Over 6min of 200kph+ lane splitting

[igor]

i was in a 747 once flying from Holland to LA and the picture on the screen said we was doing 1012kmh

it didn't feel very fast to me

[marty]

i took an 02 NZ spec busa for a blast 2 weeks ago. it was the full HP model, not like the canadian spec ones that suzuki are selling for $18999 at the moment. just for a laugh i rolled down as slow as it would go in 6th (about 30k) then rolled on the power. in what seemed like about 10 seconds, at 280k (indicated), i was running out of straight bit. the bike was still pulling, and it was well before redline. i reckon it would easily have done 300 and more. bizarre bike really - doddles around town happily, u-turns in one lane streets, then does 280 without really trying.

[jrandom]

bizarre bike really - doddles around town happily, u-turns in one lane streets, then does 280 without really trying.

Weep. Drool. Want. Sigh.

[pete376403]

My old iron Sporty had the Yankee speedo that only went up to 80mph (REAL miles, none of this kilo-whatsit stuff) I believe it was a US Government ordered thing back then, the idea was that when doing 60mph on a 80mph speedo it meant the needle was 3/4 of the way round the dial, psychs you into believing you are going faster than you really are - it was a fuel crisis era idea.

The good thing was I could honestly say I didn't know its top speed, just "off the clock man, way off the clock":

It was a government regulation for fuel saving. The govt logic (oxymoron) was
that if people couldn't see how fast they were going, they wouldn't go fast. There was a pretty brisk trade in "unregulated" speedos from Canada, according to the bike mags ("Cycle") I read at the time.

[pete376403]

i was in a 747 once flying from Holland to LA and the picture on the screen said we was doing 1012kmh

it didn't feel very fast to me

Thats cos you couldn't feel the wind in your hair. You should have opened a windows.

[pete376403]

It's just us old pricks...
Besides, my info. came from a paper by Kevin Cameron who is a yank engineer, and they don't have no steekin' metrics.

Kevin Cameron is Motorcycles Engineering God. His written articles make so much sense, and theres no bullshit.