Archive for August 24th, 2008

In Brittain, Unmarked Sport Bikes Used to Ticket Motorists

Speed cameras hidden in sport motorcycles and horse trailers generate big revenue for North Wales, UK.

Cop BladeDrivers in North Wales, UK are falling into well-hidden speed camera traps. Motorists who do not think twice when passing a high-performance sport bike or an SUV hauling a horse trailer may, weeks later, find notice of an alleged violation weeks later in the mail along with a demand for a payment of £60 (US $120). Motorcycle enthusiast websites have been tracking the latest tactics used by the North Wales Police.

Visordown News last week published reader photographs of the “CopBlade,” a Honda Fireblade equipped with a front-mounted speed camera and hidden police lights. The 170hp motorcycle can cover a quarter-mile from a stop in just 10.8 seconds on the way to a top speed of 174 MPH.

“One hundred MPH wheelies have never been so easy as on the latest Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade,” MotorcycleNews wrote in its review of the sport bike. “Yet the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade is also idiot-proof, docile and real-world responsive, too.”

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