Over 6min of 200kph+ lane splitting

[Jackrat]

I understand Triumph was not party to that restriction agreement.
Rumor has it they will be bringing out a sports bike capable of over 300kms.Not that I am that interested,my old MPH eyes couldn,t go that fast anyway.
Heck I remember thinking a 1970 Honda CB750 could never be improved on.

[Oscar]

Originally posted by Jackrat
I understand Triumph was not party to that restriction agreement.
Rumor has it they will be bringing out a sports bike capable of over 300kms.Not that I am that interested,my old MPH eyes couldn,t go that fast anyway.
Heck I remember thinking a 1970 Honda CB750 could never be improved on.

To paraphrase an old saying, it's the nut behind the wheel. I'm pickin' that most of the squids here (you know who you are) would struggle to go any faster on an R1 than they would on an R6...

Years ago, we was marking out the Raglan Enduro on our trail bikes and needed to ride to a section over the Raglan Deviation. We caught and passed a bunch of road riders from the Vic. Club - I still smile thinking about passing GS850's, GSX1100's and various BMW's on my YZ250, on knobblie tyres on the twisty bits...

[Motoracer]

Oh theres no doubt that mx or even some trail bikes go pretty hard on the twisties. Thus they invented "Super Motards". You should see a real Super moto rider go at it on the tarmac. They go faster than anything else I have seen on two wheels around the tight stuff.

[Oscar]

Originally posted by Motoracer
Oh theres no doubt that mx or even some trail bikes go pretty hard on the twisties. Thus they invented "Super Motards". You should see a real Super moto rider go at it on the tarmac. They go faster than anything else I have seen on two wheels around the tight stuff.

We spent our formative years going at unfeasable speeds on gravel and seal on our enduro bikes. There's nuttin like dirt riding to teach you how to ride on the road. It's no fluke that most of the recent MotoGP/500cc Champs are ex-dirt riders...

[Jackrat]

Hmmm,in resent times I have started to wonder about the dirt riding,road riding thing.Mainly in relation to panic situations.
I do a lot of dirt riding,mostly playing by myself,I ride on the dirt like a total nutter,but on the road I am fairly conservative.
The two don,t seem to have much in common,as to top racers coming from dirt back grounds that could just be natural progression,I could ride dirt for years before I could legaly road ride and most racers learnt to ride as kids in the same manner.
I use my brakes in a totaly different manner on the road,I also will intentsionly slide a dirt bike on dirt or gravel Rds,but never do the same with a road bike on tar,Can you say high side.
But then I could be wrong

[Motoracer]

But you'd have to say Rossi got some spectacular skills from the dirt.

[Jackrat]

Nope I don,t have to say that,not after seeing pictures of the guy on a push bike on tar at around ten years old.
So maybe it all starts on push bikes.
Or then maybe he is just naturaly talented on any surface.

[750Y]

Originally posted by Motoracer
Why are we still using hp and mph, isn't it about time we realised that metric is the way to go?

lol, & it's inches instead of cms btw 8-)

[Oscar]

Originally posted by Jackrat
Hmmm,in resent times I have started to wonder about the dirt riding,road riding thing.Mainly in relation to panic situations.
I do a lot of dirt riding,mostly playing by myself,I ride on the dirt like a total nutter,but on the road I am fairly conservative.
The two don,t seem to have much in common,as to top racers coming from dirt back grounds that could just be natural progression,I could ride dirt for years before I could legaly road ride and most racers learnt to ride as kids in the same manner.
I use my brakes in a totaly different manner on the road,I also will intentsionly slide a dirt bike on dirt or gravel Rds,but never do the same with a road bike on tar,Can you say high side.
But then I could be wrong

The Kenny Roberts riding school in Spain puts roadracers on Xr100's to teach them bike control.

Riding on the dirt is much the same as road riding, the only difference is the point at which you lose traction. I'd much rather practice slides and braking off road than on - the consequences of a stuff up are much less painful. Even if you don't know it, habits you picked up riding dirt bikes help you on the road.


BTW:Recent World Champs who started on dirt:
Mike Doohan
Kevin Schwantz
Wayne Gardiner
Wayne Rainey
Kenny Roberts Jnr
Kenny Roberts Snr
Freddie Spencer

[madandy]

Most of us probably started on dirt!
you can't legally go road (unless racing) 'till you're a teenager...most motor heads are exposed to vehicles much earlier and its just plain sensible to start a kid on a 50cc dirt bike out in a paddock...some just stuck with dirt for years and got really good at a competetive level before crossing over to road/track racing.

the only time I feel my years on dirt bikes help me is on a wet road.And I guess thats pretty important...

[wkid_one]

All I'll say, and I feel like I am repeating myself, is the speedo was reading 299 and the bike was still accelerating beyond this for a decent enough time.  My apologies for not having police presence at the time to verify my speed - I should have validated myself and said 'indicated' again my humblest apologies - and yes, I did look at the speedo - not hard to do when you are tucked under the screen with your face mere inches from it on a straight bit of road.

As for the land speed record - I'd fucken love to - wot a buzz

[Oscar]

Originally posted by wkid_one
All I'll say, and I feel like I am repeating myself, is the speedo was reading 299 and the bike was still accelerating beyond this for a decent enough time.  My apologies for not having police presence at the time to verify my speed - I should have validated myself and said 'indicated' again my humblest apologies - and yes, I did look at the speedo - not hard to do when you are tucked under the screen with your face mere inches from it on a straight bit of road.

As for the land speed record - I'd fucken love to - wot a buzz

You should get a reading on yer right wrist.
It's prolly doing Mach 1.....

[Motoracer]

Originally posted by Oscar
You should get a reading on yer right wrist.
It's prolly doing Mach 1.....

LMAO!! (no offence wkid)

[Trevor Suzuki]

I first saw this clip in about 1989 on TV in the UK so it's no wonder the guy is probably dead by now. I managed to tape the clip at the time but someone managed to tape over it so when I get ADSL I'll have to download it.
This is my first reply so gidday to all the KB'ers out there.

[DEATH_INC.]

OK all you non-believers,I've seen 330kph on the speedo of my ZX12 on more than a couple of occasions.It was a 2000 model which has no speed restriction.The tacho was sitting on the red-line.with the gearing I had this calculates to 307kph........
I for one believe wikid one,I've also seen 270+k on the Gixx-the R1 is 250cc bigger so it should be able to do it with enough room,and a little speedo error....