Japanese bikes after 1995 with 180km/h speed limit?

[ducatilover]

yeah, I think you are right - I have heard they have limiters at 300.

189mph.... Silly really, the advancements in highest bike speed would only be in very small increments

[Marmoot]

Japanese cars are restricted to 180kph and 280bhp by voluntary agreement between the Japanese car makers.

Bikes were not. But there are bikes which got the power output restricted (e.g., NSR250)

[ducatilover]

Japanese cars are restricted to 180kph and 280bhp by voluntary agreement between the Japanese car makers.

Bikes were not. But there are bikes which got the power output restricted (e.g., NSR250)

The cars did not necessarily adhere to those rules though. Thankfully the only real 280hp later model ones were jdm and aus evolutions and supras. Our jza80 got around 243kw from memory

[YellowDog]

Not sure why you are surprised - it gets there really easily. Leaves alot of 1000cc bikes behind.

I am surprised because I thought they were restricted to 250kph.

[swbarnett]

My 1984 CB750F2 was a Jap import (bought new). It was speed limited to 180kph. I don't think it's a new thing.

[Taz]

I bought a 1991 VFR750 jap import many moons ago, it had the 180km/h speedo and would not pull past that. I opened up the speedo and relocated the "trigger". speedo still stopped at the stop but bike kept pulling towards the mid 200's. You couldn't just unplug the trigger as it would affect the ignition and the bike wouldn't rev out.

[SARGE]

my 92 FJ1200 came from Japan restricted to 180.. the restriction fell off soon after i got it home though

[ducatilover]

my 92 FJ1200 came from Japan restricted to 180.. the restriction fell off soon after i got it home though

My old man had an early model fj1200 which wasn't restricted. Nice touring bike

[SARGE]

My old man had an early model fj1200 which wasn't restricted. Nice touring bike

yea .. in stock form they are wicked for touring ..


fortunately.. Spooky has a few mods ...

[ducatilover]

yea .. in stock form they are wicked for touring ..


fortunately.. Spooky has a few mods ...

They go nice with a 4 into 1 and a jet kit lots of torque and plenty up top. I'm just to much of a feather weight to ride one, so a zzr600 is a reasonable compromise

[SARGE]

They go nice with a 4 into 1 and a jet kit lots of torque and plenty up top. I'm just to much of a feather weight to ride one, so a zzr600 is a reasonable compromise

they go even better with a big bore stroker, set of cams and stage 3 head ..


or so i've heard...

[DMNTD:Me]

As people have already mentioned it was the Jap imported bikes only(maybe a couple of exceptions).
Re the ZX14's...our has had its speedo reading approximately where 340kmph would be. Reading being the operative word. I'd say you'd have to take a good 10% off that

[ducatilover]

they go even better with a big bore stroker, set of cams and stage 3 head ..


or so i've heard...

Jesus.....I would like to investigate further

[Marmoot]

The cars did not necessarily adhere to those rules though. Thankfully the only real 280hp later model ones were jdm and aus evolutions and supras. Our jza80 got around 243kw from memory

Correcto mundo. It is only a voluntary restriction so some are indeed not subjected to this. Especially true for export models.

Nice to see another supra. My jza80 is 280rwkw
But that's after I did what Mr. Toyoda has always intended.

[ducatilover]

Correcto mundo. It is only a voluntary restriction so some are indeed not subjected to this. Especially true for export models.

Nice to see another supra. My jza80 is 280rwkw
But that's after I did what Mr. Toyoda has always intended.

I would love a jza80....a jza70 would be nice if done right, but not a ma, or ga70 ewww. 280rwkw would be a nice happy figure that is low [ish] boost and bugger all lag. What have you got done to her?