My brand new bike won't go over 80 mph!

[icekiwi]

Just the PC Brigade attacking from another angle...let the lill pricks grow up on their own...
Step son....Hmmmm...Written 3 cars off,now has a bike....He's a slow learner..
Wheres those blaardy keys??????

[pete376403]

80 MPH (130 KMH) - could still do some serious damage at that speed.

[SpeedMonger]

oriented cars have had reduced hp "valet" mode for years, i guess Ford didn't fit into that category.

[no-coast-punk]

Whatever happend to things like... you know... TALKING TO YOUR FUCKING KIDS?

Technology is not/will never be a substitute for parenting.

I got a big speeding ticket when I was 16. Guess who was taking the bus to school for 6 months.

[firefighter]

Whatever happend to things like... you know... TALKING TO YOUR FUCKING KIDS?

Technology is not/will never be a substitute for parenting.

I got a big speeding ticket when I was 16. Guess who was taking the bus to school for 6 months.

Yes but now-days the parent will say no, the kid will say fuck you and do it anyway, the parent will kick said child in the ass and be off to prison with Sue Bradford demanding that the parent be punished severely for this savage assault.

[Swoop]

With the way that cages are going... having a microchip in your pocket that simply recognises the car and all the driver has to do is press the "start" button.

This is a ford though, so you will probably have to insert the crankhandle through the front bumper then wind like crazy...

[vifferman]

discuss..

Nope. I won't.
Not even with the other people in my head.

[The Pastor]

limit the teens/ repeat convited dangerous drivers to 95kph.

no reason not too.

[MarkH]

limit the teens/ repeat convited dangerous drivers to 95kph.

no reason not too.

Really no reason? What about the annoyance to the fellow road users when someone can't go with the flow of traffic which is travelling at 105? What about when some slow idiot is driving at 85 and it is hard to pass at 95?
It seems to me that in some ways it may not be a bad idea, but there are definitely some reasons not to do it.

[Qkchk:Me]

Its not a new idea, it has been done before............ 1990's Corvette ZR-1

Taken from HERE

"To discourage 'Dad, can I borrow the 'Vette?' hoonage, GM installed a 'valet key'. With the safety switched on, half of the LT5's valves shut down, as did half of its 16 fuel-injectors. Rad. This allowed the ZR-1 to scoot about town to the sound and relative fury of 250 ponies — still 5 hp more than the base C4. Once father was in a position to know best, he could turn the valet key and reactivate all the valves and injectors, unleashing the full stable of beautiful horses. We love this. We love this so much it's silly. Modern cars are just starting to get into this bi-modal way of thinking. The new M5 is able to go from 400 to 500 hp at the push of a button and the Veyron needs a separate key in the floor to achieve its top-speed mode. Vishnu tuners up in Danville, CA will sell you their XEDE chip that lets you toggle between two performance modes. We love these kinds of antics too, of course, but somehow the LT5's valve trick is cooler. The feature was wholly unnecessary in 1990, what with gas costing $1.20 a gallon."

[The Pastor]

Really no reason? What about the annoyance to the fellow road users when someone can't go with the flow of traffic which is travelling at 105? What about when some slow idiot is driving at 85 and it is hard to pass at 95?
It seems to me that in some ways it may not be a bad idea, but there are definitely some reasons not to do it.

have you heard of overtaking?

[MarkH]

have you heard of overtaking?

Have you driven in NZ? Lots of roads that have very little opportunity to pass for many kilometres. It's one of the many reasons I prefer a bike to a car.

[The Pastor]

Have you driven in NZ? Lots of roads that have very little opportunity to pass for many kilometres. It's one of the many reasons I prefer a bike to a car.

I never have a problem with overtaking.

[MarkH]

I never have a problem with overtaking.

Ahhhh, got you now. When you said "no reason not to" you actually mean "no negative impact on me personally if they did that". Very good, carry on.

[Sparrowhawk]

Bloody brilliant idea. My father's Fairmont can do 200+, which is why I'm the only one of 4 of his kids that's been allowed to drive it.

When I was on my 'stricted, back when I was 17, my old man tied a cable tie round the throttle lever near the carbie, so that the throttle wouldn't open all the way. Slowed me right down! Prolly save my life too, I was going as fast as the car would let me when I flipped it on a gravel road near 3 mile hill in Dunners. If I could have gone faster, I woulda been