hayabusa top speeds?

[N4CR]

You should know better than that.

Hehehehe 'bite' :P

Nah it does look like a mean machine though. Good to see you going a different way in terms of speed.

[Smorg]

Tis true, here it is folks, just what we've been waiting for!

Dude that is the ugliest fucken thing i have ever seen

[Carldav]

This post raises a very good question: Where, exactly, can we legally test the top speed of our bikes? I see there's been a top speed run around Lower Hutt but where do we find out about these kinds of events (and especially those in the South Island?). It seems the perfect way to put an end to the bullshitting that goes back and forth about speed, and especially given how bad most motorbike speedos are. A couple of friends and me have taken to running our bikes with GPS on them, but the problem is always finding a long and smooth enough road.

[imdying]

but the problem is always finding a long and smooth enough road.

wot, like QE2 drive?

[Cajun]

I know of a few roads around for fast runs, we have a special mount to mount gps on triple tree, on the busa,

[T.W.R]

(and especially those in the South Island?).
but the problem is always finding a long and smooth enough road.

MY backyard is the perfect spot the flying kiwi team even came and used one road, albeit the rougher & more risky of the two ideal roads

[Carldav]

If you can't post the roads here, send me a PM and tell me. I have a friend who's a motorcycle mechanic (with a tuned ZX12R) that uses the road between Porters Pass and Sheffield to 'test' the bikes he's worked on. But that is a pretty busy, and bumpy, piece of road.

Has anyone ever thought of asking Ngai Tahu if we could hire Wigram for a day? It's not as if anyone is using that runway any more. And it's a mile long. Good for standing KM drags at least.

[imdying]

It's residential now, how close to the runway have they built so far?

[Carldav]

Not at all - yet. The airfield still operates, and they fly things like the DC3 out of there. The development, so far, has been on the other side. But Ngai Tahu does have plans to put houses all over the airfield (1200 properties, apparently). Until they do, we should be thinking about how to hire that long strip of seal. I think that every time I drive past it. Such a waste.

[eddy50]

I have a new K1200S BMW. Maybe not as fast as a Busa but still a GREAT bike to ride and still pulling hard at 285kph.
It would be nice to find a good road to be able to open it right out once I have a few more k's up on it.

[Kickaha]

Until they do, we should be thinking about how to hire that long strip of seal. I think that every time I drive past it. Such a waste.

Flying Kiwi had acess to it to test run the sidecar so it might be possible, I will ask Phil when I see him how he went about it, although it still wont be anywhere near long enough to wind anything but a bucket right out