Your 250 top speed?

[cave weta]

Waay back in 1985 I worked for this plonker who went to Milwakee to pick up and ride his brand new custom built $35,000 Harley- It had "all the bits" on it and he told me that after running it in , he opened it up on the texas straights and wound it up to 115mph (184kmh) He reckoned that it was the fastest harley in NZ at the time - I just laughed and told him that my $3000 RG250 Gamma could do more than that, within a standing start kilometer. and it needed new rings!

[Dave Lobster]

An RS250 will rev out in top at 130something MPH. Untuned.

[McJim]

An RS250 will rev out in top at 130something MPH. Untuned.

Honda or Aprilia?

[Harvd]

170 indicated on a GJ77A bandit

same 56789

[Harvd]

I happen to know a certain pepsi rep rgv used to hit 224kph corrected. Apparently it had couple more kph in it aswell. Gutted i couldn't afford it when owner sold it. Bloody well sorted bike it was.

I don't think a stock ape 250 will get near 240kph. I think you'd be lucky for 210-probably closer to 205-208.
Though the speedo may hit 240 haha

But I suppose this doesn't count as its not my personal top speed.

yeah i saw 180 + 20< on that bike

Its McWild's now. Purdy

[matdebat]

got 190 out of my old zxr250 at 16500 revs, redlined at 19000 so who knows?

[R6_kid:Me]

got 190 out of my old zxr250 at 16500 revs, redlined at 19000 so who knows?

The HP curve on them falls of dramatically after 17,000rpm.

[ducatilover]

18 years ago my old KR1-sp did 217 kph and an 11.9 sec 1/4 mile (timed). Good learners bike that.

Shit! My 650 ran an 11.9 quarter. I'm sad now

[ducatilover]

The HP curve on them falls of dramatically after 17,000rpm.

Shouldn't on a good one.

[NSR-Dan]

On a perfectly still day on a dead flat road, my vtr 250 is only really good for 130 at best. Had 155 down a gradient. If there is a little breeze its more like 120. And all of the above is in 4th, 5th just seems to be for economy. But I don't think everything is quite right with it... I read reports of vtr's doing 150-160 on the flat. Some days it feels very slow and passing can be quite a task.
Looking for a hornet or an early 90's sports bike to get onto for the rest of my 250 sentence.

why?? the VTR is good enough and any other 250 isnt going to be that much of a power increase to justify it (unless its a 2stroke), keep it till you get your full then get a 600 or something.

My old race preped NSR hit 246kmh on a flying 1/4

[NSR-Dan]

Honda or Aprilia?

Obviously an Aprilia, who has ever heard of an "untuned" honda rs250.

an NSR will be around the same as an aprilia rs250 once you have done a wire splice, as they were limited out of the factory. most people forget an rs250 is just an derestricted RGV engine in a different frame.

[McWild]

I happen to know a certain pepsi rep rgv used to hit 224kph corrected. Apparently it had couple more kph in it aswell.

yeah i saw 180 + 20< on that bike

Its McWild's now. Purdy

Ahahaha. That is awesome.

I now have a goal in life. Just better make sure I have a spare couple of pistons on hand haha.

[McJim]

Funny thing about top end. I don't really think about it any more and certainly don't ring my 600 out to top end on the open road any more.

I weigh about 95kg and am a tad over 6 feet tall. I got my VTR250 up to 140kph without a screen and topped 150kph with a givi screen attached (and me flat on the tank).

I wouldn't ride my current bike much faster than that - only difference is it gets there much quicker out of the corners!

In short what I'm trying to say is that top end on the road isn't such a holy grail and it should be more about torque and power delivery (useability) than pure top end.

I've ridden Spada, VTR250, Bandit 250, Hornet 250, Zeal 250, ZZR250 and an RG150 and found the twin cyciner bikes more useable by far.

[specter]

yesterday i did 185KPH on my 07 GPX250R
i am 6'1 and weigh about 80kgs.
hadnt hit the limiter yet though

[blackstars_10]

Ahahaha. That is awesome.

I now have a goal in life. Just better make sure I have a spare couple of pistons on hand haha.

Ah so you do have it... I was wonderin if that was the one. What hp is it putting out now? Did it come with all the goodies aswell? How much did you pay for it?

post up some piccies