How fast do you ride on the open road?

[SARGE]

You look at your speedo. What does it say?

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dunno.. my speedo stops at 180.. bike dont.. its at 7 0'clock position... that count?

[mattt]

Work shifts, so late night blats are regular. My piece of shit only does 190 thou.

[Warren]

107kph (125 on wonky speedo) on the canterbury planes or the max speed I can get the bike to when wind/mountains slow the 150cc down to below that. But most of the time the speed is determined by the cage in front.

[HDTboy]

My piece of shit only does 190 thou.

you must be able to do more than 190, i've had my little bike over 200 (closed conditions)

[NodMan:Me]

Late at night on a long quiet dark stretch of motorway i might see 270 tops.
Except that one time when there was a black unmarked policecar hiding under a motorway bridge and he sprung me doing 240. Now i'm much more sedate

At least it didnt cost you $20,000 for a new engine like the dude in the RS Cosworth that selected R for racing when he blew thru the beam at that speed and went searching for another gear...NOBODY TOLD HIM THAT TAXIS DONT DO MUCH OVER 210 (what helen? yes 130 thats right, I didnt notice its soooo quiet in here YEAH RIGHT!!!)

[Squiggles]

approx 110..... depends where im driving, and what the conditions are like, but +/- 20k's to that and its around the usual speed

[cowboyz]

what did 200+ k cost ya? That got to be bad. Fastest I ever been pulled over is 158k. Fastest I ever been booked is 149k. That was $600+

[pritch]

Every now and then I look at the speedo and remember my massive ammount of speeding fines and slow to 100 for about 2 minutes till I relax again and find myself doing 115 again.

Well that is something of a state of grace...

Speaking entirely hypothetically of course, on a naked bike a continuous cruise at more than 130 KPH or so is overly tiring on a trip. On a BMW RS (or similar) wind pressure is not really a factor so you do need to read the speedo more frequently.

Many litre bikes reach 16o KPH or so while passing a truck and trailer unit. The LTSA would probably suggest we should stick to 100KPH, but then again that may go some way to explaining the high number of head-ons currently happening in this country.

[Zed]

For me it is about 115k/hour. Every now and then I look at the speedo and remember my massive ammount of speeding fines and slow to 100 for about 2 minutes till I relax again and find myself doing 115 again.

Better watch out cowboy, another 25kmph over and you could lose that licence in future!

As for me, I'd rather not incriminate myself on a public forum. Come out and ride with me and you'll find out.

[Smorg]

No matter how hard i ride my bike i cant get it above 100k maybe its time to trade

[Zed]

No matter how hard i ride my bike i cant get it above 100k...

In what gear are you talking about?

[Smorg]

In what gear are you talking about?

You can change gears???? I never thought of that!!!
I'll give it a go on the way home from work tomorrow night

[Motoracer]

How fast? How fast?? Well going fast is all a bit over rated really... That's why I've gone down to a wee lil 125cc now.

All you speeders out there, don't you know speeding is bad? When you overtake a SUV full of kids at the back, do you ever stop to think about what kind of example you are setting for them?.. NO, you don't do you?! For god sakes, will someone think of the children?!

[loosebruce]

All you speeders out there, don't you know speeding is bad? When you overtake a SUV full of kids at the back, do you ever stop to think about what kind of example you are setting for them?.. NO, you don't do you?! For god sakes, will someone think of the children?!

Example???? I thought pulling a wheelie past them was a good un......

[Two Smoker]

If you have ridden with me you know i dont look at speed, i just ride... I like to play with Loosebruce and Motoracer when we ride bikes... nuff said i think