On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:12:05 -0700, pyotr filipivich
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Gunner Asch on Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:33:32 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:44:47 -0700, "Steve B"
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"Gunner Asch" wrote


several weeks ago, I got on a Ninja and was clocked at 264 mph, on a
paved public road.

Now to be fair..it was a paved road out in the desert. And the scooter
did belong to a CHP buddy of mine. And his partner was running the
speed gun....shrug

But reckless? Hardly.

Gunner

There was a fella who got a ticket on a motorcycle, somewhere in New
England, IIRC, that was at some high speed. Anyone recall it?

Just Googled, and it seemes a Porsche went 242 in a 75 in Texas, and a
motorcycle went 205.11 in Minnesota. How did they get the .11?

I once went 120 on a Honda 750 in around 1969 when they were one of the
fastest things around. That was a rush.

Steve

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When I hit 150..my ass sucked so hard to the seat that I couldnt have
fallen off if Id hit a brick wall. When I hit 250...my leathers were
getting short as they were being sucked up into my ass. But it was
indeed a once in a lifetime ride Id not have missed for the world. The
CHP officer who owns the scooter has family who races bikes around the
US and he is somewhat..."involved" in building engines and flat track
bikes. G

Ive been in cars that went faster than that..but tucked in on a
scooter...it was like nothing else Id ever done before.

I have NO desire to do it again however. Shrug....my scooter
days..while not over..the fast parts are long behind me. Im happy as a
clam on my old BMW at 70mph thank you very much.

But..it was ..interesting

G

Friend's story was of coming on the Interstate late one night, on
a Beemer (if I recall correctly), and there was a Porsche already on
the road. So, they cranked the speed up, just a bit. And another
bit. Then some more ... eventually the car gave up and slowed down.
Joe said he looked down - he wasn't yet at "wide open", but he was
over double the speed limit. At those speeds, you don't "chop the
power" nor do you touch the brakes. You think "slow". Apparently, it
is almost as tricky slowing from 120 on the interstate as it is
getting there.

Nah! C'mon, Pete. The wind does most of the work, even on the
sleekest of vehicles. Just taking your foot off the gas slows you
down at a minimum of 20mph per second, 50 at higher speeds. This is on
straightaways and mild curves, not Mulholland Drive or the road to Big
Sur. On curves, total withdrawal of your lead foot from the GIDDYUP
pedal will get you in big, spinning trouble.


"Ah, the innocence of youth."

If it were legal and I had a vehicle which could do it, I'd drive
every bit (that I could) of the freeway at 300mph. I leave at 4am for
most vacations so traffic isn't usually a problem.

Some little boys never grow up. wink

--
The general effect was exactly like a microscopic view of a
small detachment of black beetles, in search of a dead rat.
-- John Ruskin