Motorcyclist hits 166 mph on N.Y. highway, brags he could go faster, cops say

(CBS) NEW YORK - When Nikkolaus McCarthy was pulled over on his motorcycle by state police Wednesday and told he had been clocked at 166 mph, he supposedly bragged that the bike could do 190.

Fast motorcycle, slow driver.

According to CBS New York, New York State police said the southbound motorcycle on the state thruway in the Village of Ravena was indeed flying along at 166 mph, and that when a trooper tried to stop the bike as it slowed for traffic, he could only get a description of the Suzuki before the driver sped off again.

The description was announced over police radios and, with several troopers on the lookout, the bike was clocked repeatedly between 150 and 170 mph, police said.

Eventually the driver, the 25-year-old McCarthy, was pulled over in New Paltz, some 50 miles away from where he was first clocked, and arrested, CBS New York reported.

Advised of the speeds at which he was traveling, McCarthy allegedly told troopers his motorcycle could easily go over 190 mph.

McCarthy was charged with fleeing police, reckless driving, speeding and operating out of class, since he did not have a motorcycle license.

He was arraigned in the Village of Ravena Court and sent to the Albany County Correctional Facility on $20,000 bail.

That will slow him down for at least a little while.