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elite_hunter_sh3 01-12-08 10:35 AM

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

Steel_Tomb 01-12-08 12:17 PM

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 01-13-08 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 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!

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 01-14-08 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
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 01-15-08 12:37 AM

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:


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