A motorcyclist was nabbed travelling at the "remarkably stupid speed" of 236kmh near Cromwell on Sunday.

Otago Lakes-Central area road policing manager Senior Sergeant Glenn Wilkinson said the man was caught on a police radar on State Highway 8, near Northburn, about 4.30pm.

The 27-year-old Queenstown man was on a borrowed bike and wearing sneakers, cotton pants and no gloves. Police said the bike was a Honda 600CC.

Jo McKenzie-McLean/Stuff Southern Lakes road policing manager Senior Sergeant Glenn Wilkinson says the motorcyclist's speed was "high enough to raise a few eyebrows".

He was charged with dangerous driving and is due to appear in the Alexandra District Court this week.

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It was unusual to come across people driving so far over the speed limit, Wilkinson said.

"It is a remarkably stupid speed.

"It is high enough to raise a few eyebrows."

It is not the highest speed recorded by police.

In December 2015, Canterbury police clocked a motorcyclist doing 261kmh on State Highway 73, near West Melton. The motorcyclist was not caught.

At the time it was the highest speed recorded in Canterbury since at least 2007.

In January 2019, Christchurch motorcyclist Dane Allan Montgomery, 33, admitted dangerous driving after posting footage of a 220kmh ride on the Governors Bay-Teddington Rd in August, 2018.