E89 Mway muncher

[Gaffa22]

Had a few quick cars and some insane bikes but never maxed any of them on the road
Had my 09 Fireblade up to 163 mph on the M11 but it probably had another 20mph to go
Had the R1 at 175mph down the old Revett straight at Snetterton that would have been max as it was 11500 revs, but then its only at max for a few seconds then its hard on the brakes for the left hander

 

[ronk]

I wonder why cars are limited to 155 yet it seems bikes are not?

 

[Smartbear]

I wonder why cars are limited to 155 yet it seems bikes are not?

Bikes are limited, to 186mph! I think it’s a gentleman’s agreement
Rob

 

[Gaffa22]

Some of the bikes are limited to 186mph
It was just a gentlemans agreement with the Japanese manufacturers though.
It's 186 mph because they agreed a nice round 300 kmh

 

[Smartbear]

I wonder why cars are limited to 155 yet it seems bikes are not?

Not all cars are limited though, lambo’s, Bugatti, Ferrari etc reach more than 155mph, I think it’s just the cars the masses can afford that get limited
Rob

 

[Gaffa22]

How easy is it to remove the 155 mph on BMW's ?

It's easy on the bikes as it's only applied to 6th gear so you can trick the ECU into thinking the bike is still in 5th gear

Mind you I've personally never felt the desire to try 186mph on the road, and I doubt I'll ever visit a track with a straight long enough to do it.

 

[Zed Five]

Bikes are limited to 'display' the equivalent of 299kph, but infact accelerate a bit past this.

 

[Zed Five]

I wonder why cars are limited to 155 yet it seems bikes are not?

The real answer to this question is.. ... because bikes are better! :wink:

 

[HillWalker]

Cars aren't legally limited to 155, it's just a gentleman's agreement amongst the large manufacturers, hence most supercars with top speeds around the 200mph mark.

Over the years there's been several attempts to get a power cap on the big bikes, but the manufacturers could never agree, the first attempt was at 100 bhp now one or two of the most exotic bikes are producing over 200 bhp in something weighing less than 200 kg.

 

[Gaffa22]

They were / are limited to 100bhp in parts of Europe, certainly Belgium not sure which others, but I believe they were restricted in France

My 17 blade is 189 bhp and 190 kilo so near as damm it 1bhp per kilo
Which is more power to weight than a Bugatti cheron

 

[Zed Five]

https://youtu.be/ugZKd4mqvwQ

i think this is the current limit of what's possible. Hp4 carbon. Powerful plus light. Perhaps too light?

 

[Gaffa22]

https://youtu.be/ugZKd4mqvwQ

i think this is the current limit of what's possible. Hp4 carbon. Powerful plus light. Perhaps too light?

What about the Kawasaki H2R one did 400 kph

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6_n7ru1e-rg

 

[ronk]

They were / are limited to 100bhp in parts of Europe, certainly Belgium not sure which others, but I believe they were restricted in France

My 17 blade is 189 bhp and 190 kilo so near as damm it 1bhp per kilo
Which is more power to weight than a Bugatti cheron

1000 Bhp / Tonne !!!!
Do you Gaffa tape your wrists to the bars?

 

[Gaffa22]

They were / are limited to 100bhp in parts of Europe, certainly Belgium not sure which others, but I believe they were restricted in France

My 17 blade is 189 bhp and 190 kilo so near as damm it 1bhp per kilo
Which is more power to weight than a Bugatti cheron

1000 Bhp / Tonne !!!!
Do you Gaffa tape your wrists to the bars?

very good ronk
you do have to hang on, it'll do 0-60 in around 3 secs but you struggle to keep the front wheel on the deck

 

[HillWalker]

https://youtu.be/ugZKd4mqvwQ

i think this is the current limit of what's possible. Hp4 carbon. Powerful plus light. Perhaps too light?

Seriously big testies these boys.

 

[Gaffa22]

They most certainly have

 

[huytonman]

Rode bikes all my life, always used to have the need to test the top speed , on the motorways in the 70s and 80s the chances of getting caught for speeding were negligible best ever achieved was 155. These days I start to panick if the needle goes much over 80, not because of the speed but for the fear of big brother watching from on high.

I was out of luck one day with the "chances of getting caught in the 80's" comment - back in 1987 I maxed out my Golf GTI on the M5 going to a party which I was late for - think the speedo went to 130 on the Mk2 but could be wrong, anyway it was up against the stop and when I checked my mirror I noticed a car was gaining on me but some way back. I slowed down to 70'ish just in case it was Mr.Plod and it was. He pulled me over and showed me his stop watch with a calibration certificate from a Jewelers in Tewkesbury - he then explained that they had timed me between two bridges and what that time was..then translated it to MPH which came through at 98.7...whew! Losing my license would have meant the job going too (and the car!) and instead I got three points and a £45 fine. Lesson learned though could have been a lot worse.
Keith

 

[HillWalker]

Rode bikes all my life, always used to have the need to test the top speed , on the motorways in the 70s and 80s the chances of getting caught for speeding were negligible best ever achieved was 155. These days I start to panick if the needle goes much over 80, not because of the speed but for the fear of big brother watching from on high.

I was out of luck one day with the "chances of getting caught in the 80's" comment - back in 1987 I maxed out my Golf GTI on the M5 going to a party which I was late for - think the speedo went to 130 on the Mk2 but could be wrong, anyway it was up against the stop and when I checked my mirror I noticed a car was gaining on me but some way back. I slowed down to 70'ish just in case it was Mr.Plod and it was. He pulled me over and showed me his stop watch with a calibration certificate from a Jewelers in Tewkesbury - he then explained that they had timed me between two bridges and what that time was..then translated it to MPH which came through at 98.7...whew! Losing my license would have meant the job going too (and the car!) and instead I got three points and a £45 fine. Lesson learned though could have been a lot worse.
Keith

Ha Ha, Good story, I did say it was negligible not impossible :lol:

 

[huytonman]

Rode bikes all my life, always used to have the need to test the top speed , on the motorways in the 70s and 80s the chances of getting caught for speeding were negligible best ever achieved was 155. These days I start to panick if the needle goes much over 80, not because of the speed but for the fear of big brother watching from on high.

I was out of luck one day with the "chances of getting caught in the 80's" comment - back in 1987 I maxed out my Golf GTI on the M5 going to a party which I was late for - think the speedo went to 130 on the Mk2 but could be wrong, anyway it was up against the stop and when I checked my mirror I noticed a car was gaining on me but some way back. I slowed down to 70'ish just in case it was Mr.Plod and it was. He pulled me over and showed me his stop watch with a calibration certificate from a Jewelers in Tewkesbury - he then explained that they had timed me between two bridges and what that time was..then translated it to MPH which came through at 98.7...whew! Losing my license would have meant the job going too (and the car!) and instead I got three points and a £45 fine. Lesson learned though could have been a lot worse.
Keith

Ha Ha, Good story, I did say it was negligible not impossible :lol:

So you did! Good car the GTI for 12 months during which I did 55k miles and then it fell apart...not what I expected from German engineering, even that from the 1980's!

 

[huytonman]

I was out of luck one day with the "chances of getting caught in the 80's" comment - back in 1987 I maxed out my Golf GTI on the M5 going to a party which I was late for - think the speedo went to 130 on the Mk2 but could be wrong, anyway it was up against the stop and when I checked my mirror I noticed a car was gaining on me but some way back. I slowed down to 70'ish just in case it was Mr.Plod and it was. He pulled me over and showed me his stop watch with a calibration certificate from a Jewelers in Tewkesbury - he then explained that they had timed me between two bridges and what that time was..then translated it to MPH which came through at 98.7...whew! Losing my license would have meant the job going too (and the car!) and instead I got three points and a £45 fine. Lesson learned though could have been a lot worse.
Keith

Ha Ha, Good story, I did say it was negligible not impossible :lol:

So you did! Good car the GTI for 12 months during which I did 55k miles and then it fell apart...not what I expected from German engineering, even that from the 1980's! To mitigate against this though its fair to say that the hooligan element in me then meant I wasn't exactly kind to the thing.