The biker caught speeding at more than twice the limit has spoken out about his two-year ban.

Father-of-five Lewis Matanle was revealed on kentishgazette.co.uk to have been clocked at doing 146mph on the A2 on the outskirts of Canterbury.

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While Mr Matanle accepts he broke the law and should be punished, he denied he was putting other people’s lives at risk.

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The self-employed stone mason, of Marine Crescent, Whitstable, now fears his business may be at risk and said the sentence seemed harsh when compared to others.

“I knew there would be a penalty but they gave me a pretty horrific ban,” he said.

“I don’t normally ride like that but it was very clear with extremely clear visibility and very good weather conditions.”

Mr Matanle, 38, was disqualified for two years by magistrates and ordered to pay a £400 fine and £50 court costs.

But he cited the case of boxer Amir Khan, who was convicted of his second speeding offence earlier this year after a 155mph police pursuit.

Magistrates in Rochdale banned him for 42 days and fined him £1,000, even though he had already been banned for six months for speeding through a red light and injuring a pedestrian.

“It doesn’t seem very consistent,” he said. “I know people who have been done for drink-driving who have received lesser sentences.

“I was completely sober and no one got hurt and bikes nowadays are more than able to cope with very high speeds.”

Mr Matanle’s speed was the highest ever recorded by a mobile safety camera in the county and the case has been widely reported on the radio, television and internet.

He now fears there could be longer lasting effects on his family and business, as well as the end of 18 years of riding motorbikes.

“I’ve already got rid of the bikes and we are going to have to sell at least one of our two cars,” he said.

“I deserve the punishment and I accept it but I’m 38, I’m not a boy racer. Only time will tell how it affects the business. I certainly won’t be able to expand it and we will just have to see if it survives.”