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rules are for masses. taking the vehicle population, number of roads, its conditions, etc the govt makes a rule. any car above 30 lakhs can stop in few seconds from triple digits, but law says 70 km/hr. think their plight...

just have a look around, how many road users are using proper indicators, changing lanes properly and riding/driving sensibly at low speeds? hardly any. isnt? so when these people are noob at slow speeds imagine things at high speeds. so to avoid mishaps govt has set these speeds limits. i think we must cooperate. but their cooperation is a must too. they must make some exceptions.

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As Legend Racer said, rules are for masses and your KTM and other capable bikes are in the same category of "Two wheelers" in India in which a 100cc bike fits in too. If cops stop you for over speeding, legally you can't fight that in court unless and until they are asking for unreasonable amount as fine or bribe.

If you really wish to have a different speed limit for specific 200/300/600/1000cc respectively, you should probably shout for a category based restricted licensing system in India first.

Ride safe and casual. Speed limits are anyways ridiculous in urban India.

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The maximum speed limit for bikes(two wheelers) on any public road in India, Be it a State Highway or an Expressway is 50Kmph.
This was made the regulation a long time back and is in accordance with the Motor Vehicles Act,1988 and the Central Motor Vehicles Rules,1989. It came into force in 1989.
And so if one rides above 50Kmph on a two wheeler in India, he is liable to be booked by the authorities for overspeeding.

Personally I feel that the speed limits for bikes should be 65-70Kmph on State Highways and upwards. More than a decade back, I had come across an article about this topic by Dr. P.S Pasricha, the then Traffic Inspector General of Police, Mumbai in an issue of the Auto India. In his article, he too said that 50 Kmph for bikes is too low and that it needs to be updated and increased. Another fact is that most new bikes, especially the ones like the Duke, the Ninja and even the Unicorn can brake a lot better than many sedans.

Refer the chart for Speed Limts for different types of vehicles in India: http://www.aptransport.org/html/acts...t_a_glance.pdf

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Thats sad...well i drive around 90 on my ns...and whenever i see a barricade/police van/thulla(TPM) I drop down to 40's

As I Grew Up..I slowly Loose My Freedom...

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I understand most of the motorist in india ride/drive like crazy. I fully respect the authorities, but i can't accept bikes to adhere to 50kph and cars doing 120kph on the same road. Drivers in india are as crazy as riders, so why do we face the brunt. Just because we make up a minority. I am not trying to sound political. But in my case I can't use a motorcycle anymore. I either ride at 50kph or take the car.
As mentioned below by jalex, most modern 150, or even 125cc bike can maintain 80KPH. I wasn't asking for a different category/class for my bike. My question was to upgrade the 2wheeler speed for all. Commuter bikes which can't maintain 80kph wouldn't mind and bike which can would benefit and not get finned unnecessarily. If you also feel speed limits are ridiculous than i say sir its time we (including you) do something about it.

In the largest forum for bikers in india i am happy to see one biker who sings the same tune. If you are aware can you explain me the legal implications of this. How can we legaly put this to rest. I again request other members especially lawyers to put some light on this.

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I call this speed limit for bikes as Bull S***. I am always on a lookout for Pandus, and slow down the speed if i just sight them.
Even if a Pandu tries to stop me on the road, i wont, i would rather go to the court and pay the dues if I have to, than stopping for a Pandu.

Recently in bangalore, I had seen so many Splendours driven by people aged 50s being stopped for riding at 55kmph on a 4 lane highway !!
I was lucky enough to spot these pandus and slow down.

How is one supposed to ride at 50 if we have a 4 lane road where everyone's speeding at 100kmph and beyond, and a person riding a 2 wheeler "slowly", taking all the wind blasts from a 4 wheeler which zoom by. I find it very uncomfortable and dangerous when a vehicle zooms past by me at speeds much higher than mine! One could loose control of their vehicle easily, supposedly if a 4wheeler zooms by at 100s very closely and you are at 50s !!

There are a lot of rules that need to be changed that were made during the "old stone age" in India!

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In my City Chandigarh, speed limit for a motorcycle is 45kmph and i have a CBR250R... 'nuf said.

Seriously, I think this speed limit should be increased to at least 60kmph for bikes... 45 is just way too slow and tricky in 6th gear.... in fact, most motorcycles can do 60kmph with ease...

The speed limit should be increased to a practical amount that can be happily followed...

-Valkyrie

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Silly question!!!

If you think this is unfair, then you might have to rethink about serial killers & child rapists pardoned by President of India.

Point is, if you got to live in this country, just abide the law; period!! No second thoughts & I don't see any point discussing this zillion times here!!

Edit - And you're talking about 250's, what about the COVERment permitting to sell R1, Hayabusa & 1000RR while the speed limit of motorcycles are only 50 Kmph? Ideally speaking, those guys wouldn't have to change from 1st gear!!! Adding another stupidity - People owning 2 Lakh Rs car have to pay toll, while people owning 16L Rs motorcycle get away with toll. There're so many stupid laws in this country that needs to be changed.

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Ok, here's another perspective for people who still crib...

In US of A & few other EU (barring Germany for this discussion), the highway speed limit is anywhere between 55mph to 80mph, which is nothing but, 80 Kmph to 128 Kmph. Naturally, people with R1, S1000RR have reason to crib, when such speeds on these bikes are only a joke.

There's more in life than speeding; law will always be unjust for some & stupidity for others, bottom line, one has to make a choice whether to crib or enjoy the ride free!!

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Valid points, Agreed !
But Sir, do you abide by the rules and never cross the 50kmph speed on your bike?

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No...if you haven't spit on the road, didn't throw garbage on streets, didn't light up the garbage, haven't smoked cigarette in public, missed to cast your vote, didn't pay bribe at any COVERment office at any point in time be it for obtaining birth certificate or learners or even DL, didn't gold plate to obtain additional gas cylinder or worst case knew there was something unlawful & yet failed to report!!

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Truely said bro...my unicorn was fined twice for a silly 65+ kmph... How the hell even a 150cc bike can handle below 70-80 with decent accelaration. We have bikes ranging from R15 to bmw motorrads today on Indian roads. If modulating speed limits for bike segments won't make sense, why aren't they doing it for the type of roads? Point is they may put up limits in city traffic and accedent prone areas..even areas like schools and hospitals. But they have to allow more speed on highways. But here the scenario is they are waiting with an interceptor only where speed can be attained effortless and safely. Seems they want to reach a target of fine amount for each station. But If you think what I think, below speed is more irritating and can cause accidents. Foreign countries charge fine for below speed on speed ways. We have few speed ways...doesn't mean highways are for 50kmph. One can even run at 50kmph. They are treating riders like murderers. "If there is helmet, they call us terrorist...and if there is no helmet they call us criminal.." have ever tried to overtake a volvo state transport bus on highways? Look at your speedo on that time..100+...atleast 70-90.. This huge vehicle never heard to be fined. So they want fine quotas to be filled...neither they are excercising stupid rules for road safety, nor they want to reduce accidents...all they want is screw up with rules to make money and fake reputation... Jai Hind..

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Just to clear the legal angle involved here, According to the Central Govt. Rules, the Maximum Speed Limit of Motorcycles in India is 50 KMPH as mentioned here -->



however, if needed, state transport dept.s can modify this speed limit, if the State Govt. feels the need.
Therefore, exercising this right some states have modified the maximum speed limits either for entire state or for certain roads/areas, as given in links -->>

Speed limits in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Delhi Traffic Police, New Delhi (India) - Fire Accident, Emergency Services in Delhi, Delhi Police, Fire Tenders

MVDKerala - Act and Rules

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Just to clear the legal angle involved here, According to the Central Govt. Rules, the Maximum Speed Limit of Motorcycles in India is 50 KMPH as mentioned here -->

http://www.aptransport.org/html/acts-rules/the_table_of_maximum_speed_limit_at_a_glance.pdf

however, if needed, state transport dept.s can modify this speed limit, if the State Govt. feels the need.
Therefore, exercising this right some states have modified the maximum speed limits either for entire state or for certain roads/areas, as given in links -->>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_India

http://www.delhitrafficpolice.nic.in/speed-limitation.htm

http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=100