On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:12:05 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:
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"
wrote:
"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
Heart surgery pending?
www.cabgbypasssurgery.com
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.
"Ah, the innocence of youth."
tschus
pyotr
Gunner
All I can say is thank Crom that we have some really long and very
straight "flat top" roads out here in the desert.
In my yout.....I drove some very fast scooters. I used to flat track as
a kid..hence my love for Triump Bonnies. Now that Im an old man
....G..that was the fastest Im ever going to go on a roadway on a
scooter and it will support me when Im stuck in a wheel chair bragging
to the great grandkids about how big my nads were when I was a kid.
Shrug I dont have a Bonnie anymore..and have absolutely no desire to own
one. I think I went through 3-4 of them in 3 yrs, along with a Commando
(not a good flat track bike...really) and a Harley ..cant remember what
version...it was a dog.
Ill be dragging out my Royal Enfield this spring and getting it road
worthy..a town bike at best. Rat Bike...too much money to restore it to
its early "glory" but it will be fun to putter around on it.
https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnera...nRoyalEnfield#
And the BMW is about ready to fire up and ride. Im still cutting down
all the 4' tall weeds that have taken over my back yard..cringe.
https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/BMW#
I wish some of you guys would come by and haul off some of the crap Ive
been collecting. ...err..Stuff....
I picked up another OmniTurn cnc lathe this week. Its down at my buddies
shop in Anaheim getting a wash job and cleaning before I start working
on it.
Now Ive got 2 of them...
http://www.omniturn.com/bin/Attachments.htm
and one of these...
http://www.omniturn.com/bin/GT-75.htm
and one of these....
https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnera...42637092566082
All need repair. The two attachments came out of a shop that machined
pressed powdered metal parts..and they didnt take good care of them
(sigh)
The Gt-75 only needs a lttle bit of collet closer repair..but its tired.
Wouldnt be bad for someone who needed only .001 -/+ as is.
Shrug....maybe if the economy ever returns to "ok", Ill get em fixed up
and saleable, or sell em cheap as-is and let the new owners spend the
$1-2k each, its going to take to get em back to Excellent condition.
Btw...if anyone has a decent actual "motorcycle" headlight assembly that
they want to swap Stuff for..Id like to get rid of the tractor light on
the front of the Enfield....preferably British and 6 volt....
Gunner
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