50 in a 45 zone wth?

The highway patrol gave me a 25 in a 65 excessive speed ticket four or five years ago while commuting home on my street bike. He said, any speed with the front wheel in the air is an unsafe speed sir.

I just agreed and signed, as actually the front wheel unexpectedly pointed skyward at around 80 mph as it power wheelied in second gear. I forgot I didn't have a full tank of gas to keep the front end down in second before I could chop the power. I guess he was pretty far behind me when it happened and just saw the headlight point skyward briefly.