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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2011, 07:51:42 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2011, 08:37:00 PM » |
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went in the 180's on a dragbike quite regularly for a while. went 235 mph in a porsche 935 gtp car. did 191 mph on a built gpz 1000 superbike on daytona speedway also. I almost hit 200 on a bike tho. went 7.07, 199.997 mph on a 2 stroke. 1260cc 2 stroke. stupidist thing id ever done. i almost blacked out from the g's. dont know how they do it. must be the diet i guess.
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2011, 11:08:36 PM » |
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I've been lucky enough to take a stock car to @ 168 mph around Pocono racetrack. I'm a big NASCAR fan and that was incredible... got to do about 24 laps.
On the Valk, I've rolled that silky smooth power to @ 130 mph. It felt like I was going a bit faster than usual, but it wasn't til I looked down that I believed I was really going that fast. Still as smooth as ever.
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went in the 180's on a dragbike quite regularly for a while. went 235 mph in a porsche 935 gtp car. did 191 mph on a built gpz 1000 superbike on daytona speedway also. I almost hit 200 on a bike tho. went 7.07, 199.997 mph on a 2 stroke. 1260cc 2 stroke. stupidist thing id ever done. i almost blacked out from the g's. dont know how they do it. must be the diet i guess.
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2011, 05:06:24 AM » |
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Hmmmm Gotta think back 'cause I won't do it any more...
1) What ever true top end is on a '97 Tourer. AND, smoked the front tire due to bad swingarm bearings. Those bars were really doing a zillion lefts & rights. Eased gently off the throttle until she stabilized.
2) 70 mph in first gear on a Hayabusa. Then I did the smartest thing I could think of, I shifted into 2nd. And finally backed off at about 140...ran out of nerve. It was my life and another' bike.
3) '91 3000GT VR4 around 155 mph on I55 southwest Chicago at 3 A.M. With it's auto air dam & spoiler that thing really hunkered down and stuck solidly.
Now-a-days I'm content with 5-6 mph over the limit. Figure I survived my young and dumb years, so why screw around now.
The little 6" drag race below topped out at 31 MPH.
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When I got my second bike, Magna 1100 I took it out side of town on a straight section of new pavement and got up to 146 indicated before backing off. Also took a RocketIII to 140 indicated and backed off when I started to feel the front end lift. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2011, 05:15:12 AM » |
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My valk will do 125 indicated, and I had a Dodge six pac that showed 130 with 4.10 gears, fast enough for me. Hoser
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i did 85 on a speedway cart once,, that felt like 200,,,
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« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2011, 05:49:03 AM » |
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and these speeds are all the truth, never mind that no tests by pros ever got as high, and darn few of the claimed speeds were ever achieved by professionally set up cars/bikes on a track.
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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2011, 05:52:30 AM » |
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ricoman, when you are on the track all the laps are timed and an average is posted...
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« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2011, 05:57:39 AM » |
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ricoman, when you are on the track all the laps are timed and an average is posted...
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Buried the speedo on a buddy's '69 Buick GS back in my young and dumb days... I believe that was over 140 Have seen 130+ (indicated) numerous times on the Valk in the past, but when I stop and think about all that can go wrong at that speed (deer, raccoon, possum, gravel...) I shut down quickly... These days, other than an occasional educational opportunity, to enlighten an HDS (Hardly Davidson Snot), I tend to keep it within 5 - 10 of the posted limit  Black Dog |
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« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2011, 07:03:28 AM » |
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« Reply #25 on: July 21, 2011, 07:25:59 AM » |
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125 indicated on my Magna. Felt a lot faster. Shut it down quick when the LEO in the other lane taped his blue lights. (Wide median topping a hill with tall grass. Don't think he got a reading on me.) Don't know what my Valk will do because the carbon based rev limiter shuts it down about 120. As for you guys hitting 130+  Did 110 in a Dodge Charger once. I know that doesn't sound fast, but it was off road across the bottom of a bean field. (I wasn't driving, or blinking, or breathing ) It was as flat as the bottom of a skillet and covered with talcum powder fine dust. It was a very strange sensation. Very smooth. Felt like the car was floating, and remarkably quiet. Sort of a soft, muffled rumble. The cloud of brown dust kicked up behind us must have looked like the exhaust plume from a rocket from a distance. |
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« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2011, 08:23:24 AM » |
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Hmmmm Gotta think back 'cause I won't do it any more...
1) What ever true top end is on a '97 Tourer. AND, smoked the front tire due to bad swingarm bearings. Those bars were really doing a zillion lefts & rights. Eased gently off the throttle until she stabilized.
2) 70 mph in first gear on a Hayabusa. Then I did the smartest thing I could think of, I shifted into 2nd. And finally backed off at about 140...ran out of nerve. It was my life and another' bike.
3) '91 3000GT VR4 around 155 mph on I55 southwest Chicago at 3 A.M. With it's auto air dam & spoiler that thing really hunkered down and stuck solidly.
Now-a-days I'm content with 5-6 mph over the limit. Figure I survived my young and dumb years, so why screw around now.
The little 6" drag race below topped out at 31 MPH.
and these speeds are all the truth, never mind that no tests by pros ever got as high, and darn few of the claimed speeds were ever achieved by professionally set up cars/bikes on a track.
I personally had a 1955 Cushman Eagle that would hit 106, two up.
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154.4 something, can't remember precisely. Richard Petty driving school at KY Speedway. I've still got the timing slip somewhere around here. Never forget glancing out the right window and thinking, Damn, that railing is close. Used to own and ride a KZ1000, I have an official record of achieving 140 mph courtesy of the KS Highway Patrol. That was long ago in a far away land that I do not wish to re-visit. |
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Friend in 1970 had a "slightly" modified Firebird. WE went 162 mph one night on a road I wouldn't drive 75 now. Road racing a Mustange. The engine still had several K rpm's left on the tack. I had, at the same time, a '69 Camero that I took up to 135 several times. The front end would start floating when I went above that speed. Loved that car.
Indicated 115 on a '71 CB450. Indicated 105 on a Yamaha snowmobile. My Valk has only gone up to 100 with me on it, getting a bit more sane in my old age.
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This thread reminds me of a story I heard once. The wife's birthday was coming up and I asked her what she wanted, she replied that she wanted something sitting in the garage that would do 200 in three seconds. So, being the good husband that I am, I fulfilled her wish. The day came, she went out into the garage and hasn't spoken to me since the divorce hearings. It seems she didn't want a weight scale. But, it'd do zero to 200 in less than three seconds. |
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blackrams. I had a KZ1000 also. Wicked fast. Did 140 mph 2 up once. Young, dumb, and alcohol was involved. 33 years later, I had my valk up to 85 a few times on the interstate. Quit drinking years ago. I actually lived AND learned. |
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blackrams. I had a KZ1000 also. Wicked fast. Did 140 mph 2 up once. Young, dumb, and alcohol was involved. 33 years later, I had my valk up to 85 a few times on the interstate. Quit drinking years ago. I actually lived AND learned. Yep, to my knowledge, my Valk has never seen triple digits. I let my son ride it a couple of times so that is questionable but, not with me on it. In passing on the road, I've exceeded the speed limit but, never to triple digits. Last summer the KS High Patrol got me again, while passing some lady that simiply would not allow us to pass and seemed intent on being a PITA in front of a buddy and I, we got clocked at 92 mph. Again, it was in KS, you'd think I'd learn someday. But, I normally ride within 5 to 7 mph of the posted speed limit. |
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On the German Autoban, I drove a car 165 mph for a few minutes.
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Nope - not quite. Had the Valk up to 112 and quite - the trees were becoming one big blur. Had an old Harley 250 Sprint, just out of high school, got to 105 down hill and the valves started to float.
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On the Valk, 115+- indicated keeping a Screaming Eagle honest before I thought about how much it would hurt if I lived.
69 Vette, sober, 132 indicated with pedal left on rt 118 in PA, a lot faster than that according to the guy who was driving the Nova that wanted to race on the way back from Silky Sullivans Pub on rt 40 out of Memphis. He caught up to me on base about 2 weeks later. He got the jump on me but I passed him at every gear change, until #4, then I was gone.
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145, KZ1000 dad didn't know I took it for a ride.
153, '76' Trans Am 455 HO that car would fly. About 120 all the air dams and spoilers were starting to do their job and at 130 the car was squating down on the road. Seems the car had more but I was out of guts!
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170 on the Back stretch of Talladega,,,,on a Dale Jarrett Exp ride along.
That was a rush, just tryed to look left in the turns will gve you a neck cramp.
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