Court date scheduled for speeding motorcyclist

Court date scheduled for speeding motorcyclist

STRATFORD, Ont. – A man has a court date next month after police clocked a motorcycle going 97 kilometres per hour over the speed limit near Stratford, Ont.

Provincial police say it happened Sunday on Perth Line 20 between Highway 7 and St. Pauls Station.

Police say the motorcycle was clocked at 177 km/h in an 80 zone.

A 47-year-old man from Kitchener, Ont., will appear in court July 26 to face a charge of racing a motor vehicle.

His licence was suspended and his motorcycle was impounded, both for seven days.