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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:04 pm
by Shifty
It's funny, people who don't know about fast things always ask about top speed. They don't seem to comprehend that the fun is the acceleration, rather than the outright speed.
Excepting 250's I can think of very few people who have topped out their bike's max speed.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:41 pm
by Neka79
Shifty wrote:
Excepting 250's I can think of very few people who have topped out their bike's max speed.
umm sum of us are silly enuf to have tried....
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:18 pm
by Shifty
I said nothing about not trying. I remember a ride out int he middle of nowhere, when I pulled up to my mate on the side of the road with his arms crossed, tapping his foot saying he'd been waiting 15 minutes... we'd only been on the bike 25
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:09 pm
by Phil
top speed runs never happen, i have never seen 2 zx9's, zx10, z1000 and zx12 with thier riders flat on the tank and going for it
well maybe one or twice somewhere in the middle of nowhere
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:54 pm
by Neka79
Phil wrote:top speed runs never happen, i have never seen 2 zx9's, zx10, z1000 and zx12 with thier riders flat on the tank and going for it
well maybe one or twice somewhere in the middle of nowhere
me either....
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:52 pm
by Errol
Shifty wrote:It's funny, people who don't know about fast things always ask about top speed. They don't seem to comprehend that the fun is the acceleration, rather than the outright speed.
Excepting 250's I can think of very few people who have topped out their bike's max speed.
I guess these over-policed days it is harder to acheive
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In the 90's, every friday in Mount Isa I would take my CBR 1000 to top gear redline heading east out of town. Turn around , go home , park the bike & get a taxi to the Overlander to hit the piss.
To offset that these days I sometime's run 16/45 sprockets for months on end on the ZRX, factory is 17/42. When I tour 18/42, 3400rpm @ 100klm/h, 10'500 redline
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So I believe HP is KING not road speed
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:36 pm
by Neka79
very true...gearing changes EVERYTHING...
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:44 pm
by Blue14
Pffft, for the price of that thing i could own 2 14's or even a 12 and a 14. And still wouldnt know how fast they went cause i wouldnt be attempting it.. So they claim fastest production bike hey ? Well let me see, i believe the 14 unrestricted can do around 318 if my memory is any good. And i also believe i read the Busa and the 12 doing around the 316 mark unrestricted. So i guess that leaves 312 somewhere behind..
And no way could the Italians try for most powerful bike, cause they think torque is something you do on the phone..
Nice try Mr Agusta, its back to the drawing board for you..
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:30 pm
by paul-s
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:14 pm
by Shifty
Blue: Or speak to S&R and be MUCH faster
