Speed [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

Akzle

10th June 2012, 18:47

caspernz

10th June 2012, 18:52

Most might want to refrain from answering on the grounds it may incriminate...

Oscar

10th June 2012, 18:54

180kph (on gravel)

Monsterbishi

10th June 2012, 18:56

Most might want to refrain from answering on the grounds it may incriminate...

240+ for me, already been ticketed for said infraction so I've already paid my penance!

blackdog

10th June 2012, 19:02

Everything from here on in this thread can only be viewed as an 'estimated' or 'indicated' speed that is almost always optimistic. GPS or speed trap data or it never happened.

Asher

10th June 2012, 19:04

200kmh on the bike, as fast as the bike will go.
220kmh-ish in the car, as fast as i dare go.

Jantar

10th June 2012, 19:41

no shit poll/thread, i'm not interested in debating the rights, wrongs, safety, public nuisance, political correctness or any other shit.

simple question, simple answers please.

How fast have you traveled on a "public road" in NZ?

for the purposes, public means a road that the public have right of access to, ie traffic is a possibility, whether or not there was any.

i'll kick it off eh.

Motorbike: 175km/h 7km of straight road near pipiroa
Car: 250km/h somewhere out the back of hamilton, about 10 years back now...

This from the same person who said

why?
all these people are doing is enforcing goverment policy, be it central government, or local government.
if you don't like it, i believe the standard answer is "well you should move to another country"

you don't get to pick and choose what the policy is. you're just a subject of the state. if there is some/all of the policy you don't like.. well, it's your own damn fault for voting em in eh?

:rolleyes:

Kickaha

10th June 2012, 19:52

180kph (on gravel)

I'm going to have to try harder, I only managed 160kmh on gravel but it was a road bike

98tls

10th June 2012, 20:00

Ticked the last option but to be honest it was boring as fuck,the best roads are the ones that you spend your time hard out but still somewhere around the open road speed limit.

Damantis

10th June 2012, 20:37

Ticked the last option but to be honest it was boring as fuck,the best roads are the ones that you spend your time hard out but still somewhere around the open road speed limit.

I have the most fun around 60-130kph most of the time. 60kph through a 25kph bend is as much fun as 140kph through an 85kph bend but I know which one I'd rather get wrong or have to try aviod an unexpected hazzard in!

I mean how fast is fast enough? Fast enough to get a thrill without being near the edge of the bikes limits or the riders ability is plenty fast enough for me. It's all good fun untill someone becomes a stain on the road.

Dave-

10th June 2012, 20:45

Awwe, I didn't see the "public road" disclaimer, what a load of BS

Dunno how fast I was going at greymouth, too busy looking for the braking point.

mossy1200

10th June 2012, 20:55

Oh boy. The how fast does your 250 go thread became bigger.

EJK

10th June 2012, 21:00

Car: 198kph GPS speed.

DEATH_INC.

10th June 2012, 21:03

Big Dave

10th June 2012, 21:04

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tigertim20

10th June 2012, 21:13

Ticked the last option but to be honest it was boring as fuck,the best roads are the ones that you spend your time hard out but still somewhere around the open road speed limit.

oh the benefit of hindsight eh? :bleh::Police:

koba

10th June 2012, 21:25

Mmmm, 220 odd on gravel 2 up, 250+ on the rear wheel and 330 quite a few times ( indicated, probably more like 310 really ) all when I had the ZX12. :niceone:
Oh, and around 250 in a cage (351 powered Cortina)

You would be disappointed if you tried a real sprint.
A mates 636 read over 390 but was just shy of 260. That sort of error is fairly typical.
Not many bikes, including Hyabusa and ZX14's, crack a genuine 3 hundie at a sprint on NZ roads.

Brian d marge

10th June 2012, 21:31

272 , no helmet , 106 mph , jeans and tee shirt and lewis leather jacket ( crashed ) BSA bantam 2 up lane splitting , seven sisters road ...80mph

Honda h100 runner from old bill, ruislip to stoke newington ( escaped )

Never was bad enough to get demoted to NSU Quickly as a young apprentice

Stephen

cheshirecat

10th June 2012, 21:33

Speed to me is relative but a memorable event was about 135k on a French autoroute which isn't that much for there but the cars were nose to tail doing 70k and there were some 25,000 French bikers helping me along

iYRe

10th June 2012, 21:35

1984 GSX1100 - had a top speed of about 240.. redlined from drury to collision x-roads (now a round about on old gt sth road) so I dont really know.. the speedo cable broke somewhere along the line..

Oakie

10th June 2012, 21:37

Touched 160k twice on the Bandit a couple of years ago. First out of curiousity on a straight bit of road somewhere on the Wanaka side of the Lindis Pass to see what 160k felt like. Second time by accident a couple of days later at the end of an overtaking manouever on the straight headng north out of Twizel. Buttoned off pretty quick on both occasions. Things happen too quick at that speed for this nana.

Oh, many years ago in a car between Lake Pukaki and Dog Kennel Road ... 192k but I was young and stupid. Well actually, not that young (30?) but stupid because of A) the speed, and B) it was a company vehicle.

I'm usually pretty well behaved though as I generally have Mrs Oakie as pillion on the open road. The above instances I was alone.

meteor

10th June 2012, 21:56

82 downhill on my GT3. Pedaling as fast as I could...

CUMBRIAN

10th June 2012, 21:57

maxed out my r6 buzzing too much t look at speedo

ellipsis

10th June 2012, 22:36

....260kph on the clock, got into a tank slap situation, clicked it into top ....went back to sleep then....just after that my wife elbowed me, told me to take my hand of my dick, get up and make her a cup of tea...:rolleyes:

Berries

10th June 2012, 22:43

Mine's about nine inches.

LBD

10th June 2012, 22:58

264821

To scared to look at the gauges so I cannot comment about speedo error.

May or may not have been in NZ

sil3nt

10th June 2012, 23:08

To scared to look at the gauges so I cannot comment about speedo error.

May or may not have been in NZOn the 1098?

If so it would make a good tui ad.

cowboyz

10th June 2012, 23:15

poll tells me 60% of people dont have bikes capable of 240k/hr

cowboyz

10th June 2012, 23:18

To scared to look at the gauges so I cannot comment about speedo error.

May or may not have been in NZ

was that going downhill with a tailwind being towed by a ZX10R??

LBD

10th June 2012, 23:27

On the 1098?.

May or may not have been a Ducati..... 5th amendment and all that stuff

awayatc

10th June 2012, 23:28

one day i may break 100 kph.....am to afraid i will die though...

gatch

10th June 2012, 23:29

Have had the vfr resting on the limiter in top gear. I think it limits at 180kph.

Good fun.

Gremlin

10th June 2012, 23:34

Had plenty of moments where my speed (indicated or true) has been in the top brackets in the poll in previous years. In the last 2-3 years however, anything in excess of 150kph would be rare, and mostly related to overtaking. Also done 100-150kph on gravel (sometimes sideways).

It took some effort to re-adjust to normal speeds again, but I'm happier for it (and my licence is in far less jeopardy).

Scream

11th June 2012, 00:08

180kph on my Dads 84 Katana 750 when we swapped bikes for a bit once.

What I assume to be just over the 160kph mark on my own bike, speedo cable had worn to bits prior so I had no reading, but it was flat out in sixth, and about three times longer than any straight I had been down before where I usually get to 160 before backing down.

In a car I've been 190 with a VERY VERY long run up.

Not something I like making a common habit out of..

carburator

11th June 2012, 00:34

Ive had 155kmph out of a fxr150 sucked to the tank on the southern motorway.
I think the guy on the ducati that pulled up along side was pissing himself laughing..

that was a fun bike!

Road kill

11th June 2012, 07:11

220km somewhere on the Hauraki plains.
Wanted to find how fast my GS850 would go in a straight/flat line but I never got there because while it as still making power at 220,I'd lost interest for my own reasons by then:shit:

roogazza

11th June 2012, 08:26

180kph (on gravel)

I'm going to have to try harder, I only managed 160kmh on gravel but it was a road bike

You old buggers ! When H2s came out in 72 a few of us decided it was a good idea one day to do those speeds on gravel(100mph), TT100s and all ! What were we thinking ? lol.

skippa1

11th June 2012, 08:37

so easy to get there on modern sports bikes and no skill required :facepalm:

baffa

11th June 2012, 12:34

Had a 300zx that would comfortably sit on 240-250.
Wouldnt have reached that on a bike. Top speed is fun and all, but any quiet roads im on are never that straight.

FJRider

11th June 2012, 12:56

so easy to get there on modern sports bikes and no skill required :facepalm:

Getting there is easy, staying there is hard ....

ellipsis

11th June 2012, 13:10

....my son dropped off his liter machine for me to play on one weekend a while back, while he was doing some work on my bike...first 10 minutes of 180+ on my regular circuit was enthralling, then my usual destination/turn around spot hove into sight...had to go further which put me out on the plains...a couple of blips up to 220+ and then I realised that my whole ride was in excess of the 'keeping my licence', rules... the speed was exhilirating, but the ride was boring....about an hour and a half later I was back home from a ride that would take me half a day...I put his bike in the shed and couldn't wait to get my sportster back...no wonder some younger inexperienced riders talk so much shit, the speeds they can attain have addled their thought processes and I'm sure they rate their experience on how fast they think they can ride...it's much more fun going faster on a bucket than the tyres and chassis can handle...

SVboy

11th June 2012, 13:20

Ive had 155kmph out of a fxr150 sucked to the tank on the southern motorway.
I think the guy on the ducati that pulled up along side was pissing himself laughing..

that was a fun bike!

You Sir are a riding God, in posession of a 2 wheeled hell beast. Begone to a bucket track and claim all the titles that are rightly yours.
fxr150@155kms=wow!

Akzle

11th June 2012, 13:33

180kph (on gravel)

I'm going to have to try harder, I only managed 160kmh on gravel but it was a road bike

Mmmm, 220 odd on gravel 2 up, 250+ on the rear wheel and 330 quite a few times ( indicated, probably more like 310 really ) all when I had the ZX12. :niceone:
Oh, and around 250 in a cage (351 powered Cortina):not::not:
i should have made "i'm insane" a seperate option/tickbox....
+ respect. i'd hardly nudge that in a car.. 140 is about my top on gravel (~70 on long straights on a bike)

...This from the same person who said :rolleyes:
you'll have to be slightly clearer. it's a fact that i posted both those things, but what the f*ck is your point?

Had a 300zx that would comfortably sit on 240-250.
Wouldnt have reached that on a bike. Top speed is fun and all, but any quiet roads im on are never that straight.mwaha! i have a '78 280zx and that one up to ~210 (indicated)
had an evo :tugger: think he was going to play, picked him up at 150, his car was skipping all over the place at 180, he gave up before 190...i rolled on through 200... 9" + tyres on all corners helps.

i'm not entirely sure what my point in this thread was. a matter of interest.
it's interesting too, to note how many people have travelled at speeds that are "illegal" and yet so many jump to "the law" if/when i suggest something else illegal.
personally, with only a bit of foam and plastic between my head and tarmac, going that quick (220+) on a bike is just...irrational.
practice makes perfect though, and respect for anyone who can/does/did.

but surely there is an argument for raising the speed limit, if we respectable bikers can pilot a vehicle at those speeds safely...
(or remove speed limit for motorcycles)

muh.
poll continues..

FJRider

11th June 2012, 13:45

but surely there is an argument for raising the speed limit, if we respectable bikers can pilot a vehicle at those speeds safely...
(or remove speed limit for motorcycles)

muh.
poll continues..[/color]

There are too many idiots in all manner of vehicles that are incapable of driving vehicles that are well capable of travelling at higher speeds. Untill such idiots are removed from the gene pool ... I doubt any increase will happen soon.

SimJen

11th June 2012, 14:50

maxed out on my old K5 GSX-R Thou, 300ish or 186mph thereabouts.
Obviously a straight bit of road, clear and perfect day with no other road users!

Asher

11th June 2012, 14:55

If i had a bike that could do 300kmh i would try and do it, once would probably be enough, im more interested in what it would feel like, not bothered if its a track or road.

GSF

11th June 2012, 15:34

Ive had 155kmph out of a fxr150 sucked to the tank on the southern motorway.
I think the guy on the ducati that pulled up along side was pissing himself laughing..

that was a fun bike!

155 out of a Fixxer? Was it a ChaosRider-tuned special?

Scuba_Steve

11th June 2012, 15:48

155 out of a Fixxer? Was it a ChaosRider-tuned special?

I've had mine upto 168 (indicated) with revs to spare, if it was out then by what it's out by now that means I would have been pulling around 145 on the little thing, if it was more accurate then now however...
I would guess his 155 is indicated? so definitely doable, just actual would have been around 130-135. course 155 real is plausible too but all conditions would have to be in your favor

SimJen

11th June 2012, 15:49

If i had a bike that could do 300kmh i would try and do it, once would probably be enough, im more interested in what it would feel like, not bothered if its a track or road.

I used to max it a fair bit just for fun ;)
to be honest 300 feels very much like 200ish, just the mess is considerably further spaced if you hit something.
One reason I sold it was it was just a little nuts and made you want to do that shit!
I got a Duke now and its quite a bit slower but a whole lot more fun to me and looks considerably better :)

ducatilover

11th June 2012, 15:54

I voted more than 240km/h because I want you all to like me and admire my E-penis.

I've never sped in my life.

blackdog

11th June 2012, 17:40

SMOKEU

11th June 2012, 17:48

Indicated 250 on 600 SRAD. Speedo over reads by 10% according to GPS, so actual speed was around 225kmh.

It gets pretty damn gutless once the speedo reaches 240. I'm still waiting for someone silly enough to let me borrow their 1000cc+ sports bike.

Akzle

11th June 2012, 18:08

I voted more than 240km/h because I want you all to like me and admire my E-penis.

I've never sped in my life.anonymous poll :doh:

Indicated 250 on 600 SRAD. Speedo over reads by 10% according to GPS, so actual speed was around 225kmh.

It gets pretty damn gutless once the speedo reaches 240. I'm still waiting for someone silly enough to let me borrow their 1000cc+ sports bike.
SMOKEU
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i think i've made my point.

ducatilover

11th June 2012, 18:40

anonymous poll :doh:

Oops...now I'll be arrested.

Akzle

11th June 2012, 19:07

Oops...now I'll be arrested.thats what happens when you wave your pEnis around. (see what i did there, do you see. DO YOU SEE)

i couldnt afford beer so i bought a kilo of fruit jellys. (3 kinds of sugar+colouring ><)

bleh.

ducatilover

11th June 2012, 19:16

thats what happens when you wave your pEnis around. (see what i did there, do you see. DO YOU SEE)

i couldnt afford beer so i bought a kilo of fruit jellys. (3 kinds of sugar+colouring ><)

bleh.
Step away from the key board :laugh:

Fast Eddie

11th June 2012, 20:55

I'm going to have to try harder, I only managed 160kmh on gravel but it was a road bike

only a swinger would do that

p.s. you left your keys in the bowl last night

Road kill

11th June 2012, 21:01

How worked was that? My GSF1200 was only ever good for 220, and I reckon that was optimistic.

It was just a bog standard off the shop floor bike.

Never thought much about.

PS,Google is our friend huh.
The only stats I could find list the top speed of the 1980 GS850 @198KPH.
Mine was an 82 with the better ignition system and carbs,but I'd guess speedo error probably had it's own two cents in there somewhere.

Owl

11th June 2012, 21:27

I've never sped in my life.

Yeah, we've seen your bike!:bleh:

Maha

11th June 2012, 21:46

anonymous poll :doh:

If it were my poll, I would now edit it to a public poll...but thats just me...:corn:

Berries

11th June 2012, 22:50

If it were my poll, I would now edit it to a public poll...but thats just me...:corn:
Not a bad idea. If it was my poll I would have made sure that 80km/h didn't fit in to each and every category but the last one. <220km/h? Yep. <160km/h? Yep.

Akzle

12th June 2012, 05:31

Not a bad idea. If it was my poll I would have made sure that 80km/h didn't fit in to each and every category but the last one. <220km/h? Yep. <160km/h? Yep.
o c'mon. It's nt that fkn difficult.
Cbf typing "161-180,181..."etc.

Scuba_Steve

12th June 2012, 08:57

Well according to that poll & the IHC (read as Govt) 122 of us are dead. Is KB like purgatory for bikers???

carburator

12th June 2012, 16:30

I've had mine upto 168 (indicated) with revs to spare, if it was out then by what it's out by now that means I would have been pulling around 145 on the little thing, if it was more accurate then now however...
I would guess his 155 is indicated? so definitely doable, just actual would have been around 130-135. course 155 real is plausible too but all conditions would have to be in your favor

Indicated on the dash, however certainly pre gps days and the guy on the duke was reading around the 150 mark on his speedo
and it was a well worked motor with the limiter removed and a custom built at the time igniton system
as we where at the time looking to use the fxr150 motor for supercarts.

no bucket racers are safe from me, i do like watching them up at avondale and so does the little guy.
problem is they would end up having to write a no loops bar holds rule book for me..

slofox

12th June 2012, 17:04

Is KB like purgatory for bikers???

AhhhhHA! So THAT'S what KB is about...explains a lot, that does.

Blackshear

12th June 2012, 17:11

Seeing as this website is not of factual information and any posts are made for entertainment purposes...
I am dead too, horrah! The 250 has a hard time winding past 140 these days, goddamn I'm getting heavy.

Zamiam

12th June 2012, 17:59

I've done 300kph a few times on the Harley But I might be dreaming like some of the rest of you

driftn

12th June 2012, 18:06

Flat out top gear k4 Gixxer thou. Don't know what the "Actual" speed was.

Fastest I have been clocked at a sprint was 257 on a 96 Gixxer 750.

blackdog

12th June 2012, 19:00

Flat out top gear k4 Gixxer thou. Don't know what the "Actual" speed was.

Fastest I have been clocked at a sprint was 257 on a 96 Gixxer 750.

Good effort.

LBD

12th June 2012, 20:01

I've done 300kph a few times on the Harley But I might be dreaming like some of the rest of you

Wet dream at that....twisting the throttle in your sleep so to speak...

Hans

12th June 2012, 20:28

Neither of these in NZ:

Bike: 270ish.
Car: 330+ in a very ''different'' four door sedan sometime in 1999.

EJK

13th June 2012, 14:25

Car: 330+ in a very ''different'' four door sedan sometime in 1999.

You got my attention... McLaren F1? CLK-GTR? 911 GT1? XJ220?

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 14:28

You got my attention... McLaren F1? CLK-GTR? 911 GT1? XJ220?
Yeah man, they're four door :innocent:

I'm going with a Brabus fettled E55, hotted up Carlton of one of the first hotted up E39 M5s.

EJK

13th June 2012, 14:31

Yeah man, they're four door :innocent:

I'm going with a Brabus fettled E55, hotted up Carlton of one of the first hotted up E39 M5s.

Oh I forgot about that sentence.... "330kph" and "1999" were too eye catching.

carburator

13th June 2012, 15:52

Oh I forgot about that sentence.... "330kph" and "1999" were too eye catching.

id pick it might have been a BTCC car.. as 99 was the period of sillness in the series
where huge hp was plucked out of those cars and then again it was more silowet racing..

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 16:41

Oh I forgot about that sentence.... "330kph" and "1999" were too eye catching.
Even 330km/h is eye catching :gob:

Hans

13th June 2012, 20:26

You got my attention... McLaren F1? CLK-GTR? 911 GT1? XJ220?

I obviously didn't get enough of your attention.... read it again...Four door sedan:yes:

It was one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_V8

fitted with two large-ish turbochargers, sequential gearbox and a lot of chassis work... Used to own it once upon a time.

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 20:38

I obviously didn't get enough of your attention.... read it again...Four door sedan:yes:

It was one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_V8

fitted with two large-ish turbochargers, sequential gearbox and a lot of chassis work... Used to own it once upon a time.
Now that was unexpected, I've never heard of one of those puppies moving so well! :shit::Punk:

DEATH_INC.

13th June 2012, 20:40

:not::not:
i should have made "i'm insane" a seperate option/tickbox....
+ respect. i'd hardly nudge that in a car.. 140 is about my top on gravel (~70 on long straights on a bike)
:laugh: I grew up riding/driving on gravel. I also had one of the earlier (85) KTM 250 MXC's that was capable of around 100mph (160k) off road. A small bit of insanity does help tho....

Hans

13th June 2012, 20:44

Now that was unexpected, I've never heard of one of those puppies moving so well! :shit::Punk:

Even a brick with 580kw will move well. I guess the fact that the jappa scene wasn't big in Europe in those days doesn't mean we didn't build interesting cars. It was a total sleeper as well. Just a minimalistic functional bodykit and on the outside and a slightly longer shift lever to give it away. Used to spank unsuspecting exotic owners with it...

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 20:47

Even a brick with 580kw will move well. I guess the fact that the jappa scene wasn't big in Europe in those days doesn't mean we didn't build interesting cars. It was a total sleeper as well. Just a minimalistic functional bodykit and on the outside and a slightly longer shift lever to give it away. Used to spank unsuspecting exotic owners with it...
The jappa scene has a limp wrist anyway.
I like the idea of it, if I remember correctly they had a very low .Cd from factory? Something like .28 or .29?

Hans

13th June 2012, 20:55

The jappa scene has a limp wrist anyway.
I like the idea of it, if I remember correctly they had a very low .Cd from factory? Something like .28 or .29?

Not sure about the .Cd, but most Audis of that era were a little bit more slippery than other cars. I wouldn't go anywhere near that brand now. Wouldn't want to be associated with the type of person that drives them nowadays. They seem to have become the psychopaths' car of choice.

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 20:58

Not sure about the .Cd, but most Audis of that era were a little bit more slippery than other cars. I wouldn't go anywhere near that brand now. Wouldn't want to be associated with the type of person that drives them nowadays. They seem to have become the psychopaths' car of choice.
Perhaps I should buy one? I need to liven my image up :laugh:

Edbear

13th June 2012, 22:06

:laugh: I grew up riding/driving on gravel. I also had one of the earlier (85) KTM 250 MXC's that was capable of around 100mph (160k) off road. A small bit of insanity does help tho....

Perhaps I should buy one? I need to liven my image up :laugh:

Speaking of insanity, Classic_Z is currently building a street legal VW Polo with a mid- mounted Audi 4.2 lt V8...

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 22:10

Speaking of insanity, Classic_Z is currently building a street legal VW Polo with a mid- mounted Audi 4.2 lt V8...
:mellow::blink::gob: I'll take one of them, thanks.

Edbear

13th June 2012, 22:25

:mellow::blink::gob: I'll take one of them, thanks.

Oh, and a turbo Z1300 with ZX12 wheels, the rear " adapted" to take the shaft drive; Skyline fuel injection, altered rake...Minimum 200hp he reckons...

ducatilover

13th June 2012, 22:33

Oh, and a turbo Z1300 with ZX12 wheels, the rear " adapted" to take the shaft drive; Skyline fuel injection, altered rake...Minimum 200hp he reckons...
That's be okay to get the shopping on? :shifty:

FJRider

13th June 2012, 23:40

That's be okay to get the shopping on? :shifty:

Not shopping locally though ... where would be the fun in that ... :lol:

Edbear

14th June 2012, 07:11

Not shopping locally though ... where would be the fun in that ... :lol:

I think either would make any trip fun! :cool:

ducatilover

14th June 2012, 11:39

Not shopping locally though ... where would be the fun in that ... :lol:
Getting milk from the other end of the island! Imagine the noise it's make :drool:
Skyline F/I though...I expect it's just RB series injectors running off a PCM or MicroSquirt/MegaSquirt system.

DEATH_INC.

14th June 2012, 13:15

Minimum 200hp he reckons...
My old 810 makes more than that :bleh:

Fast Eddie

14th June 2012, 14:28

... MicroSquirt/MegaSquirt system.

is this another sex term DL?

Edbear

14th June 2012, 15:34

Getting milk from the other end of the island! Imagine the noise it's make :drool:
Skyline F/I though...I expect it's just RB series injectors running off a PCM or MicroSquirt/MegaSquirt system.

Something like that. If he can ever stop working long enough to finish it, I reckon it will sound awesome! He's got to make a new crown-wheel and pinion ratio to take into account the smaller diameter back wheel. The whole bike sits lower, as he's also using the ZX12 forks.

ducatilover

14th June 2012, 19:12

is this another sex term DL? Ask your missus :devil2:

Something like that. If he can ever stop working long enough to finish it, I reckon it will sound awesome! He's got to make a new crown-wheel and pinion ratio to take into account the smaller diameter back wheel. The whole bike sits lower, as he's also using the ZX12 forks.
Tell him I'm happy to polish bits on it :D

SPman

15th June 2012, 02:25

How fast?
WTF!
Who cares! (except authoritarian, prudish, bullying fuckheads!)

I think somewhere around 270-280 indicated ( but who bothers looking) - but that was only to see if double Ventura packs and 40Kg of gear inside affect stability on a GSXR 1000 ........ and no, they don't!

PrincessBandit

16th June 2012, 13:02

180 (read on speedo) between Nelson and Murchison. Only lasted for a few seconds before thought "what an idiot I am". (I only did it because I wanted to experience 100mph and didn't think my speedo was reading overly accurately at that speed).

Mooch

16th June 2012, 17:27

Road
4 runs of 253.x kmh on a 2001 Duc 748r at the Sprints. Was hitting rev limiter before entering timing stage due to gearing. Was probably running mid pack compared to others. However some bikes showing 270kmh on speedo where timed at lower speed than mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo8Nj4RRmX4&feature=g-upl

Gravel
Max of 130 kmh on gravel on transalp in Argentina (I'm a gravel newbie)

Car
210 kmh on track day