Police are hunting a motorbike rider who appears to hit 189mph on a UK road in a YouTube video. It is said to be the fastest speed ever recorded on a British road and then posted on YouTube.

The video shows the rider negotiating a roundabout before making a high speed run. The clip is called ‘first run on cam’ and in the description the rider says the ZX10r was spinning its wheel at 180mph. Some internet users have questioned whether the bike’s speedo may be out, noting it takes under six seconds to go from around 100mph to 189mph.

The video has now been viewed almost 15,000 times, most of which are probably by police trying to identify the rider.

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