189 Mph???

[SUBMAN1]

This thing got there pretty dang fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NybB-yNV0Xc

Seems the police are looking for this guy already.

-S

[STEED]

Well he or she did not make the mistake putting on a cheesy smile to the camera at the end of there little film. ;)

[seafarer]

Makes me wonder how Jay Leno's jet turbine bike would do on that road? I've never heard what the jet bike's top speed is, but I read it does a quarter mile in ~9 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c9qNn9Yq9U

[Sailor Steve]

"My Maserati does one-eighty five;
I lost my license, now I don't drive."
-Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good To Me So Far

[SUBMAN1]

"My Maserati does one-eighty five;
I lost my license, now I don't drive."
-Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good To Me So FarNow I know you are at least as old as me! :D

-S

[AVGWarhawk]

God, I saw Joe Walsh in concert:doh:. Darn near 20 years ago. Anyway, if the cops are looking for him they will have a very hard time catching up.

[Steel_Tomb]

Oh god I hate people like this, they think they're being awesome showing off, but instead make the rest of us bikers look like maniacs...and just give the anti-bike groups enough ammunition to wage a war! Just remember anyone who looks at this thread you may not like bikes a lot but we aren't all maniacs like this! Its a small minority! (I hope anyway!!!)

[Sailor Steve]

Oh god I hate people like this, they think they're being awesome showing off, but instead make the rest of us bikers look like maniacs...and just give the anti-bike groups enough ammunition to wage a war! Just remember anyone who looks at this thread you may not like bikes a lot but we aren't all maniacs like this! Its a small minority! (I hope anyway!!!)
Speak for yourself, man! We are all maniacs, or we wouldn't love two wheels so much!:rotfl:

Well, no, I'm actually pretty sedate most of the time. I don't think most people believe we all ride that fast, and the ones who do believe it aren't worth the trouble of trying to convince otherwise.

But y'know, I live in a desert with hundreds of miles of open, empty highways, and sometimes you just...you know...:sunny:

[mapuc]

In 1996 my brother-in-law, was almost killed in an accident. It happen in Denmark(jutlandia) He was about to turn left, when a car from the opposite side of the road crash right into him. What I understand from it then the driver was occupied with something else and didn't see him(my brother-in-law) he also drove to fast(don't know how fast, the speedlimit was 50km/h)

Many times during his stay at the ER he was near death. he was in the hospital for almost 7 month

Today he lives well and are stil driving bikes

Markus

[Tango589]

Jeezus, that speed was unbelievable. One sneeze and there would have bee bike- and body-parts scattered up the next 1/2 mile of road.:dead:

The jet bike sounded fantastic though....:rock:

[Tango589]

This bike appeals to the pilot in me...

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_2006_legend_of_the_motorcycle/photo_03.html

Although, coz the engine is mounted cross-ways, (or I think the correct term is transverse) one hard rev and you would probably slam it on its right-hand side.


This one is in-line and is my favourite:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=4609&Page=1

:rock: :rock: :rock:

[Steel_Tomb]

Oh god I hate people like this, they think they're being awesome showing off, but instead make the rest of us bikers look like maniacs...and just give the anti-bike groups enough ammunition to wage a war! Just remember anyone who looks at this thread you may not like bikes a lot but we aren't all maniacs like this! Its a small minority! (I hope anyway!!!) Speak for yourself, man! We are all maniacs, or we wouldn't love two wheels so much!:rotfl:

Well, no, I'm actually pretty sedate most of the time. I don't think most people believe we all ride that fast, and the ones who do believe it aren't worth the trouble of trying to convince otherwise.

But y'know, I live in a desert with hundreds of miles of open, empty highways, and sometimes you just...you know...:sunny:

Lol...well I occasionaly go up close to a ton but rarely...I'd like to keep my license clean if possible! especially as I'm only 20...insurance is expensive as it is!

[Sailor Steve]

Tango589, I read about both of those in Cycle World, but I was hoping for videos. I want to hear how they sound!

[Onkel Neal]

Two questions; what was the flashing green light? And why did the speedo stop at 189, he was still accelerating?

Yah, that's a pretty crazy thing to do, no way I would go that fast on a public road.

[Steel_Tomb]

Two questions; what was the flashing green light? And why did the speedo stop at 189, he was still accelerating?

Yah, that's a pretty crazy thing to do, no way I would go that fast on a public road.

Indicator light ;), and they cap the speed at a certain point, so they're supposed to go that and no faster.

[elite_hunter_sh3]

im faster... :arrgh!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iq2yce9uhQ&NR=1

[Steel_Tomb]

Wow....thats the epitimy of stupidity if I ever saw it! :damn: I just don't get the "coolness" of riding dangerously. :nope: Imagine if one of those cars changed lanes unexpectedly...like they frequently do from people not looking he would have been turned into mush, not good.

[Tango589]

Tango589, I read about both of those in Cycle World, but I was hoping for videos. I want to hear how they sound!

Sailor Steve, I have only been able to find this video. Its not great, but its better than nothing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUx35zuI5GI

[Sailor Steve]

Two questions; what was the flashing green light? And why did the speedo stop at 189, he was still accelerating?

Yah, that's a pretty crazy thing to do, no way I would go that fast on a public road.
Indicator light ;), and they cap the speed at a certain point, so they're supposed to go that and no faster.
My Kawasaki was built in 1982. It has a rated top speed of 135, but the speedometer only goes to 85. "But officer, I couldn't have been going that fast! See...?"

@ Tango589: Thanks for that. Yeah, an 'on-the-road' shot would have been nice, but that told me what I wanted to know. I figured "If a big V-twin sounds so gutsy, would seven or nine of them sound like a WW2 radial fighter?" But I should have known that the pistons would be a lot smaller. Oh, will.

Still, would be fun to ride. And be seen on.:sunny:

[Reaves]

I got over 140km on a middle of nowhere road just after new years, my bike (DRZ-250) couldn't go any faster. It wasn't ridiculous speed like this video but you sure get a rush from it.

I crashed about 15 minutes later about 20 metres from the campsite and going under 20km. I got a few good scaps along my arm and shoulder and twisted my ankle pretty badly.

I find that funny. :rotfl: