Fastest speed? - What bike?

[craigs288]

What's the fastest speed people have gone, indicated or calculated, and on what bike?

The speedo on my GS only goes to 180, but I've had the bike to just over 8500rpm in top, which means 8.5 x 30km/h =~255km/h.

not willing to say where it was

[SimJen]

hopefully on a closed road
I've seen 280 indicated on a long straight somewhere, with 250+ on taupo's main straight.
Most mags reckon it'll do almost 300 flat out, (limited to 186mph).

[Sanx]

hopefully on a closed road
I've seen 280 indicated on a long straight somewhere, with 250+ on taupo's main straight.
Most mags reckon it'll do almost 300 flat out, (limited to 186mph).

I've seen 299 on the speedo of the Blade, just before the 100m braking marker on the back straight at Pukekohe.

[vifferman]

100 km/h (indicated). Anything faster is very naughty.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

100 km/h (indicated). Anything faster is very naughty.

according to my speeding ticket last year 121 km... (and won't admit at anything else... on the open road... ) on the track on the other hand I was clocked at 250 down the back straight... and doing or averageing 150 on a closed road hill climb

[SimJen]

wasn't really looking at the speedo much on the track though....could have been higher. Next time at KBTD6 I'll strap my digital camera on for a little vid action

[MSTRS:Me]

wasn't really looking at the speedo much on the track though....could have been higher. Next time at KBTD6 I'll strap my digital camera on for a little vid action

'strapping on' and 'a little action' should never be mentioned in the same sentence...
I've seen 290 indicated on my old GSXR1100

[Cajun]

i saw 180mph(288kph) on my old gsxr 1100, but i know the speedo read slow on that beast.

seen around 275ish on the 600, speedo reads high,

[terbang]

There is a straight bit not far from here that starts with a nice down hill bit into a longish flat bit then into an uphill. On this ideal piece of road with its little runup ramp, I could crank my Busa up to 290 in 5th gear and then pass the 300 indicated index mark once shifting into sixth. Had it a fair way past the 300 index on a quite few occasions. In fact too many occasions because thats what Hayabusas were made for. I ride a slower bike now that can actually corner.

[nudemetalz]

Coming back from Akaroa back in 1993, I saw (indicated) just over 250km/h on my RZ500, as my mate with an RG500 slowly passed me with another 10km/h extra.

1000cc and 8 cylinders of two strokes at max revs and speed. Nothing better !!!!!!!!!!

(Of course the roads were closed off for this, as it would be illegal to do that normally...........)

[bert_is_evil]

about 240km/h on the Thunderace at Taupo. I think I got it a bit faster but was too scared to glance at the speedo..

[onearmedbandit]

Seen 288km/h on the thou, still wanted to pull but but the wind at that speed was wanting to pull me off the bike.

Oh and as there is no time stamp or location, it was done on a public road. Just I have the balls to say it.

[imdying]

Coming back from Akaroa back in 1993, I saw (indicated) just over 250km/h on my RZ500, as my mate with an RG500 slowly passed me with another 10km/h extra.

Heh awesome!

Must've been about 96 for me... coming back from Akaroa at a similar sort of speed on an RZ500, had a good mate on the back... hit a bump, we both left the seat... most fun we've ever had, still laugh about it today

[nodrog:Me]

I have seen, an "indicated" 117 kph, "confirmed" by police officer.

[nudemetalz]

Heh awesome!

Must've been about 96 for me... coming back from Akaroa at a similar sort of speed on an RZ500, had a good mate on the back... hit a bump, we both left the seat... most fun we've ever had, still laugh about it today

Great stuff !!

The '500 wasn't particularily stable at that speed as it would enter a tank-slapper if you didn't have a good grip on it.
That early technology with a fat 16" front wheel had a lot to blame.
On saying that, the RZ500 was very rewarding to ride....and that V4 two-stroke noise ....