Max speed on your bike?

[DMNTD:Me]

104kmph is well fast in my book

[MadDuck]

104kmph is well fast in my book

One wheel or two?

[mashman]

300kph in the memory bank. I have to say it felt as though I was hardly moving.

[pritch]

Really? Do you recall why it was unsuccessful?

It wasn't only the USA, for some years Japanese cars had speedos that read to a max 180kph.

[2smokes]

It wasn't only the USA, for some years Japanese cars had speedos that read to a max 180kph.

If you remember waaay back to the late '80s all the ping-a-ling domestic super bikes had 180km speedos. Crazy idea, not sure what they had in mind.

[neels]

Have had the speedo indicating around 200 but of course only in a situation in which no lepers or homeless children would be harmed.

I may also have been asleep at the time, so I can't prove anything, and neither can anyone else.

I'm sure my Ducati can go faster than that if it felt so inclined, as I know for a fact that it goes much faster when someone other than me is riding it.

[ducatilover]

An interesting experiment would be to see if all speedo's were made to say only read up to 120kph if many people would still feel the need to see how high (kph) they can go. I would hazard a guess that many people's ego's center around being able to say I have gone 'X' fast. Take away the measuring stick and I would guess many people would lose interest in seeing how fast they can go with nothing to gauge it by.

I go fast because it's fun, not because I enjoy slapping my e-dick ona keyboard, speedo or no speedo I am going to enjoy the sensations of riding a bike. OP: 220 on the MV? Weak bro did your vagina hold you back too much?

[danchop]

i had an mvx250 back when they held the record for the fastest 250 in the world,i got it up to 215km/h once when racing a mate on his fully worked cb900 bowldedoor

[dangerous]

i had an mvx250 back when they held the record for the fastest 250 in the world,i got it up to 215km/h once when racing a mate on his fully worked cb900 bowldedoor

fastest 250 in the world to melt a piston maybe and 215 out of the back of a C130

[EJK]

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[rossirep]

Tag: Slow down rossi

[cheshirecat]

Got an Ariel 500 avec sidecar up to trotting speed once and it felt scary about to explode fast before it pulled me into a muddy bank. Didn't have the nerve to kickstart the f**ker again after being almost crippled by the first attempt.

My CBX 1000 put the fear of God at any speed whenever going into a lumpy corner with anything like luggage on the rear whereas my VFR doesn't seem to get upset at anything and feels reassuringly tame after that.

Fastest bike I had or what felt like the fastest bike was my little CB160 (top speed 70mph) way back in the 60's, a bike which rode like it just came off the IOM.

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An interesting experiment would be to see if all speedo's were made to say only read up to 120kph if many people would still feel the need to see how high (kph) they can go. I would hazard a guess that many people's ego's center around being able to say I have gone 'X' fast. Take away the measuring stick and I would guess many people would lose interest in seeing how fast they can go with nothing to gauge it by.

"I'm sorry officer, my speedo only goes up to 120, I have no idea how fast I was going."

[pratik8890]

...104 kph...

Are your sure of it, I hope it wasnt 104 mph?

I have been measured at 240 kmh on a closed road with proper timing gear (on a Katana), yet I can never seem to get any of my current bikes over 104 kmh.

Haha DO you have a cop seating on your passenger seat so that you cant go more than 104 kph?

So I read backroad and New Plymouth...how do I stop the giggling?

If your giigling too much then you should get it checked :P

I think we will see a lot of 104kph admissions here. I used to top out at 109kpm, but read in an add recently that anything above 104 and I would self destruct and take out dozens of innocent people with me on my reckless path to hell.

You should come down to Wellington when the Gladstone Hill climb quarter mile sprints are on and really test it out. It's a lot of fun, safe and actual recorded speeds, not these ambitious speedo numbers. My MV F3 topped out showing 282 (or somewhere about that) with a true 254kph. Puts an end to all those pub bragging tales.

March and Nov I think are the usual times for the sprints. cliffhanger.org.nz

Wow that'll be a cool and legal way to find out the max speed on a bike!

160ish 2 up on the back straight of Pukekohe before they put the chicane in

They must have seen you do that quite often hence the chicane..

in first gear?

mine 287kph indicated so about 267kph

Wow! but theres quite a difference between the speed on the speedo vs the actual speed.

A little over 160km/h on one of the motorways near Westgate. There are a few straight stretches of motorway near there that seem perfect for testing.

Not bad for your Ninja 250.

90 km/hr, but I did take my car up to 104 km/hr yesterday.

I wonder, is the OP 12 or 13 years old, do you think?

So youre the one who is always holding up the traffic. Lol

...my 104kph was probably not accurate...I'm not that much of a daredevil...I did really whizz speedily down a steep Lyttelton hill on an engineless Matchless once...was quite slow pushing it back up to the top though...about a k an hour...I was quite reckless back then though...

What did you ride back then?

285kph indicated ..... Allegedly tho

I trust ya looking at the bike you own.

Off the clock

Thats sounds about right Reibs :P

104kph. Vehicles don't really go any faster on the roads. Some new fandangled rule of physics.

But I have it on good authority of the following:

Bikes:

ZXR250c: 195kph indicated.
K10 GSXR 750: 289kph indicated.
K5 GSXR 600: 278kph indicated.
2011 CBR1000rr: 292kph indicated.

Cars:

1996 200sx track modified: 257kph.

I wont comment on whether any of the above where at the track, on closed roads at legitimate events or "other".

And I have been told that my 2007 Audi RS4 if de-limited (255kph limiter) will touch 300kph on a long straight road. Not keen to try that one. Too expensive if things go pop.

I'm sure you go all of these records to show it to your Grand kids later on, Aye mate

103.999kmh, according to Mr Garmin.

Thats dead right mate, DO you happen to have a cruise control on your bike by any chance ? :P

fastest iv seen on my speedo is 292kph.. ;-) only on a closed road, out the track, on a run way.. not on the open road. no never.. cause that would be crazy talk..

I see thats pretty fast mate and good on ya for doing it on a close road ( causing no harm to others )

In all seriousness, these days I think that doing warp speed on the road is retarded and for idiots. It's closed roads and trackdays for me these days. It's not the killing myself bit I am worried about, but a bike at 200kph through the side of a car is going to do some serious damage to the car occupants and I want no part in being responsible for the death of someones loved one. Traveling at high speed is a whole lot of fun, but time/place and all that. In any case, I much prefer a remote winding road for a bit of fun.

I respect what you say Brett and that the reason why I did it on a back country road with hardly any traffic and it was a straight road too so I had a clear vision of next few kms down the road

If you haven't been 150kph on a suburban street, you don't deserve a licence...

If youre refering to suburban street as a closed road/back country road with 0 traffic then I'm with ya if not a big NAYYYY from me..

I may have inadvertently allowed the speedo to creep up perhaps as high as 109kph on my way home from Auckland.
This is no idle boast, it's just possible I will be able to obtain photographic evidence in support of this claim.
Of course it's also possible that the traffic that was temporarily obstructing my progress at the time may also be in the picture which will spoil it.
I hope!

I see!

170 was plenty fast enough for me

Fair enough, at the end of the day its all about self control

240kph on my RZ500 going north down the Bombay hills. Flat on the tank and was flat out, wouldn't go any faster.
250kph on my 1987 GSXR1100 between Hamilton and Auckland.
Both are indicated, both really early Sunday mornings, both (looking back) really stupid and both many, many moons ago.

Thats not bad for a 87' gixer!

I've had my 600 SRAD up to 250kmh (indicated). I haven't tried again since Roger fixed the carbs up though, but it goes faster now. Speedo over reads by 10% according to GPS since I've gone -1 on the front sprocket.

You should prolly try it out on a track or an open country road to see what your ride is capable ( without endangering anyone tho )

Indicated 270 at Pukekohe on the 750 but I've always been an early braker...

Nothing wrong with braking mate, it can save your life and also others.

Up to 130 - 140km hr when passing say a truck and trailer. Not interested in finding out what the top speed is.

Fair enough.

Bout 104 but know it'll do 285+.any quicker I'd get in trouble.

I dont trust when you 104 but i truly believe the latter part ( 285 + )

Took the sevenfiddy for a ride to see how fast it can go. Up to 105 before I new it! Luckily the bus full of orphans and nuns didn't get sucked into my wake and explode. I'll have to wait for the adrenalin to subside before I test the eleven.

Cool story bro.

300kph in the memory bank. I have to say it felt as though I was hardly moving.

Haha sounds like you were levitating mate :P still 300 kph is quite impressive tho.

Have had the speedo indicating around 200 but of course only in a situation in which no lepers or homeless children would be harmed.

I may also have been asleep at the time, so I can't prove anything, and neither can anyone else.

I'm sure my Ducati can go faster than that if it felt so inclined, as I know for a fact that it goes much faster when someone other than me is riding it.

SO you dont give a tos about regular people I see. lol And I gather you got one of those friends who would like to beat the crap outta mate's bike. Thats typical mate therefore I always use- If drop it you buy it policy and theyre more cautious with the bike..HAha

I go fast because it's fun, not because I enjoy slapping my e-dick ona keyboard, speedo or no speedo I am going to enjoy the sensations of riding a bike. OP: 220 on the MV? Weak bro did your vagina hold you back too much?

It was the first time I achieved that speed on my bike and it was a straight road but it was merging into an open road after few kms so I just took it easy cos there's always a next time you know

i had an mvx250 back when they held the record for the fastest 250 in the world,i got it up to 215km/h once when racing a mate on his fully worked cb900 bowldedoor

Wicked! I better look up that model.

[mashman]

Haha sounds like you were levitating mate :P still 300 kph is quite impressive tho.

Not quite... it never left the driveway. Something to do with a faulty speedo sensor. Other than that, I daren't go over 99 as I've been told that I'll die.