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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    How come it's gone back to the dodgy road with a bend in it?
    possibly cause some clown ruined it for everybody wanting to use that particular road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by azzanuts View Post
    Um whats this I hear about a bend. I havent done this before. What am I getting myself into here guys lol.
    The bend is right at the start, it just makes it a bit hard to get head down as early as ya want. Not dangerous, just a bastard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    possibly cause some clown ruined it for everybody wanting to use that particular road.
    Sounds like there's goss I missed there. Must dig deeper.

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    What's the turning up on the day situation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ender EnZed View Post
    What's the turning up on the day situation?
    Maybe, wet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ender EnZed View Post
    What's the turning up on the day situation?
    that's how it works, there's no pre entering

    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Maybe, wet?
    so you're now a weather forecaster as well as an expert on everything else?
    maybe not http://www.metservice.com/national/m...forecast-3-day

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post

    so you're now a weather forecaster as well as an expert on everything else?
    maybe not http://www.metservice.com/national/m...forecast-3-day
    Not trying to be an expert, I said maybe.

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    A little surprised no one cracked 300. http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprint...2_results.html

    I guess the S1000RR is the only genuine 300kph bike?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sil3nt View Post
    I guess the S1000RR is the only genuine 300kph bike?
    With that much run-up, possibly.

    I assume it was 1/4 mile + 1/4 mile?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sil3nt View Post
    A little surprised no one cracked 300. http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprint...2_results.html

    I guess the S1000RR is the only genuine 300kph bike?
    I don't know what the road is like, but my experience of doing uh... higher speeds (temporarily closed road of course) is that even little bumps give you a bit of and the bigger bumps are definitely

    You can only accelerate when the wheel is on the ground too... again related to how smooth the road is.
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    The road isnt too bad there is one little bump I found tho which made you concentrate a bit more
    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    I don't know what the road is like, but my experience of doing uh... higher speeds (temporarily closed road of course) is that even little bumps give you a bit of and the bigger bumps are definitely

    You can only accelerate when the wheel is on the ground too... again related to how smooth the road is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
    I don't know what the road is like, but my experience of doing uh... higher speeds (temporarily closed road of course) is that even little bumps give you a bit of and the bigger bumps are definitely
    It's surprising how much difference there is between, say a Buell XB12R and an XB12X. Same engine, but whereas the R hits the rev limiter fairly hard at 230, the X struggles to get there. On the R your arms are more or less relaxed, on the X the drag on a reasonable sized, more upright rider is huge, you're trying to do chin-ups on the handlebars.
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    Not too surprising... bikes have quite a low co-efficient... then you put the rider on...
    Quote Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
    It's barking mad and if it doesn't turn you into a complete loon within half an hour of cocking a leg over the lofty 875mm seat height, I'll eat my Arai.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sil3nt View Post
    A little surprised no one cracked 300. http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprint...2_results.html

    I guess the S1000RR is the only genuine 300kph bike?
    Busa runs a 290kph speed limiter this year. not sure about previous years.
    All jap manufactures have stuck to under 300 limiters for the euro market
    zx14r 2012 needs a ecu re-flash to remove limiters as they arnt as easy as before due to the wheel sensors and traction control running the limiters now. New busa is the same and powercomander does not fix it.

    Not sure about the older busas 2005-2010 but someone will know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sil3nt View Post
    A little surprised no one cracked 300. http://www.cliffhanger.org.nz/sprint...2_results.html

    I guess the S1000RR is the only genuine 300kph bike?
    Yeah considering the number of times riders have cracked 300 in past years it does seem odd. The road surface was fine, no bumps. There was no head wind on Sunday. The run up for the flying is a fair few kms, so heaps of room.

    Someone turned up in the afternoon on a black S1000RR but didn't enter. WHY NOT? That's like going to the pub for a glass of water.

    Many who cracked the 300 before did so on modified bikes, especially gearing, which doesn't count in my books as a fair comparison between models. Throw a 50cc scooter out of a plane and it will break 200kph. Where as most of us yesterday were stock I'd say.

    I take it you mean the S1000RR is the only genuine 300kph bike in stock form? Aren't the MV312 and Hayabusa and ZX14R supposedly capable of 300?
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