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110mph for me
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I'm afraid around 120mph, i was a proper idiot then. I don't have licence now, looking for pass it again and drive normally, speeding on roads is stupid.
115mph on a Honda Fireblade in Thailand. Not very clever. Especially given that I didn't have a license, and it was only my third day ever on a bike. The folly of youth!
147 mph going to Liverpool to make the start of Palace match. We lost 9-0 
I didn't feel comfortable doing that speed it must be said but I had to get there on time.
I didn't feel comfortable doing that speed it must be said but I had to get there on time.
How much did NASA charge you for loan of an engine, Slippy ?
about 25000mph, if you include the solar system's velocity across the galaxy.
I'm not a speed merchant guinness dear fellow, we had the music playing and I didn't realise what I was doing, the engine seemed quiet to me.
Anyway, at least I can say I was at Anfield when Palace lost 9-0. we missed a penalty when 8 nil down
110mph following my mate on the road to Anglesey so I wouldn't get lost. Had blown the O rings off my exhaust by the time I got there.
My first car was a Morris Ital. I remember doing about 95mph in it. It must have been about 8 on the Richter scale in the car. The vehicle was shaking like a cheap washing machine on a turbo charged final spin cycle.
Anything over 50mph was a gamble with life
Anything over 50mph was a gamble with life
Amongst footballers, the quickest i remember is Milan Baros at 170mph on a motorway near Lyon. He gifted a full year of jokes for journalists comparing his speed on roads and on pitch
137mph on a Kawasaki ZX6R from London to Guildford down the A3, not a road to be doing that speed on. dips, bends potholes, idiots going too fast. Still, has to be done at least once.
105 getting towed in a Clio by a mate in his Cartlon GSI, I didn't have much say in the matter
It'd been in a garage and the servo had lost power or something, when he stopped at the lights after the motorway, I pressed the brake and it just went to the foor, managed to fling the wheel to the left and pulled up next to him on the grass verge
It'd been in a garage and the servo had lost power or something, when he stopped at the lights after the motorway, I pressed the brake and it just went to the foor, managed to fling the wheel to the left and pulled up next to him on the grass verge
134 on a suzuki dl 1000 downhill on the m62 around the leeds area. The bike isnt designed for that sort of speed, done it and wouldnt do it again.
speed merchants on a gamblers forum. Would never have expected that!
128 m.p.h. on the A2, passing the Black Prince Interchange, about 30 years ago
It wasn't my car
It wasn't my car
138 mph on the M6 toll rd for me. Some gary boy in a Ford Escort Cosworth decided to take me on...I won pulling away.
114mph going to Grimsby for work (quicker you get there the quicker you escape). Dual carriageway and I see a clapped out Escort (was a few years back) pull into my lane.
Judder, judder, judder on the brakes. By the time I'd got behind him, he was doing 54.
Judder, judder, judder on the brakes. By the time I'd got behind him, he was doing 54.
fukin nutters. what if a cat had been crossing the road at the time you were speeding!!!!
No point speeding these days or in having a fast car, apart from joy of ownership and
the ability to accelerate rapidly.
You can pass a slow driver, and put half a mile between you, and invariably they are right behind you again at the next obstruction (and you can guess what they are saying)!
Speed wise this is one that I'm not very proud of:-
An indicated 90mph downhill, on the A64, with the valves bouncing.
This was in a Ford Anglia (Harry Potter) with three family members on board!
That car wasn't safe at seventy, on the flat, with it's narrow track and skinny cross plies!
Did an indicated 116 mph on the M1 in my Ginetta G15. That felt seriously fast as the car
was very low and with a really firm suspension.
On a deserted M62 I did 138 in my E-Type.
Same deserted stretch, did 142 in my 6 MPS and there was plenty still to come.
Best of all was pulled up for allegedly doing 126 in my TR6 early one morning on the M1.
The coppers thought it was hilarious. One took the opportunity to have a smoke, and after
much admiring of the car I was told to fekking watch out in future!
These days they read you your rights if, you have a brake light out!
the ability to accelerate rapidly.
You can pass a slow driver, and put half a mile between you, and invariably they are right behind you again at the next obstruction (and you can guess what they are saying)!
Speed wise this is one that I'm not very proud of:-
An indicated 90mph downhill, on the A64, with the valves bouncing.
This was in a Ford Anglia (Harry Potter) with three family members on board!
That car wasn't safe at seventy, on the flat, with it's narrow track and skinny cross plies!
Did an indicated 116 mph on the M1 in my Ginetta G15. That felt seriously fast as the car
was very low and with a really firm suspension.
On a deserted M62 I did 138 in my E-Type.
Same deserted stretch, did 142 in my 6 MPS and there was plenty still to come.
Best of all was pulled up for allegedly doing 126 in my TR6 early one morning on the M1.
The coppers thought it was hilarious. One took the opportunity to have a smoke, and after
much admiring of the car I was told to fekking watch out in future!
These days they read you your rights if, you have a brake light out!
76 on the M4 down to Plymouth, I'm not proud of it and if there's any mitigation it was that it was a deserted 4am. I was in such a hurry as I had to get down there to run over a cat.
me neither. Shirley the M3/A303 is the best route to Plymouth?
M4, M5, A38 as any fule kno, your way if you're towing a caravan or wear string-back gloves.
22 miles shorter to go down the A303.....approx. £5.20 cheaper in fuel....a month's supply of pile cream....are you mad...!
also if you're towing an Emmet box at 40mph, the A303 must be great for forming a fecking great tail back. 
Ah yes ...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_(Cornish)
It is commonly thought to be derived from the Cornish-language word for ant, being an analogy to the way in which both tourists and ants are often red in colour and appear to mill around. However the use of 'emmet' to mean ants is actually from the Cornish dialect of English and is derived from the Old English word æmete from which the modern English word ant, is also derived (compare Modern German Ameise [ant]). The Cornish word for ant is actually moryonenn (pl. moryon)
Grockle :
A very old word of uncertain origin common for centuries in the New Forest area of Hampshire for people from outside it. In more recent times it has spread to other parts of the south coast and indeed elsewhere, including the former colonies of Northern and Southern Rhodesia as a term for a foreigner. Imported to the Isle of Man in 1970 by Capt McKenzie who had learned the word in Plymouth. Commonly referred to tourists in cars who can be easily identified because all Manx number plates have either MN or MAN in them.
It has also been said to have derived from the eponymous dragon in the obsolete The Dandy comic strip "Danny and his Grockle", popularised by the movie The System.[1] However its use in the New Forest area and local areas of Dorset and Wiltshire is well-attested by long-term residents of those areas.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_(Cornish)
It is commonly thought to be derived from the Cornish-language word for ant, being an analogy to the way in which both tourists and ants are often red in colour and appear to mill around. However the use of 'emmet' to mean ants is actually from the Cornish dialect of English and is derived from the Old English word æmete from which the modern English word ant, is also derived (compare Modern German Ameise [ant]). The Cornish word for ant is actually moryonenn (pl. moryon)
Grockle :
A very old word of uncertain origin common for centuries in the New Forest area of Hampshire for people from outside it. In more recent times it has spread to other parts of the south coast and indeed elsewhere, including the former colonies of Northern and Southern Rhodesia as a term for a foreigner. Imported to the Isle of Man in 1970 by Capt McKenzie who had learned the word in Plymouth. Commonly referred to tourists in cars who can be easily identified because all Manx number plates have either MN or MAN in them.
It has also been said to have derived from the eponymous dragon in the obsolete The Dandy comic strip "Danny and his Grockle", popularised by the movie The System.[1] However its use in the New Forest area and local areas of Dorset and Wiltshire is well-attested by long-term residents of those areas.
It would be a waste to google and not bring to chit chat...
Not actually all that fast, but the most recklessly I've driven is bombing down the A31 between Guildford and Winchester. Absolutely lethal stretch of road.
I don't like driving fast. Never have, even as a youngster. And I can't bloody stand it as a passenger.
I would guess, on occasions where my concentration has wandered somewhat, I may have drifted up to 110mph or thereabouts.
I would guess, on occasions where my concentration has wandered somewhat, I may have drifted up to 110mph or thereabouts.
so so long ago my first ton on a T110 **** up as a cafe racer, clip ons, glass fibre tank - lethal - ha ha down hill rattle rattle !!!! so few cars on the road in those days - bike heaven - it's a wonder any of us survived then!!!
I am not sure what I said there then that affended the censor uh!!!??? r!gged up as .... !!!???
then there was the triton, the TR6 sportscar then the kwackers - gpz1100 better not say what went on there -
PokerDane
03 Jul 12 16:13 Joined: 06 Aug 10 | Topic/replies: 137 | Blogger: PokerDane's blog
I don't like driving fast. Never have, even as a youngster. And I can't bloody stand it as a passenger.
I would guess, on occasions where my concentration has wandered somewhat, I may have drifted up to 110mph or thereabouts.
Same here PM.
The amount of carnage I saw, whilst driving each day on the motorway, approx 35 miles, made me watch out for other drivers.
They drive too close, they interchange lanes, I always used to watch in my mirror.
Ironically, they will be the same ones who complain about the price of fuel, if they learned to drive properly they could reduce it by a third, or more.
03 Jul 12 16:13 Joined: 06 Aug 10 | Topic/replies: 137 | Blogger: PokerDane's blog
I don't like driving fast. Never have, even as a youngster. And I can't bloody stand it as a passenger.
I would guess, on occasions where my concentration has wandered somewhat, I may have drifted up to 110mph or thereabouts.
Same here PM.
The amount of carnage I saw, whilst driving each day on the motorway, approx 35 miles, made me watch out for other drivers.
They drive too close, they interchange lanes, I always used to watch in my mirror.
Ironically, they will be the same ones who complain about the price of fuel, if they learned to drive properly they could reduce it by a third, or more.
I would guess, on occasions where my concentration has wandered somewhat, I may have drifted up to 110mph or thereabouts.
That is a pretty shocking admission by you!
I would rather be in the company of someone doing 150mph (given safe conditions)who knows
what he is doing!
I wouldn't like to be a passenger in a car, where the driver is speeding, and not in control
of his senses!
That is a pretty shocking admission by you!
I would rather be in the company of someone doing 150mph (given safe conditions)who knows
what he is doing!
I wouldn't like to be a passenger in a car, where the driver is speeding, and not in control
of his senses!
145 mph (with the wing mirrors folded in)
But it was in Germany so not a problem...
But it was in Germany so not a problem...
What if someone was trying to undertake you - no wing mirrors to see? That could have been dangerous
135 M4 Llanelli about 12 years ago. 2am and in a hired Rover.. thought bo££ox.. just do it!
Slowed down to around a ton and it felt like I was standing still.
Slowed down to around a ton and it felt like I was standing still.
Look like Slippy Blue wins this one.
What on earth was he driving at 154mph?
What on earth was he driving at 154mph?
> What if someone was trying to undertake you - no wing mirrors to see? That could have been dangerous
Yeah I was going to put them out again at 160 mph, but someone without wing mirrors pulled out in front of me and I had to slow down...
Yeah I was going to put them out again at 160 mph, but someone without wing mirrors pulled out in front of me and I had to slow down...
> What on earth was he driving at 154mph?
Was that speedo speed or satnav speed? Or Police radar speed? :)
Was that speedo speed or satnav speed? Or Police radar speed? :)
145 mph (with the wing mirrors folded in)
Is that kind of thinking that nobody will be going any faster?
A few years ago I was on the A64 near York, in the cooling down dusk of a beautiful day.
I was overtaken by something so fast, that I couldn't say what it was (btw I know my cars).
It was wide and low and loud, and when it passed me I was doing at least 70mph, and the the thing created so much wind that I was just about sucked out of my lane (no sucking comments please)!
I will swear that it was doing well over 180mph
Is that kind of thinking that nobody will be going any faster?
A few years ago I was on the A64 near York, in the cooling down dusk of a beautiful day.
I was overtaken by something so fast, that I couldn't say what it was (btw I know my cars).
It was wide and low and loud, and when it passed me I was doing at least 70mph, and the the thing created so much wind that I was just about sucked out of my lane (no sucking comments please)!
I will swear that it was doing well over 180mph
> Is that kind of thinking that nobody will be going any faster?
No it reduces the drag to get an extra 1 or 2 mph...
No it reduces the drag to get an extra 1 or 2 mph...
I am full well aware of that but my question still applies!
almost 120... down Shooters hill in Welling. many years ago i was young and foolish.
On reflection what a c*** i was then.
On reflection what a c*** i was then.
> I am full well aware of that but my question still applies!
You still have the rear view mirror and not likely to get undertaken whilst overtaking on a 2 lane road...
You still have the rear view mirror and not likely to get undertaken whilst overtaking on a 2 lane road...
Is weird how they have a speed limit on the 3 lane section and then when it goes to a crappy surface two lane section there's no speed limit...
skipthatstep..... exactly what I have been saying since my first admission on here!
It's all well and good, even if illegal, if it doesn't put others life in danger!
I was once driven from a night out in Harrogate, with five of us in a crappy Triumph Herald.
I don't recall ever being so terrified and was asking him to stop so I could walk home (25 miles).
It's all well and good, even if illegal, if it doesn't put others life in danger!
I was once driven from a night out in Harrogate, with five of us in a crappy Triumph Herald.
I don't recall ever being so terrified and was asking him to stop so I could walk home (25 miles).
120 mph in my Golf GT PD TDI on the way back from Reading dogs. A long, deserted road and straight as an arrow. Was a bit more left under my toe too which surprised me. Never felt out of control either which was very surprising too.
Wouldn't go over 85 mph these days.
Wouldn't go over 85 mph these days.
125 on the Calais to Lyon rd around 6 yrs ago.Middle of the night.The french cameras couldnt pick up Uk plates which i beleive they can now.Pedal to the metal bound for Rome.Golf TDI.
107 when in my 20s. It was an empty m5. I dont speed now i am in my 40s.
Lad I worked with in a shop bought a hooky Tigra for 400 quid, the same month I bought my first car for £180 a month
His mate had a Fireblade ringer and they got 120 out of it on this stretch of road, I suppose they start and stop quickly but still.
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Queens+Dr,+Liverpool,+Merseyside,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&ll=53.434427,-2.927282&spn=0.008718,0.026994&geocode=FVMpLwMddIbT_w&hnear=Queens+Dr,+Liverpool,+Merseyside,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.434427,-2.927282&panoid=28BXzJg2biNC3G4AMD1JYg&cbp=12,315,,0,0
His mate had a Fireblade ringer and they got 120 out of it on this stretch of road, I suppose they start and stop quickly but still.
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Queens+Dr,+Liverpool,+Merseyside,+United+Kingdom&hl=en&ll=53.434427,-2.927282&spn=0.008718,0.026994&geocode=FVMpLwMddIbT_w&hnear=Queens+Dr,+Liverpool,+Merseyside,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.434427,-2.927282&panoid=28BXzJg2biNC3G4AMD1JYg&cbp=12,315,,0,0
Aunty from your description I reckon that you were passed by a 1994 Slippymobile.
Blades I hope you're saying an empty m5 motorway and not an empty m5 BMW...otherwise you just lost a ton of man points
approx 125mph not deliberately on the short stretch of m3 bwtween the m25 and where it changes to the a316 at sunbury. the one and only posh car i've ever owned, no sensation of speed, glanced down at the speedo and scared the living sh1t out of myself. changed the car a couple weeks later for a normal car!
170 riding a battered old fireblade on the A38 between basset pole and lichfeld,outside of taking class A drugs and sex nothing else comes close to it
I think that was the stretch a friend of mine used to race on with his R1. He was a member of the 180 club.
A Guy I know has a vid on youtube doing 187 on a zzr over the mountain pass on The Isle of Man.....twisty bits, slippery white lines, cars about..fook that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FmC-beG12Q.... around 3:40 into vid
Ken Masters runs over cats for a laugh, what a surprise. I knew he was a wrongun.
Rop, it was an empty M5 motorway. I was in a calibra....beautiful motor. When I noticed I was doing 107, I dont know what scared me. It didnt feel fast. I think it was just the surprise of doing over a ton as I had been used to driving an old metro.
I'll ask my chauffeur, but he's notoriously inexact in these matters.
As a Bus driver, it is outside his job description...
110 in the UK, 130 abroad (Italy) for me
Germany the best for this - I was slouching in the inside lane at about a ton and still getting comfortable done by Beamers and Audis on the outside.
Germany the best for this - I was slouching in the inside lane at about a ton and still getting comfortable done by Beamers and Audis on the outside.
skipthatstep 03 Jul 12 19:17
almost 120... down Shooters hill in Welling. many years ago i was young and foolish.
On reflection what a c*** i was then.
When we were kids we wandered from east London on bikes across Woolwich Ferry to all over that area
One day, one of our mates kept moaning about not being able to keep up with us
While we sat and had a smoke at the top of Shooters Hill
somebody removed the brake blocks from his bike
He had no trouble keeping up on the way down
almost 120... down Shooters hill in Welling. many years ago i was young and foolish.
On reflection what a c*** i was then.
When we were kids we wandered from east London on bikes across Woolwich Ferry to all over that area
One day, one of our mates kept moaning about not being able to keep up with us
While we sat and had a smoke at the top of Shooters Hill
somebody removed the brake blocks from his bike
He had no trouble keeping up on the way down
Many ears ago ; 120mph on a dual cabbageway in the middle of nowhere - between 1am and 2am. Nowt else on the roads ahead, behind or t'other side.
(Would like another go in my Jag.today - but almost serpently wont)
(Would like another go in my Jag.today - but almost serpently wont)
somebody removed the brake blocks from his bike
What a shocking but humorous tale!
We made our own fun in those days!
PS...please Mr Moderator, can we have more "Smilies" on here, like every other site?
What a shocking but humorous tale!
We made our own fun in those days!
PS...please Mr Moderator, can we have more "Smilies" on here, like every other site?
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