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It's not hard to see why - with five DVDs full of heinous traffic law violations, including 300 km/h (180 mph) wheelies, police baiting and near-suicidal top speed time trials around the Swedish freeway system, he's probably the most famous flaunter of road rules the world has ever seen. And now, his most famous steed, a 499-horsepower turbocharged, naked Hayabusa, is being given away through a website lottery. Only ridden to church on Sundays, it's the perfect practical getabout to take down to the shops.</p> <ul id="gallery_images"> <li><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#1" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-0.jpeg" title="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs" alt="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs"/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#2" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-2.jpeg" title="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs" alt="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs"/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#3" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-3.jpeg" title="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs" alt="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs"/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#4" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-4.jpeg" title="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs" alt="Ghost Rider's 500-horsepower turbo Hayabusa - up for grabs"/></a></li> <li id="view_all"><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures" class="blue">View all<br/></a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> <p>A little background for the uninitiated: Ghost Rider (widely believed, but never legally proven to be Swedish Wheelie Team member Patrik Furstenhoff, or possibly an amalgam of Patrik and his friends) is an ex-racer, stunt rider and generally rather handy chap behind the handlebars of a motorcycle.</p> <p><div style="width: 530px; height: 284px" class="article_img"><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#1" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-0.jpeg" width="530"/></a></div></p> <p>He shot to Internet fame back in 2002 with the release of Ghost Rider: The Final Ride - a DVD video featuring an anonymous rider, clad in black leathers, black helmet and a dark visor, pushing a black GSX-R1000 to top speeds of around 300 km/h on public highways around Uppsala, Sweden. The images of this maniac weaving between traffic and almost magically avoiding lane changing cars and trucks that could never possibly have seen him coming were an instant sensation, for better or worse.</p> <p>To some, he signified the pinnacle of skill and sheer cojones, an ethereal figure flashing through the grey mass of law-abiding commuters, flipping the bird at traffic police and leading them on high-speed chases until either he tired of the game or the helicopters came out, at which point he'd stop hanging around, hit the gas and vanish.</p> <p>Of course, to the vast majority of people he was viewed as the worst kind of road menace - the kind with the genuine potential to cause serious harm to others and not just himself. To people looking to demonize the motorcycling community at large, he was a symbol of every reason why these damned deathtraps should be banned from public roads. As a result, the majority of the riding fraternity hate him for the way his actions reflect on bikers in general, while perhaps just being a tiny bit impressed.</p> <p><div style="width: 530px; height: 352px" class="article_img"><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#9" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-8.jpeg" width="530"/></a></div></p> <p>But there's no questioning his skill or bravery - even in the legal world, Furstenhoff holds the official world record for high speed wheelstands, hitting a blistering top speed of 215 mph (346 km/h) on the back wheel. Anyone who's taken a sportsbike on a racetrack knows how powerful a force air resistance can be as you approach 180 mph (300 km/h) - the idea of raising the front wheel at those speeds is frankly terrifying. The air itself would be like a brick wall - you'd be hanging onto the bars for dear life, let alone trying to deal with that force getting under the bike and trying to flip it over backwards.</p> <p><div style="width: 530px; height: 360px" class="article_img"><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#3" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-2.jpeg" width="530"/></a></div></p> <p>There's also no questioning the credentials of his machinery. The Suzuki Hayabusa was not only the fastest bike ever produced, with early models able to hit 200 mph (320 km/h) before they were reined back in to a governed top speed of 180 mph (300 km/h) in subsequent years - it was also massively over-engineered to make it a tuner's delight.</p> <p><div style="width: 530px; height: 353px" class="article_img"><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#7" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-6.jpeg" width="530"/></a></div></p> <p>With relatively few modifications to strengthen engine internals, you could turbocharge a 'Busa engine and draw very serious power out of it - and that's what Ghost Rider did to build his most famous ride - the 499-horsepower, naked Hayabusa turbo in the photos here.</p> <p><div style="width: 530px; height: 353px" class="article_img"><a href="/web/20120112150318/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/pictures#4" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/ghost-rider-ghostride-turbo-hayabusa-giveaway-busa-500hp-3.jpeg" width="530"/></a></div></p> <p>You can see the bike in full flight by searching "Ghost Rider BusaTurbo" on YouTube - we're a respectable publication, we won't link to such shenanigans here, but you can see the bike in question, painted flouro yellow, pulling ultra high-speed wheelies down a runway and then doing similar stunts on the highway.</p> <p>And now he's giving it away, in a lottery through the official <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318/http://www.ghostridermovie.net/666/lottery-hayabusa-turbo-500hp#wpcf7-f4-p479-o1" target="_blank">Ghost Rider website</a>. I've already put in my entry - I need something practical to commute on. 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</p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Marius Gruita</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 02:08 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101029" class="a_comment"> <p>THE STIG </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Tim Pattinson</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 02:38 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101062" class="a_comment"> <p>I have seen this idiots videos, and seeing him ride his bike through city streets and suburban areas, and in traffic at 200 to 300Kmh, running red lights etc, having so many near misses, putting so many innocent lives in danger - I tell you what, I'd like to get hold of him and break his n... help him see the error of his ways. </p> <p></p> <p>I am really sorry the cops were not able to kill him outright in a chase, when they tried to block his escape. </p> <p></p> <p>He would have made a good hood ornament. </p> <p></p> <p>He is an idiot and a dangerous one. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Mr Stiffy</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 04:43 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101077" class="a_comment"> <p>LOL - so poetic - breaks all the laws to make movies, then gives away his bike in protest to viewers breaking laws by downloading his movie for free. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">christopher</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 05:57 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101119" class="a_comment"> <p>I know EMTs, they call them donorcycles, this clown is a organ donor waiting for the place to happen, hope he does not take normal people with him when it happens </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Bill Bennett</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 07:40 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101266" class="a_comment"> <p>You all sound like a fun bunch of people. </p> <p></p> <p>I don't condone breaking the law or putting other peoples lives at risk, which is why I choose to take it to the race track, but wishing death on someone or calling those of who like to ride fast bikes donors, shows the depth of your character, and the level at which you understand anything. I also hate to inform you, that risk takers are the people that move society forward. If it weren't for people like us who were willing to take risks and do things you might not (probably never will) understand, you would all still be living in caves banging sticks together. </p> <p></p> <p>Have a lovely day all you pleasant, fun-loving individuals. LOL </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">gizmaniac</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 08:55 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101317" class="a_comment"> <p>With that much power output during his stunts I'm surprised he didn't run out of fuel while police were giving pursuit. I agree that he isn't helping anyone with his stunts. Arrest should be not too much of a challenge for a real police force either by the above stated reason or by him trying to collect on his lottery. It would seem as if the police are not really interesting in arresting him. How does one evade aerial pursuit? Surely he brags about his exploits to someone, right? with enough cash reward, someone will come forward. Maybe he has to kill a child first. Just goes to show that skill and intelligence do not necessarily go together. Too bad he doesn't just race Pro. or maybe he does. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Burnerjack</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 10:54 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101347" class="a_comment"> <p>@ gizmaniac; There's a line between taking risks in exploring new frontiers and taking risks that may well end the lives of people not even being asked to participate in whatever high-risk game someone want to play. Ghost Rider crossed that line again and again. Much as I admire his skills beind the handlebar, the picture of him and his bike hitting a car (with - say - a family with kids) going 200 kph slower than him was all too realistic. </p> <p></p> <p>Those of us wishing he'd been caught early on do not oppose taking risks (otherwise none of us would be riding motorcycles in the first place.) If he had only risked his own life, no one would have raised hell about his exploits. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Kim Scholer</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 12:11 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101362" class="a_comment"> <p>I think he`s a genius. Fact: He hasn`t killed anyone. He`s a far better rider than many bikers on the planet. He has faster reaction times than most and therefore is able to pull off the kind of stunts that he does. If you haven`t seen any of his Uppsala freeway missions, I suggest you do. Sure it`s highly illegal etc but he`s not an idiot, more of a highly skilled biker who happens to enjoy taking taking chances and is skilled enough to get away with it. </p> <p>Ghost Rider, whoever you are, shot for the awesome footage mate. You`re a true entertainer. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Apollo19</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 01:10 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101425" class="a_comment"> <p>Apollo19: </p> <p>He isn't a superhuman. And humans used to make mistakes. Even extremely skilled ones. </p> <p>He has no right to endanger others just to chase his own egoistic wishes to be famous. </p> <p>His luck will not last forever... </p> <p></p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">IvÃ¡n Imhof</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 05:03 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101446" class="a_comment"> <p>There's no denying this bloke has skills. Bravo GR </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Terry Penrose</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 08:47 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101473" class="a_comment"> <p>@Apollo19 </p> <p></p> <p>There is a genuine difference between "skill" and being someone who like ghost rider, who is a dangerous immature idiot. </p> <p></p> <p>It's like going around a corner, say signposed at 75Kmh. Guaranteed that even in heavy rain, at 75Kmh with good tyres, I can cruise around that no problem. Assuming on a motorbike - the limits of adhesion of the tyres dictate that the bike will hold firmly at say 120Kmh, beyond that the tyres start to skid, and the skid can be managed up to 130kmh, and then the bike goes into a slide. </p> <p></p> <p>The problem is at 120Kmh and beyond, there are NO margins for error. </p> <p></p> <p>It's the same as travelling at 100Kmh on a highway, then one comes toward a intersection where the other people have stop signs. </p> <p></p> <p>Assuming the other people in a car, do not see you on the motorbike, and they only slow down a bit for the stop sign and come through the intersection - this is how to work this out. </p> <p></p> <p>100Kmh = 100,000 meters per hour then divide by 3600 (60 minutes and divided by 60 seconds) = 27 meters per second (about 85 feet). </p> <p></p> <p>Now the reaction time is say 0.3 seconds from seeing the car run the stop sign to applying the brakes which take about 0.3 seconds, and then add in the distance to stop - say 20 meters (~65 feet). So your bike covers 1/3 of a second x 27 meters per second (8 meters) + 1/3 of a second x 27 meters per second (8 meters) + 20 meters - that makes a total stopping distance of 36 meters. </p> <p></p> <p>And you come to a stop say 10 meters from the car. </p> <p></p> <p>At 300Kmh or 300,000 meters per hour / 3600 = 84 meters a second. </p> <p></p> <p>In the exact same situation at 300Kmh, from seeing the car run the stop sign to applying the brakes which take about 0.3 seconds, and then add in the distance to stop - say 60 meters (~200 feet). So your bike covers 1/3 of a second x 84 meters per second (25 meters) + 1/3 of a second x 84 meters per second (25 meters) + 60 meters stopping distance - that makes a total stopping distance of 110 meters (~350 feet). </p> <p></p> <p>In the same situation, when that car runs the stop sign, at 300Kmh you have not even had time to hit the brakes - and everyone inside that car is dead. </p> <p></p> <p>He is no genius rider, because he basically puts himself into a position where he cannot get out of without killing himself (yay!!!) or others (boo!!!), and his expert riding - that is nothing more than a lot of near misses. </p> <p></p> <p>One of the things I picked up was, "There are old riders and there are bold riders but there are no old bold riders", and he is getting through most of the near misses by the hair on his arse. </p> <p></p> <p>I have seen most of his videos and seeing him go through a inner city office area at 200+ Kmh and running red lights at 4 am - and what happens to the poor bastard going to work at that time - so he can feed his family and keep a roof over their heads - just driving along with the green light and this idiot puts a hole through him and his car? </p> <p></p> <p>Their dad is dead because of some idiot who has no brains, who gets his jollies by baiting the cops while endangering other peoples lives in the process. </p> <p></p> <p>Ghost Rider is the sort of person who inspires sensible people to string fencing wire across the roads to kill people like him, because he is so dangerous to innocent people. </p> <p></p> <p>I don't blame them either - because Ghost Rider is an idot and he is a dangerous idiot. </p> <p></p> <p>Ghost Rider makes people HATE motorcyclists, and people in cars who hate motorcyclists, do bad things to people who ride motorcycles. In legal jargon it's called "Inciting". </p> <p></p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Mr Stiffy</span> <span class="date">- January 7, 2012 @ 02:39 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101491" class="a_comment"> <p>Here in Dallas a few weeks ago, there was a pack of about 12 donorcycles riding like idiots on the tollway. Two of them crashed into a guy out cruising on his Harley, killing all three. What did the other 10 asshats do? Rode off. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">bartflossom</span> <span class="date">- January 7, 2012 @ 07:17 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101509" class="a_comment"> <p>Mr Stiffy you are most certainly correct. </p> <p>However I have enjoyed watching the antics of GR. they are very calculated actions. </p> <p>I have seen worse, men riding tractors(also known as Harleys) riding the centre line passing vehicles with oncoming traffic. wide bars , more bone than meat between the ears. </p> <p>sure they are not doing even 200km or 160 but all it takes is for some nosey dog to poke his head out to see what the noise is. and the rider goes under the truck trailor he's passing and the poor mutt is knocked out by the handle bar. took the coroner a few weeks to figure that one out. </p> <p></p> <p>there is also some romantic idea that in most policed nanny states someone is experiencing freedom. some can travell and recockulous speeds and do it well. some are temporary citizens, and kill others and the dramatic consequences. </p> <p></p> <p>I vote for selfdetermination and freedom. </p> <p>and yes i'm in the lottery! </p> <p>Viva GR </p> <p>Brutus </p> <p></p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Brutus</span> <span class="date">- January 7, 2012 @ 12:13 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101695" class="a_comment"> <p>Ghost Rider is a Hero </p> <p>Through his riding he expresses many of the thoughts and emotions of those of us who are fed up with the socialist , cradle to grave , big brother knows best society that we are forced to endure. </p> <p>Yes what is does is not within the law, but there is a difference between right and wrong and legal and illegal. </p> <p>I know that he puts Innocent people at risk but I cannot condemn him I can only admire. </p> <p></p> <p></p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Captain Danger</span> <span class="date">- January 9, 2012 @ 06:08 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101776" class="a_comment"> <p>@ mr. stiffy </p> <p></p> <p>"Ghost Rider is the sort of person who inspires sensible people to string fencing wire across the roads to kill people like him" </p> <p></p> <p>and you say this in the same breath as 'endangering innocent road users'? </p> <p></p> <p>what's to stop this fencing wire from killing innocent bikers, or causing innocent cars to crash? </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Arto Da Funceira</span> <span class="date">- January 9, 2012 @ 03:04 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101944" class="a_comment"> <p>The lemmings have all identified themselves, it appears. It's always funny to see people try to justify the stupid laws they follow. If it's so dangerous to go fast, then why isn't Ghost Rider dead already? Well, I'll tell ya...because he doesn't do anything dangerous or irrational. He's actually quite courteous from what I've seen, until the cops are less than 10 seconds or so behind, and even then... </p> <p></p> <p>I love this guy's spirit. Long live Ghost Rider! Long live the individual, the enemy of the timid, the scared, and the politician! </p> <p></p> <p>We're not all followers, you see, but hey, we need you folks, too. Somebody has to fall for all the advertising and buy all the junk we produce. Keep up the good work. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">FastGuy</span> <span class="date">- January 10, 2012 @ 04:43 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-102031" class="a_comment"> <p>"Assuming on a motorbike - the limits of adhesion of the tyres dictate that the bike will hold firmly at say 120Kmh, beyond that the tyres start to skid, and the skid can be managed up to 130kmh, and then the bike goes into a slide." </p> <p></p> <p>You've completely pulled that out of your ass. </p> <p></p> <p>Watch MotoGP, they go through corners at speeds of 120mph - 160mph, on the straights they reach upto 200mph and above. They use racing slick tyres not road tyres which offer much less grip, you probably don't know the difference between them though. </p> <p></p> <p>None of your school grade math takes into account braking force, engine braking, wind resistance, weight, or surface resistance. You assume for some reason the distance to stop is 20 meters.. why not 50 meters or 100? </p> <p></p> <p>You don't just zap on the brakes either on a bike unless you want to go over the handlebars. </p> <p></p> <p>You call him an idiot yet he's built one of the fastest bikes in the world and broken a ton of world records, he's clearly a professional who knows what he's doing. </p> <p></p> <p>Yes he takes risks, the world is full of risks. Planes crash, countries go to war, and (stuff) happens. Is he endangering people tremendously by what he's doing? In my opinion considering this past year I've seen police thumping people over the head with a baton, talking on phones in their cars, and all matter of other abusive stuff, I don't think Ghost Rider is something I should greatly concern myself with, nor do I think it's a massive injustice that he isn't punished. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">I2obiN</span> <span class="date">- January 10, 2012 @ 09:58 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-102064" class="a_comment"> <p>well he ride bike for sure ,,but i hope he dont kill some one ,,,seems to me ,,he out show off ,,some what ,he has skills to ride ,fast ,but just take secon to kill some one he have to live with that rest of his life,,,,dude go race on salts in usa u go fast no one will care ,,well some break some records ,cool ,,,the give that bike away to some one never ride it ,agian,,i hope ,,, </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112150318im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Stacy William Buchkowsky</span> <span class="date">- January 10, 2012 @ 11:51 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-102085" class="a_comment"> <p>I love this guy, he proves a point that the laws are ridiculous and set just fast enough to kill you yet too slow to keep you awake. 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