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[Rufus]

why do people have to do it? went into game yesterday to get a replacement psp and while i was waiting got chatting to the guy behind the counter he was telling me how the snow is a bastard cause he rides a bike. great i thought, something in common.

what bike have you got?

a cg, managed to destroy my old one haha.

i thought they were bulletproof.

guess not, though i did get 90 out of it.

i used to have one too. top speed i could get is about 65.

naa mate they do at least 70. i was changing gear late and i was going down a hill.

*cue me leaving the shop there and then*


i put this to you, why does this have to happen? cant people just be honest? the only people they're gonna fool are non bikers and themselves.

rate this as boring or whatever as im sure you will but hey, it allowed me to vent a little.
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[yuri2085]

I am not sure if you believed the 70, but down a hill thats perfectly reasonable. (I think...) but basically, it makes stories more interesting and people believe it gives them a better social status (that is, if the bullshit is believed)

[Flip]

Why do they do it?

Little willies?

Insecurity?

Daddy 'touched' them?

Who knows. I normally change the subject or turn around and talk to someone else instead.

[wupwup]

yeah . what are you more impressed by? i got level 5000 in tetris or level 2? 5000 might not even exist. but if you dont know they you might be imressed. but seeing as its tetris probably not. youll just think he is sad

[metalangel]

[That-Kid-O]

I'm 18 myself and I would agree 95% of the "yoofs" find it too expensive or too difficult (or both) to get a proper license and jump on a 50/125 and try to convince everyone and everything it tops out at 90mph and 120 going downhill with the wind behind them when travelling along the earth's axis of movement lol I think it's hilarious. I too had a 50cc which was kept restricted and plodded along at 30/35 downhill and then a 125cc which did about 60-65 (indicated) on long stretches. I now have a 600 (yes 33BHP ) but rather than go all out power power power I prefer to build up slow riding skill and cornering before increasing power. Just my £0.02

[Mystery]

most guys do it just to feel big but yeah its only good if people believe it because they think there great till they meet someone that knows the truth. i say what goes around comes around though
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[spike_Alike]

I've never actually talked to anyone with a 50 or a 125 that has told me the truth about how fast it goes
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[Cptn. Awesome]

I once was chatting to a lad I went to school with in a pizza shop late on a night after a trip to the pub and he then proclaimed one of his mates did a 150mph+ wheelie on an R6. Now while I know this to be possible, (the act not the claim) his mates either can't afford an R6 or they are so idiotic they'd crash it before they reached 150+.

It really annoyed me and just went to show how sad some people really are.
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[silky666]

my fs1e did 68 mph
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[P.addy]

[craigs23]

Pah, I saw over 100 on the flat on my CG.

Despite that and its conspiracies to kill me every time I rode the thing

it



just



wouldn't




die.

[waffles]

[27cows]

I had two CGs. First did about 60, maybe a little over if you screwed it down a big hill (it didn't like that at all). Second one did a bit more - but 65 on the flat was only possible with a following wind. Actual top speed is about 58-63mph for the CG, despite ludicrous claims of owners to the contrary

Now, my elderly RXS can do 110 three up, into a force 9 gale and still return 230mpg

[OssY]

I got nearly 100 (62) out of a CG downhill... Then it got stolen by six blokes to use in a ram raid. But its ok my dad bought me a busa when i turned 17.... Honest.

[Ragnaco]

90 indicated on my suzuki gp125 I love my speedo
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[Ingah]

My CG125 (2002 model) is standard as far as i am aware. NB: All speeds were "indicated" so i've got the customary 10% taken off in the [brackets]

Over the period i used it, for a year, last ridden about a year ago. It could get to near 70[63] downhill and maybe 65[59] on the flat.. I used it on the motorway a fair amount, and towards the end of the year it couldn't hold 65 anymore, i think i'd put a stone on (to 14 stone) and the mileage had gone from 13K to ~20K. At this point i cruised down the motorway at 60[54] because i didn't want to kill it.

I once got 73[66] down the motorway, on the downhill bit as you are "entering Wales" from England (there's a sign there that says "Entering Wales"). I probably could've got it 75[68] as there was more hill and a tiny bit more left in it, but i really really didn't want it to explode. So i let off (a little - otherwise it'd probably just stop due to lack of power ).

And that, is a standard CG125 speed. Not 90. 90!? Maybe if driven off a cliff?
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[G]

What about people that exaggerate what others have exaggerated to post in a thread like this? .

My CG would do 65 indicated on the flat generally (bit ducked down, etc), best I ever saw was 75 with a gentle slope and wind behind me. I was wearing waterproof trousers made of bin bags, I don't know if that helped or hindered.

[Poseidon]

56plate CG 3.5K on the clocks... 2 mile straight (which I've managed to get buses to 55mph on ) and the most I could get of the CG was 57mph. Having said that, I am 6'3 and 15stone. Oh and I was... ahem... "racing" a CBR600 at the time (well, being teased by/laughed at is more like it)

Maybe bullshit gets less with age. I find stories of my obvious (and numerous) inadequacies comical and they tend to go down better at the pub than the stories I hear from other people about how their 1.5 Suzuki Swift will beat an M3 off the line
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1977 Honda CG125
2002 Ducati Monster S4 (currently restoring)

[T0MMY]

I must hear a dozen people a day exaggerating like this, it really annoys me.
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[Skudd]

My willy is at least 4" when erect.
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[Clanger]

My Suzuki FZ50 went 44mph downhill. I actually got pulled over for the speed, and got told off. (my excuse was it only had 30 on the clock - which it did...and didn't know!)
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[Blau Zedong]

My Mk1 CG did about 72mph on a gentle slope....once.....I never tried again as it felt like the engine was going to jump out of the frame......
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[dodger]

I don't mind people exaggerating about top speeds or the fastest they have ridden.

It's the people who say 'I used to own a bike' when they see me in my bike gear and then give some random made up bike name. Why do they feel the need to...?
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My Bikes: Piaggio NRG| Aprilia RS 125| Suzuki GSX-R 600|Yamaha Fazer Ducati 848
Europe 2008

[colin1]

Different people have different approaches to conversation.

Techy type people respect truth and accuracy, whereas sales type people never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Sometimes its nicer to have a good story than the truth, which isnt so fun.

So "I like my cg125, it feels quite fast." becomes "My cg is great. It can do 90 if you have my skills."

Another thing, is doing 65 on a cg, is going to feel a lot faster than doing 100 on a sports 600.

I'd definitely feel more comfortable doing 100 on a sports 600, than riding a cg flat out to get it to do 65.
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