Moment biker pulls 111mph wheelie with a passenger on the back

This is the shocking moment a motorcyclist pulls a wheelie at 111mph - while carrying someone on the back of his superbike. 

Sam Woodward was on the wrong side of a rural B-road when he tore past a safety camera van on May 31.

Footage shows the bike screaming along the B1248 Beverley Road, in North Yorkshire, with one wheel up in the air.

Behind him on the Yamaha YZF R-1 sits a pillion passenger, clinging to his waist.

As he passes the van it clocks him doing 111mph on the high-performance motorcycle, which has a top speed of more than 170mph and a higher power to weight than a Bugatti Veyron.

The 27-year-old, of Driffield, a market town in East Yorkshire, then failed to stop for police and later lied about his bike being stolen.

After Woodward appeared in court, Sergeant Michael Ray of North Yorkshire Police's Traffic Bureau who led the investigation, said: 'This standard of driving is very clearly unacceptable and Woodward put himself, his passenger and other road users at risk of serious injury or even death.

'We will not tolerate drivers who use public roads as their own personal racing track and we will take positive action against those who treat them as such.

'Our thorough investigation demonstrates the value of safety cameras on North Yorkshire's roads and shows that we can and will identify exactly who is responsible for an incident of this nature, no matter what steps may be taken to disguise the fact.'

Woodward plead guilty to dangerous driving and appeared in Scarborough Magistrates' Court yesterday to be sentenced.

He received a 24-week jail sentence, suspended for a year, was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid community work, and must pay a total of £239 in costs and surcharges.

He was also banned from driving for a year with and he will have to take an extended test before he's allowed back on the road after his disqualification.