What speed are you riding at?

[NZsarge]

100 kph of course.
Anymore and the law is broken.

Agreed...

[SPman]

I cruise at either two thirds throttle + two thirds revs on small bikes
OR

around 75 - 80 on big bikes (mph, of course.....?)

That's been my cruising speed for over 40 years and I'm too old to be having with slowing down at my time of life.

Wot he said.

[DELLORTO]

Agreed...

100km/h is pathetic......a modern bike can safely do 130km/h on straight......blood dumb goverment can see that........

ive done 80km/h on a pocket bike in a 50km/h zone and i didnt even relise i was doing that under the speed camera got me.....

[jim.cox]

Used to sit around 140

Thats where my bike is most comfortable

But even with a radar detector I find that too risky now

Usually around 120 or a little below

With the occaisional squirt well above that figure

[Ixion]

Wot he said.

I can't be ha ving with all these modern kilosentiwoodles things.

All I know is if the signs used to say 55 and I kept the speedo needle around 75. Then they changed it the signs said 50 and I kept the speedo needle around 75. Then they changed the signs to 60 and I kept the needle around 75. All of which was a bit illegal I guess. Now the signs have been upgraded to say 100, and I keep the needle around 75, which must mean I am very legal, right.

[rosie631]

100 - 140. Depending on the road. Generally around 120. That's where the bike's most comfortable.

[Hitcher]

The Shiver is happiest at 5,000rpm in top gear. One day soon I'll be able to tell you how fast that is in kmh.

[Swoop]

"To the conditions".

Interpret that however you like.

[Bonez]

Depends on-the bike I'm on, how I'm feeling, the road, the conditions and who I'm riding with.

[portokiwi]

around 100-110.

[MarkH]

You know, the NZ police SAY we should drive to the conditions, but they don't mean it! If you try driving to the conditions and they catch you, they will take away your license!

[AllanB]

Presumably this is your average, normal open road riding speed who the fuck are the riders (pilots?) that claim to go everywhere at 180?

They should be easy to spot in normal company I guess - a right hand thats constantly twitching, eyes scanning left to right at the imaginary mirrors and a tendency to cock a knee outwards often .......

[breakaway]

My speedo only goes to 300

[Bonez]

100km/h is pathetic......a modern bike can safely do 130km/h on straight......blood dumb goverment can see that........
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So can 30 year old bikes. But not all our roads are straight ah?

[Conquiztador]

As mentioned in the first post last w/e I rode with a couple riders I had never been on the road with before. I did a little over 900k's inside 24h. Alone (I did Napier - Taupo alone) and with the others when on a open road the speed was between 130 - 150k/h. From HB to Taupo to Rotorua to Tauranga. Then back coming some "backroads" from Tauranga to Taupo.

Not once did I feel that it was dangerous or that we did take unnecessary risks. When in traffic we would ease until it was clear and then pass. No yellow line crossing.

Only when going from Rotorua to Tauranga after the sun had settled did I cut down to approx 110 - 120k/h as I dont know that road too well. And night vision is not what it used to be when young.

It is intresting to read the comments here. And also to see that over 50% (currently) of all that have picked one are riding at approx 120k/h. We probably feel that we can from 120 quickly slow down to 109 to avoid a ticket but if we get pinged we do not loose the license and the cost is not too high. And probably also that 100k/h gets us in the way for the cagers.