who da man! or Maness

**Hitcher** · 20th March 2005, 13:07

Invigorated by two weeks motorcycling in the South Island, be warned that I have as of now added SI (that's System International, aka the metric system) abbreviations to my pedant list that has previously included spelling, grammar, punctuation and, of course, the arse.

The abbreviation for a kilometre (pronounced keelometer) is km. Its plural (more than one of them) is km.

And now for my pet hate, the gram (not gramme or any other spelling). Its abbreviation is g. Nothing more, nothing less. Its plural is g.

Mind-numbingly simple really. One wonders at times what people do at school other than learn basket weaving and eating their lunch...

**Racey Rider** · 20th March 2005, 13:13

Maybe a few 'Emotion smileys' in your posts would help us learn better!

**Redstar** · 20th March 2005, 16:24

Originally Posted by Zed

Hey stop picking on me Redstar!

Oh, and your incriminating poll 'sucks the kumara' too!

Disallowing track speeds is a shame because many on KB have specifically gone to track days for the purpose of keeping it legal.

Arh! got ya. You accused me of being too sensitive in my reputation.
quits?

**Ixion** · 20th March 2005, 16:56

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Invigorated by two weeks motorcycling in the South Island, be warned that I have as of now added SI (that's System International, aka the metric system) abbreviations to my pedant list that has previously included spelling, grammar, punctuation and, of course, the arse.

The abbreviation for a kilometre (pronounced keelometer) is km. Its plural (more than one of them) is km.

And now for my pet hate, the gram (not gramme or any other spelling). Its abbreviation is g. Nothing more, nothing less. Its plural is g.

Mind-numbingly simple really. One wonders at times what people do at school other than learn basket weaving and eating their lunch...

If you wish to use SI, then you must eschew the gram entirely. The valid unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). A gram is an unofficial unit for 10^-3kg.

And there can be none of this kph stuff. Speed must be measured in metres per second (m/s or, more strictly ms^-1). So your speed might be 33.1ms^-1. Doesn't seem the same, somehow.

And the legal basis of measurement in NZ is NOT the SI . Therefore we should not use SI. Therefore there is no problem.

Nor is the "metric system" the same as the SI (and grammes are not the same as grams).

And of course all these issues would be avoided if we stuck to good old Imperial measure, and m.p.h and gallons.

I do concur with the arse.

**Wolf** · 20th March 2005, 20:42

Originally Posted by Ixion

And of course all these issues would be avoided if we stuck to good old Imperial measure, and m.p.h and gallons.

That's right - the only problem we would have is wondering whether the weights and volumes referred to were US or British measures: "And it does 50mpg" - is that good? Whose "gallons" are we talking about?

**Skyryder** · 20th March 2005, 20:54

I don't speed and I got tickets to proove it. Nothing wrong with a bit of health paranoia on the net.

Skyryder

**WINJA** · 20th March 2005, 21:50

Originally Posted by Sensei 509

Well Aaron has my best by 1kph 312kph for me . Had to see if the TRE unit worked !!
Are looking at gearing the GSXR down 1 tooth on the front so as to get some more low down & less top speed
SENSEI

MY K3 SPEEDO FREEZES AT 299 DOES YOURS? AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE GOVONER KICKS IN. IN FACT IT FREEZES THERE EVERY WEEKEND

BTW HAVE YOU RACED A HAYABUSA, I CAN BREAK EVEN WITH IT AND PULL AWAY UP TOP A BIT, THE GUY ON THE BUSA WAS 30 KG LIGHTER THAN ME TO. HARDEST THING WAS KEEPING THE FRONT DOWN

**madboy** · 20th March 2005, 22:12

My FZR had a governor at just over 190, which I checked at least 3-4 days per week to ensure it was functioning correctly.

And since I've owned my 636 since 5pm Friday, and ridden it home in heavy city/suburban traffic and to the gas station (approx 1.3km of residential each way, and I never broke 170km/h officer) - my fastest ever speed was 240km/h which I acheived on the test ride of said 636 the week before.

My vote may need further upward adjustment if the weather stays fine this week and I manage to get out on it outside of commuting hours.

**Sensei** · 20th March 2005, 22:13

As posted have " Ivan's performance TRE unit " in bike so no stop at 299 no more . Raced a Busha out round the coast a few weeks back to hilly for the GSXR keep power standing at 280k over hills so Busha took the win Plus didn't have TRE unit in bike so 299k was all I could give him Great ride tho .
SENSEI

**riffer** · 20th March 2005, 22:54

My FZR750 has had the airbox derestricted, the muffler debaffled, carbs rejetted, and the ignitor module has been replaced with the 2NK module to get it to as near as I can to US-spec FZR750R settings.

It's still got the 180 km/hr speedo, so I have to guess on the revs as it just winds on past 180.

It pulls 4250 rpm in top @ 100 (measured against my wife driving next to me setting her speed using a Navman iCN630 GPS navigator on speed mode), giving 23.529411764705882352941176470588 km/hr per 1000 rpm.

I've seen 10,500 rpm in top, which works out to about 247km/hr.

**bugjuice** · 20th March 2005, 23:03

Originally Posted by celticno6

It pulls 4250 rpm in top @ 100 (measured against my wife driving next to me setting her speed using a Navman iCN630 GPS navigator on speed mode), giving 23.529411764705882352941176470588 km/hr per 1000 rpm.

so not mind-numbingly acurate then?

**scumdog** · 20th March 2005, 23:10

Originally Posted by WINJA

MY K3 SPEEDO FREEZES AT 299 DOES YOURS? AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE GOVONER KICKS IN. IN FACT IT FREEZES THERE EVERY WEEKEND

BTW HAVE YOU RACED A HAYABUSA, I CAN BREAK EVEN WITH IT AND PULL AWAY UP TOP A BIT, THE GUY ON THE BUSA WAS 30 KG LIGHTER THAN ME TO. HARDEST THING WAS KEEPING THE FRONT DOWN

You can do all that in a hospital ward? AND on Diazapan too?

**FROSTY:Me** · 20th March 2005, 23:43

I ride at 100km/h all the time. Im a law abiding citisen --Ohh look boys flying pigs.
Fastest ive travelled in control of a vehicle was I think 200knots
Mind you it had a bloody big propeller out in front of it.

**Jantar** · 21st March 2005, 07:48

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

I ride at 100km/h all the time. Im a law abiding citisen --Ohh look boys flying pigs.
Fastest ive travelled in control of a vehicle was I think 200knots
Mind you it had a bloody big propeller out in front of it.

How about 153 knots WITHOUT a propeller. (Hence my name - Jantar)