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98ninja wrote:had my 95 zzr250 up to 165 full tuck down a hill with a tailwind.
i loved that bike . took the hero knobs off the pegs on both sides . man 250s can go round corners

i had my gpx just above 150 and would go anymore

Morden wrote:Remember that Aussie spedo's have to be accurate to within 10%

this means that while it COULD be reading your exact speed, even with a new speedo you could be + or - 10% of your indicated speed.

so for 270km/h indicated, thats anywhere from 243km/h to 297km/h

To farking fast for our roads anyway.

It's a little more complicated than that. It's been shown that they are very accurate all the way to 3 figures but after that they tend to start adding the odd 10k's here and there. Anyone would think the manufacturer's did it on purpose to boost rider's bragging rights and therefore sales.

Damn it`s the old servo or pub question, "Hey mate whats it pull flat out?"
and the same old answer, it`s fast enough.

I think the old ZZR2Fiddy managed 150...

The 05 636 I have had up to 250 (indicated) on the straight at EC
And I am sure someone I know very well once saw 265 (indicated) on a private test track.

Of course I have no interest in what my bikes top speed is.

NovaCoder wrote:

Morden wrote:Remember that Aussie spedo's have to be accurate to within 10%

this means that while it COULD be reading your exact speed, even with a new speedo you could be + or - 10% of your indicated speed.

so for 270km/h indicated, thats anywhere from 243km/h to 297km/h

To farking fast for our roads anyway.

It's a little more complicated than that. It's been shown that they are very accurate all the way to 3 figures but after that they tend to start adding the odd 10k's here and there. Anyone would think the manufacturer's did it on purpose to boost rider's bragging rights and therefore sales.

I wonder if we all started this post again, but on the basis of having used GPS, whether the figures claimed would remain the same. Somehow I doubt it very much ... and in some cases I think people would get a real shock.

Hit 82kph laid flat over the bars on the Avanti MTB down hill (mt Macedon)
Scary Monsters .
Theres always someone / something faster out there , Take it easy guys/girls .
Dont worry , know the speed thrill equation , just know your road etc etc and think first , Then go for it .
Stay Safe .

the speedo on my zx2 only goes to 190 and i've had but past that in 5th. but it is a little conservative so i'd sav prob 180ish in 5th.
takes too much road to get it up higher in 6th.

no where near as fast as the ones in QLD

recycled wrote:no where near as fast as the ones in QLD

thats cos u got the pussied out "victorian" version...

the kid wrote:Hit 82kph laid flat over the bars on the Avanti MTB down hill (mt Macedon)

a few years ago a policeman tried to book me on my racer
for 79 in a 70 zone in North rd Ormond (in Melbourne)
I even got shown the radar reading coz I queried it...82 !
but you get a 3kmh leeway..so 79 it was.

I got a warning after I was asked if I could prove my name
was SMITH
with the lycra gear, no licence no wallet on me..so Mr Smith got a warning

lol smithy

Had a mate who got pulled over for 68 in a 60 once (downhill of course, he's not that fit), the cop told him to slow it down, but let him off because since there was no trafic at the time, and bicycles aren't required to have spedo's (unless your a triathlete, think about it), there was no way he could acuratly judge that he was over 60.

This is of course around 8 years ago to, not sure how he'd go if he got pulled over now)

All indicated.

98 ZXR250 - 195 limiter in 5th (m/s EC)
02 GSXR750 - 290 6th with more to go (m/s EC)
04 Trek 2300 - 73 (Newbridge Rd Moorebank)

The first 2 there is this bloody left hand turn that I had to slow down for otherwise 10 to 20 more. The last one, having watched the recent TDF, I hope like hell I don't come off wearing lycra.

Seeing as I don't have access to private roads or camera equipment to do it myself I found this on the internet.
Apparently it's a green 2003 ZXR636 with a pipe & pc?

Hey gizmo
I hope that's not your bike dude. If it is, trade it in quick. Mate, my mates wasn't pulling that many revs and was well beyond that speed.

I've only managed 240kph on my ZX9R before running out of road/bravery...but feck it gets up there fast!

Got my old RF900 up to indicated 260kph at 9000rpm in 4th gear (very long straight) had plenty of time to think about how long it was taking.