How fast do you ride on the open road?

**WINJA** · 31st August 2005, 18:38

I LIKE TO KEEP IT UNDER 250 FOR SAFETY REASONS, BUT SOMETIMES I GO NUTS

**Aitch** · 31st August 2005, 18:40

Originally Posted by gamgee

Little? i've driven cars with smaller engines than your bike

Mr Suzuki gots a 1400 now.....................tempting, so very tempting

**SPman** · 31st August 2005, 18:45

Originally Posted by loosebruce

All depends on my mood and how awake i am to how i ride, on my way to work it's spiltting the traffic, so not that fast, on my home late at night (1am) it's wheelies on every straight bit of motorway 100-230kph - traffic depending of course, on a weekend ride it's pretty quick and depends on who i'm riding with to how fast i'm going, mostly it's cruise on the straights 160-180kph and blast it in the twisty's, like i said depends on who i'm riding with and where to the speeds i travel.

Im a bit like Bruce- except a wee bit slower, without the wheelies (although........)
Now I've got a speedo I can actually read - when I do bother to look at it - I seem to travel a bit quicker than I thought.....
Justsomeguy <- Im faster than him and slower than him -> loosebruce

**enigma51** · 31st August 2005, 18:53

Im a bit slow so nothing over 110 but once i did 112 but that was when i was young and stupid

**HDTboy** · 31st August 2005, 18:54

I do 100

all the time, my bike's too slow to go fast

**Storm** · 31st August 2005, 18:59

100-110. Fines suck big time, and I'm in no hurry

**zeRax** · 31st August 2005, 19:03

i will always go as fast as i am confident and as the bike allows, if i win auction next week ill own an rgv and im buying an x50, spidi airback protector, spidi seven-leather - leather jacket, and some new spidi gloves, rest is of gear is fine, thou im thinking of getting spidi basic black leather jacket and pants, , but ive never worn leather pants in summer before so i dont know if im keen on boiling myself

**TLDV8** · 31st August 2005, 19:37

In the twisties i have no idea of speed on the straight bits but normally get off and push the bike round the corners as the 50mm wide chickenstrips prove

........ on the open road 120 to 140 k is nice but dodgy for the pocket and license these days .......

**campbellluke** · 31st August 2005, 20:31

Unless the weather is really shit. I like to keep to a minimum of 130. I seem to catch up with everything in front of me and I overtake as soon as possible.

Sometimes I commute on a SP1. I try to keep it under 200 for safety reasons. You lose more time on petrol stops anyway.

**SuperDave** · 31st August 2005, 20:39

Tend to stay within about 10 - 20 kph of the speed limit, exheading it depending on time, place and conditions. Being small bike the most fun I can have is within the tight twisties where I may not be exheading the limit by more than 15kph but almost every time go over the 'recommened' corner speed by anything from 20kph to 65kph. Have topped the bike out on several occasions though.

**FzerozeroT** · 31st August 2005, 20:43

when i need to do some testing about 10,000 RPM in 6th, I figure that if i go past fast enough then people will think it's just another of those noisy bikers and won't realise that the light holes are covered up, and hell, those numbers on the side... thats just what those new fangled bkes have now isn't it

**Sniper** · 31st August 2005, 20:43

100km

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**texmo** · 31st August 2005, 20:43

Originally Posted by loosebruce

All depends on my mood and how awake i am to how i ride, on my way to work it's spiltting the traffic, so not that fast, on my home late at night (1am) it's wheelies on every straight bit of motorway 100-230kph - traffic depending of course, on a weekend ride it's pretty quick and depends on who i'm riding with to how fast i'm going, mostly it's cruise on the straights 160-180kph and blast it in the twisty's, like i said depends on who i'm riding with and where to the speeds i travel.

But i save my most for the track which i try and get to twice a month when the $$$$ allows.

Hey bruce how do you afford so many bikes? also guys like you and SP and frosty ect... seem to travel pretty quickly if you get a cop behind you what do you do?

**Macktheknife** · 31st August 2005, 20:49

Generally around 110 120 if I'm just doodling along, if I am trynig to get out of the city and have some fun anyting under 170 is fine with me. I seldom go over 200... honest!