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 leddy500 Two Stroke Sniffer
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 Posted: 23:37 - 01 Sep 2008 Post subject: What is the fastest road bike out? |
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| I've heard loads of different bikes are faster than one another but which one is actually the fastest avalible? |
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 speed1 Borekit Bruiser
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currently i think the MV f4 312 is the fastest production bike at 312kph (190mph) as all the jap companys have a gents agreement to limit there bikes to 300 kph 186mph ____________________ old: 2005 piaggio nrg power l/c 2005 vespa px125
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i thought it was the zzr1400 now or is it still the haybusa?? ____________________ random twat!
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 truslack World Chat Champion

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Y2k, if you can count that. ____________________ Previous: Aprilia RS50, Derbi Senda R 50, Honda CB250
Current: Suzuki RG 125 Gamma, Armstrong MT500, Armstrong MT500, MZ ETZ300, Suzuki GSX250E
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 mark83 World Chat Champion

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It is the MV. All the jap bikes are limited to 186 as mentioned.
Why? Is 160 not enough? hehe
I'm more interested in handling / braking / comfort. ____________________ Kawasaki ER6n -> Honda CBR600RR -> Honda VTR 1000 -> Moto Guzzi Norge 1200
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I Thought it was still Suzuki GS series  ____________________ Yes I do ride a GSXR and yes I do think I'm considerably better than you |
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 Davie_G71 World Chat Champion

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Whats your definition of a fast bike? outright top speed?
i don't think that because a bike can do 190mph then it is the 'fastest'.
What i think is a fast bike is one that can get you to a reasonable pace quickly, but also have all the supporting factors like handling, positive braking etc. |
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Its the ZX14
Any litre bike goes more than fast enough for public highways  |
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 MarJay But it's British!

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Why is it that anyone under the age of about 20 is obsessed with speed? Once a bike can do over about 120 its fairly academic.
Horsepower is the first thing I want to know about a bikes performance, and even I am thinking now that anything over 100bhp is pointless... ____________________ Cornering tractor: Buell XB12S; Loony stroker: RD350YPVS; Winter Hack: MZ 301 Saxon Fun
Stop big brother style speed control NOW!
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another. |
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I can tell you which bike it isn't... I own it...
I'm more in to torque than HP, not interested in going fast particularly, but I would like to get to 90 odd as sharpish as possible.
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| MarJay wrote: | Why is it that anyone under the age of about 20 is obsessed with speed? Once a bike can do over about 120 its fairly academic.
Horsepower is the first thing I want to know about a bikes performance, and even I am thinking now that anything over 100bhp is pointless... |
Not all of us are obsessed with speed  ____________________ '02 Kawasaki ER5 C1, '88 Yamaha TZR250 2MA, '73 Honda Chaly
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| MarJay wrote: | | Why is it that anyone under the age of about 20 is obsessed with speed? |
Grass is always greener on the other side. Those who have been riding longer may have just found that the grass is not really any greener, just different.
I play silly b's doing top speed runs on runways. I have probably gone faster than 99% of the people on here. Yet even for that I am severely tempted with loosing some ultimate performance just to play on something a bit different (eg, could be interesting to try and get a naked GSX1400 with a turbo to get past 200mph).
All the best
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Speed is all relative.
e.g. A harley 'feels' really fast at 100mph because it feels like it's gonna rattle you off the seat.
An unfaired bike feels faster than an faired one.
Usain bolt at top speed looks faster than those cyclists!! Well, he does to me anyway..... hehe
Anyway, VTR is plenty fast enough for me. More importantly, I love the way it gets there!  ____________________ Kawasaki ER6n -> Honda CBR600RR -> Honda VTR 1000 -> Moto Guzzi Norge 1200
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Why cant people be obsessed with speed? Nothing wrong with that. I look for power to weight ratio when purchasing now, its all about the ratio...
I read in MCN that they took a handfull of bikes to Germany and tested their top speeds, they used two reading the bikes readout and also a proper read out, using a laser gun I guess. Anyway out of them all, I cant remember all of them, but the best was the MV with a true reading of 193mph. The R1 hit 186mph. Which is standard of course.
I wish there were some runways near me I could test my bike out on, Keith you are a lucky sod. ____________________ My current bikes are - YZF-R1 & GS 500 E
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 Posted: 11:15 - 02 Sep 2008 Post subject: |
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Yeah the MV has blagged it by avoiding the restriction. Not a hard thing to bypass though
ZZR1400 is oficially the fastest de-restricted from what I've read, then the ZX-12R, Busa and Blackbird. The MV is apparently slower than the newer Busas once derestricted. ____________________ MMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Why do you need a bike which can go 100mph more than the speed limit  ____________________ Current: Honda NSR 125
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| Demonic69 wrote: | Yeah the MV has blagged it by avoiding the restriction. Not a hard thing to bypass though  |
I've heard they are making the new jap bikes much harder to de-restrict now though, anyone tried it?
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| PeterNSR wrote: | Why do you need a bike which can go 100mph more than the speed limit  |
We don't, we need one that will go 130mph more than the speed limit  ____________________ MMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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| PeterNSR wrote: | Why do you need a bike which can go 100mph more than the speed limit  |
Hmm, trackdays would be kinda boring otherwise, so would 1/4 mile drag runs... ____________________ My current bikes are - YZF-R1 & GS 500 E
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| Bishbash wrote: | | I wish there were some runways near me I could test my bike out on, Keith you are a lucky sod. |
Probably too late to get organised but next weekend there is an event at Woodbridge near Ipswich. A hell of a lot closer to you than me. You need to enter in advance and technically be a member of the organisation (rule from the MOD who own the runway), but if you fancy it check http://www.straightliners.co.uk/community/ or http://www.200mph.net .
| Zen Dog wrote: | | I've heard they are making the new jap bikes much harder to de-restrict now though, anyone tried it? |
Don't know, but 2 speedo healers sorts out the ZZR1400 quite well while giving you an accurate speedo.
All the best
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| Bishbash wrote: | Why cant people be obsessed with speed? Nothing wrong with that. I look for power to weight ratio when purchasing now, its all about the ratio... |
Thats not obsessed specifically with speed though is it? You're obsessed with power to weight ratio.
You don't go into a dealer and say "What'll it do mister?". You say "How much does it weigh, and what power does it make?".
Personally I think the most fun bike I've ever had was the one with the highest torque to weight ratio, which was my Buell XB12R. ____________________ Cornering tractor: Buell XB12S; Loony stroker: RD350YPVS; Winter Hack: MZ 301 Saxon Fun
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| MarJay wrote: | Thats not obsessed specifically with speed though is it? You're obsessed with power to weight ratio.
You don't go into a dealer and say "What'll it do mister?". You say "How much does it weigh, and what power does it make?". |
Power to weight makes faster accelleration, which is my thing I must admit, and I did ask those questions(not the 'what'll it do' Q) when buying my R1, plus many more of course!
Putting that aside, I still see nothing wrong with being obsessed with speed, many older folk are.
And, Keith, I will take a look at those sites, thanks very much for the links.  ____________________ My current bikes are - YZF-R1 & GS 500 E
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