A motorcyclist was busted yesterday for speeding and reckless driving after a Florida cop spotted him riding hands-free “with his arms outstretched like he was ‘Jack on the Titanic,’” according to an arrest affidavit.
Police allege that Damon Henkins, 34, was going 105 mph when he mimicked Leonardo DiCaprio’s “I’m the King of the World” pose as he sped Sunday morning on U.S Route 19.
Driving in a 55 mph zone “with other traffic present,” Henkins had “both hands off the handlebars” when Corporal Jacob Rolleston of the Pinellas Park Police Department observed him traveling at an “excessive and dangerous speed.”
Seen at right, Henkins was arrested on two misdemeanor charges and booked into the county jail. The St. Petersburg resident spent about six hours in custody before being freed on $300 bond.
Henkins drives a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R and has posted Instagram videos showing him weaving (and white lining) through highway traffic. In late-May he uploaded a photo of his motorcycle--which can approach 175 mph--with the caption, “Finally gave her a bath and installed the new windscreen. In love with this bike.”
Henkins has previously been cited for driving an unregistered vehicle and driving a vehicle with an expired registration.