Do You Believe ?

[funmonkee]

....The top speed figures on the MCN website

Look up yer bike and tell me if you can vouch for the claims...

here's mine...and naw never seen 160...but haven't tried either... I'm not stoopid

here
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[McGee]

My k5 gix six They say 164 and I belive that as I have seen over 170 on the clocks.

My Rf600r They say 147mph and I believe them there as well as have seen over 150 on the clock.
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Willenium]

Says 145mph for my Thundercat. That's exactly what I've had on the clock so I wont argue with that.

[JeffT]

Yep for my divvy 600 it says 117mph top speed which is about right

[tsmith]

GPZ500s they say 125mph top speed, so that's spot on I reckon.

[Stu_666]

168mph for the ZX6R but I've never been stupid enough to do that speed on public roads. From its acceleration its prob about right though.

[veeeffarr]

155mph for the VFR800

No idea but I want to go to a RWYB event anyway

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[LUXY DJ]

WTF - the SRAD is in insurance group 14 & the K1-K3 is in 11 hows that then? even the insurers seem to know about the original hooligan bike


but OMG... the K4-K5 is a touch under my BHP but the jump from K4/5 - K6 in BHP
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[McGee]

[LUXY DJ]

yea i wouldnt have thought so either but if it is so where do they get these kinda figures from then? cause all others seem fairly normal
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[McGee]

Obviously they don't test them and just copy the manufacturers claim at the fly

But secretly we all know the Gixxers the best bike around
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[LUXY DJ]

secretly???


EVERYONE knows this!
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[stinkwheel]

I personally wouldn't believe anything I read in MCN.
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[ram_doom]

The specs for my ninja look right, 168 mph sounds correct, but150 miles to a tank? Riiiiiiiiiight I think it usually gives 90 before the fuel warning flashes...
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[sagalout]

The ZX9 shows 175 on the MCN site. At our Bruntingthorpe day the fastest run was 172, so thats pretty close.

One thing it showed me though is how much the rider and technique has to do with it, and how much speedo's are out at those speeds.

None of us could get above 160ish, but the RiDE tester, on the same bikes, consistently got about 10mph more than each of us. You think you're crouching under the screen, but then see a photo of yourself and realise you're nowhere near as low as as you should be, and those few inches make a lot of mph difference. Its certainly not just a case of winding on the throttle and holding on. I had plenty of runway left but the bike had stopped accelerating because I was messing up the aerodynamics (textiles didnt help either)

My clocks were reading close to 185mph on the fastest run (RiDE tester) but the datalogger showed 166. All the bikes were simililarly out.

[Louise]

MCN - Bandit 98 top speed of 129 with BHP 78

Parkers - top speed 130 with BHP 80

Ive got 120 top speed from the bike - wouldnt go no more.

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[Peter3hg]

It says 70mph for the YBR. I have hit that but going downhill. It probably could hit that on the flat but my 21st, 6'3" frame won't help. I can get it to about 63mph on the flat.

[brianmcewan.co.uk]

138 on the Z?

My mate had 148 on the clocks, on private land.


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[mistergixer]

Read the review of my K5 750, and i'm absolutely amazed at MCN for almost getting something right for a change!
Claimed 175mph top speed, i've seen 177 on the clocks - which is probably around a real world 150-160mph.

Tank range - 160miles, yeah, right! Fuel light comes on at around 100miles, maybe i could eek a further 60 miles out of it if i rode like a snail, but i'm not willing to take the risk (or ride like such a big gaylord).
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[feef]

Not impossible.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Yamaha/Yamaha-FJR1300A-2001---current/?&R=EPI-247

FJR quoted at 154mph

I've got it clocked at 146 on the GPS, with luggage, and I backed off due to a weave brought on by turbulence around the luggage. I reckon 154 is quite possible without the panniers

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[NSR Mick]

It would appear that they dont review proper bikes.
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[Feasty]

On my XR125 they say top speed of 65mph, well I've had more out of mine! (Not much more though! )

However, further down on the write up it states:
"Extras include a top box (which looks hilarious) and a belly pan."

Well I have a top box on mine and it doesn't look THAT hilarious thank you very much!!
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