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I was just curious to find out if i am the only one that sticks to the speed limit. i went for a ride on anzac day to watch targa tasmania and of course i was at the end of the line of about 14 bikes and when i pulled up at one of our stops people kept saying go quicker.I dont m ind going 10 kms over but some of these blokes were doing 140 in 100 zone
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fidler28 wrote:I was just curious to find out if i am the only one that sticks to the speed limit. i went for a ride on anzac day to watch targa tasmania and of course i was at the end of the line of about 14 bikes and when i pulled up at one of our stops people kept saying go quicker.I dont m ind going 10 kms over but some of these blokes were doing 140 in 100 zone

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Yep I generally do speed. I Try to stick to 70's and always stick religiously to 50's but out of town I normally add about 10k's to the limit.

Mind you, as most speedo's over-read I'm probably not actually breaking the limit at all :P :oops:
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According to my speedo, I speed regularly. According to my GPS, I don't.
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fidler28 wrote:... but some of these blokes were doing 140 in 100 zone
:shock: CRIMINALS!!
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i dont speed in traffic. generally only when i'm on my own. that way i will only hurt myself if i f#ck up!!
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If I do speed it's cause I wasn't looking at the speedo but once I see I am I reduce my speed. :D
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javaman wrote:
fidler28 wrote:... but some of these blokes were doing 140 in 100 zone
:shock: CRIMINALS!!
hey hey hey Mr Hypocrite.... Just the other day you were doing 115 in a 100km area!
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javaman wrote:
fidler28 wrote:... but some of these blokes were doing 140 in 100 zone
:shock: CRIMINALS!!
Must've been riding 10's then, in first gear...go the Crim!
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Only the bikes speeding,I havent touched that stuff since i was a youngin :shock:
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every day i'm on the road i've probably been speeding.
have sped by a little and sped by a lot.
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just do whatever your happy with and remember if you do the crime you do the time.

I got my licence back yesterday but still have a phobia about going back to doing anything on the road. :shock:
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i try not to speed too much.

especially in the straights as that is pointless (IMHO) and doesnt prove anything

an occasional squirt here and there. I found going to the track really helped to get that out of my system though.
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its only *speeding* if you are fined - otherwise its just a ride, at your chosen rate of velocity. Which may be above or below some arbitrarily determined speed *limit* for the particular piece of tarmac that you happen to be riding on .........generally *above*......... :wink:

If you exceed the speed limit while overtaking a vehicle (ie a semi-trailer), in order to get past it safely (ie and not get cleaned up by the vehicle coming in the opposite direction)..........well, I guess in that situation it is a case of *safe speeding*.......... :roll: :roll:

Its all a load of frogshit. Speed is just a relative concept, governed by a machiavellian society more interested in the cheap easy blame game, than actually doing something about the shithouse condition of the roads we use, and the even greater shithouse condition of the driver training provided..............

are you glad you asked ?? :wink:

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