Speed

[Akzle]

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...

[caspernz]

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

[Oscar]

180kph (on gravel)

[Monsterbishi]

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]

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]

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

[Jantar]

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?

[Kickaha]

180kph (on gravel)

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

[98tls]

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]

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-]

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]

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

[EJK]

Car: 198kph GPS speed.

[DEATH_INC.]

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.
Oh, and around 250 in a cage (351 powered Cortina)

[Big Dave]

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