189 mph.
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:16 pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/glou ... 188000.stm
ZX-10R apparently.
ZX-10R apparently.
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189 mph.
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:35 pm
just what we need a bad name,every anti speed campaigner will be rubbing there hands.
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:53 pm
Typical sensational reporting .... bet with speedo error this was not a lot over a far more sedate 170 
(still don't know what this emoticon's for)
Do we not have a stretch of German Autobahn in the Cotswolds?
(still don't know what this emoticon's for)Do we not have a stretch of German Autobahn in the Cotswolds?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:29 pm
'scuse my ignorance, but which is the fastest legal road bike to press? 
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:05 pm
That was the beeb, I avoided the tabloids.D-Rider wrote:Typical sensational reporting ....
Just google 189 mph.
The clip was soon removed from youtube but is still around various places.
Weird things seem to happen with rev limiter,wheelspin and/or clutch slip.
Gearbox speedo drive?
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... ID=8062756
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:56 pm
mph or kph? couldn't actually make that out on the clipSamray wrote:That was the beeb, I avoided the tabloids.D-Rider wrote:Typical sensational reporting ....
Just google 189 mph.
The clip was soon removed from youtube but is still around various places.
Weird things seem to happen with rev limiter,wheelspin and/or clutch slip.
Gearbox speedo drive?
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... ID=8062756
not that clips like that help our cause whichever units are displayed ....
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:54 am
Notice they don't mention 4 wheeled dead traps like the Veyron.
I wonder how far up his arse you could stuff a 4 into 1 xaust system.
I wonder how far up his arse you could stuff a 4 into 1 xaust system.
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:06 pm
graham0071 wrote:'scuse my ignorance, but which is the fastest legal road bike to press?
GSXR1300 Hayabusa I think
Especially when they supercharge 'em...
I think the Hayabusa still pips the newer Kwack?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:26 pm
THANX
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:41 pm
Yeah. 'tis still the 'bussa
One of the mags recently took one of the newer and even more ugly ones, did some very mild work to it (eg fooling the engine management that it was still in 5th so the top speed wasn't capped, a change of cans and a couple of other typical home mods) and they took it to fractionally over 200mph at Bruntingthorpe
One of the mags recently took one of the newer and even more ugly ones, did some very mild work to it (eg fooling the engine management that it was still in 5th so the top speed wasn't capped, a change of cans and a couple of other typical home mods) and they took it to fractionally over 200mph at Bruntingthorpe
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:19 am
So, common!
what is it about the need for speed?
I have, somehow just got to see how fast this thing will go! If only once!! It sometimes scares me stupid and gives me that Rush at the same time....Whaheeeey!! But most of the time I just want the thrill of being on the edge.... Am I mental or do I just need to get out a bit more often??
what is it about the need for speed?
I have, somehow just got to see how fast this thing will go! If only once!! It sometimes scares me stupid and gives me that Rush at the same time....Whaheeeey!! But most of the time I just want the thrill of being on the edge.... Am I mental or do I just need to get out a bit more often??
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:23 am
I find roads bore me now. Id much rather be on a track, although now and again I do pootle about with a pillion.
Well I will when I eventually get my GPZ seat back..
Speed? Fek yes. Slow just..well... y'know...
Well I will when I eventually get my GPZ seat back..
Speed? Fek yes. Slow just..well... y'know...
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:00 am
Think most of us want to find out just how fast they'll go but opportunities to explore that properly are few and far between - if you:
A) Want to live
B) Want to keep your license
I believe my Falco will exceed the 69.995 mph I once got out of it (officer)
A) Want to live
B) Want to keep your license
I believe my Falco will exceed the 69.995 mph I once got out of it (officer)
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:48 am
D-Rider wrote:Think most of us want to find out just how fast they'll go but opportunities to explore that properly are few and far between - if you:
A) Want to live
B) Want to keep your license
I believe my Falco will exceed the 69.995 mph I once got out of it (officer)
Go to Snetterton - trackdays are pretty regular
Think it was the only place I ever had my Mille flat out in top gear.
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:38 pm
Kwackerz wrote:I find roads bore me now. Id much rather be on a track, although now and again I do pootle about with a pillion.
Well I will when I eventually get my GPZ seat back..
Speed? Fek yes. Slow just..well... y'know...
Noted and its top of my list to finish, which it would have been if only
.I got the foam cut to shape now all I need to do is refer to the pics I took before stripping it (both the piped version and the original lurking below) to get the shape right.