Motorcycles

[Matt]

I built a bike once that was a ten second machine. wicked fast. would pull a wheelie by rolling back the throttle at 60 or 70. kinda spooked me a litttle, as it was a touring bike (Kawi LTD 1000 1979) with a heavy front end.

can't imagine rolling back a throttle at 120 and the front end coming up

fastest i've ever been is 155 on this bike. it would go faster, but no body fairing, and no windshield, so it was like a hurricane at that speed. bikes nowadays i'm told can hit 200mph no problem.

Hell yeah 200mph is easily done, mine is currently restricted at 185mph. The fastest ive been on her to date is 165mph but its still winter here and ive only had it since October putting 200 miles on it from new. Once the weather improves i shall have the ECU flashed taking all the restrictors off which will then give me a top speed of 205mph.....

[Times Roman]

Hell yeah 200mph is easily done, mine is currently restricted at 185mph. The fastest ive been on her to date is 165mph but its still winter here and ive only had it since October putting 200 miles on it from new. Once the weather improves i shall have the ECU flashed taking all the restrictors off which will then give me a top speed of 205mph.....

and how fast are those tires rated? =)

[Matt]

and how fast are those tires rated? =)

Hahaha, something ive never thought about mate however with it being a "Superbike" i would hope the tyres would be more than capable....

[Times Roman]

Hahaha, something ive never thought about mate however with it being a "Superbike" i would hope the tyres would be more than capable....

that was the other thing in the back of my mind. at 155mph, i was going faster than the tires were rated.

I was having the harley dyno tuned a couple of years back, and the speedo was registering 160, when the back tire blew out. they're just not rated to go that fast on the harleys.

but now that i look, the newer bikes have tires much improved than what they were 25 years ago

http://www.weeksmotorcycle.com/tire-speed-rating.html