What is "Fast"?

[Patch]

What is fast?? a mere opinion which is highly overrated.

Why does a racetrack not post the corner speeds?? hmmmmm

Speed is all relative...

Some would consider me fast...some would consider me slow.

fast or slow bro, who cares - your just old

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Umm, you need to come to Hawkes Bay and ride with us, one of our guys will show you what a cruiser can do!

One of the guys here knows how to handle a cruiser as well and give a few of the sports a run for their money...

[aff-man]

What is fast?? a mere opinion which is highly overrated.

Why does a racetrack not post the corner speeds?? hmmmmm




fast or slow bro, who cares - your just old

you're what 40 something now.... Well you look it.

I always find it amusing that generally as a rule the really fast guys never try to say how fast they are. Well with one or two exceptions.

[90s]

Depends where you are talking about fast.

In my mind, I am the fastest thing on wheels.
On the road ... not so much.

And in bed?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

And in bed?

way to fast... ???? apparently

[Chrislost]

fast is a CBR400 catching and beating a group of 1L bikes on the corro loop... but then slow was that same bike on the straights as the big bikes went past.
fast was when he again caught and passed the bigger bikes on the next hill
muHAHAHAHAHAHA all i got to see was the guys tyre at the gassey after there were bits missing and other bits hanging off.

[Patch]

you managed to wheelie ya 7 fiddy yet?

[Mr. Peanut]

fast is a CBR400 catching and beating a group of 1L bikes on the corro loop... but then slow was that same bike on the straights as the big bikes went past.
fast was when he again caught and passed the bigger bikes on the next hill
muHAHAHAHAHAHA all i got to see was the guys tyre at the gassey after there were bits missing and other bits hanging off.

And you only managed to crash the thing four times?

[slopster]

Speed signs are not an accurate indication of the tightness of the corner. I know of a particular 65 corner that can be taken at 180 without getting a serious lean angle. Two corners later is a 45 corner were 45 is a pretty good speed to hit it at.

[Hitcher]

My brother reports that after having taken his family around the South Island in a campervan (oh, the shame), he now fully understands the rationale for indicated corner speeds: If the campervan is coaxed around a corner in excess of the recommended maximum, plates fall from the cupboards.

[more_fasterer]

fast is a CBR400 catching and beating a group of 1L bikes on the corro loop... but then slow was that same bike on the straights as the big bikes went past.
fast was when he again caught and passed the bigger bikes on the next hill
muHAHAHAHAHAHA all i got to see was the guys tyre at the gassey after there were bits missing and other bits hanging off.

That could only have been soss... nutter.

[roogazza]

Speed signs are not an accurate indication of the tightness of the corner. I know of a particular 65 corner that can be taken at 180 without getting a serious lean angle. Two corners later is a 45 corner were 45 is a pretty good speed to hit it at.

I suppose its the same outfit the cocks up the roads with strange white lines (painted islands and bicycle lanes) and then the big one, yellow no passing lines everywhere ! Maybe they just got a great deal on a shit load of yellow paint ? Gaz.

[90s]

Speed signs are not an accurate indication of the tightness of the corner. I know of a particular 65 corner that can be taken at 180 without getting a serious lean angle. Two corners later is a 45 corner were 45 is a pretty good speed to hit it at.

Cheif instructor on the RRRS course says he often follows those signs in MPH in the dry & Ks in the wet as a general guide.

But you are right - they are fairly inconsistant. We had several cars miss the tight downhill high-camber bend we live on and end up in the garden, inc. one 15yr old in his mother's BMW who got wedged between two trees. We asked for a council sign on the bend and the council were going to put 60k advisory up based on the 'fact' they thought the rd was a 70k limit. I wasn't - actually a 50k limit area, and they revised the signage to 25k.
So I always take these signs with a bit of a pinch of salt, but doing the coro loop for the first time with lots of cliffs I did give them the benefit of the doubt!

[Jinx3d]

I ride the way the corner feels it want to be ridden and notice that on the eixit I am usually doing a bit less than double the posted speed.

However, deciding the speed to ride based on the sign is looming disaster.

I ride touring tyres, I pass some people, others pass me. I see no reason that a capable person on stricky tyres shouldnt get to about 2.3-2.5 x the posted speed.

I'd guess that 3x would be next to impossible to do consistently on roads.

[orange dog]

Well there's a mix of opinions for ya...

As for mine, double the posted speed should be safe in the dry, although you will want to work your way up to it if your not sure.

And avoid girlfriends who sit on the back and chant: faster...faster...faster... when the pegs are already on the ground (physics was not a strong subject for her)