleeping at 3am on Big Brother keeps some people on the edge of their seat. I personally think that says quite a lot about them though, equally with this video.

I've used that road on occasion & I wouldn't want those fools playing roulette with my life.

Chrispy Porker

6,241 posts

58 months

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Wednesday 5th September 2007 quote
bi9_jk said:
Parrot of Doom said:
bi9_jk said:
I have to disagree with all of you, and as usual anyone who disagrees with the norm on here will be called arsehole, cock...ect.ect.ect. and then troll so ive seen it before so dont bother.

I actually think this video was really really kewl. I mean can any of you say it wouldnt be fun to drive like that. Safety worries aside i mean they didnt kill anyone. They created a great video which was really interesting to watch. They obviously have some skill to ride and drive like that. Asif most of us could do it. They obviously have a lotta nerve. There is the possibility there could have been some editing but all in all its a great video.



Edited by bi9_jk on Wednesday 5th September 21:51
You're an arsehole mate. Not for disagreeing with the norm, but for suggesting that these motorists are anything but complete ing retards. I've watched the entire DVD, its quite simply astounding that nobody died while it was being made. I am not exaggerating.
Do you really think that someone of minimum intellegence and backward ability could drive or ride like that? Could you do it? As much as i would like to belive i could im not sure i could. The quality of excitement and play of the video is excellent, you cant doubt that it kept most people on their edge of their seat and as so many people are watching it, interest is obviously high. One point about people branded as retards, though i would say mentally challenged as a less abrasive term have problems with reading so ill repeat from my prevoius post "safety worries aside" or do i need to explain more?
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