Is your bike faster than you?

[-Savage-]

Ok, spurred by the "what speed have you been at" threads, i was wondering howmany peoples speed was limited by the bikes performance, or their own reservations.

i know my bike can do about 160 odd, but ive only had it to 130,
how about the rest of you?
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[J.K.R]

Full throttle all the way

Well ive no choice have i?!...
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[Mr.Everready]

If there's any road rider who rides their bike at 100% I'd like to meet them.
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[landy.s11a]

not sure what the top speed was on the vraptor, but at about 122 on the digi speedo i had to back off cos it seemed that cars were coming at me in reverse very fast. would have liked to have taken it higher,
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[numark1]

Maxxed my zx6r quite a few times, only on a long straight though. Apart from that i was probably only ragging it 10%

If i knew the road i could push it a bit but even then it was probably only 50% of the bikes limit, could lean and scrape the pegs easy but not make the most of the engine. Waaaay too much power.

[craigs23]

Finding the limits of your bike isn't down to solely seeing how fast it can go in a straight line

[zaknafien]

Had the cat maxed out(claimed 160mph) most of the way down the M1 on my way to susi's in london.

No idea to this day how I didnt get caught.
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[NSR Mick]

had every bike i've had flat out from cb125's to 165bhp 1000exup, its hardly rocket science. Now cornering is a different matter.
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[NC30UK]

I am quicker than my bike, but my bike is far quicker than the roads.

[MarJay]

I bet no one on here is faster than their bike unless they own a CG125...
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[numark1]

Yeh you have to be something special to be able to rag a bike on a road, maybe more can on a track as thats what its designed for.

[mchaggis]

[bish777]

If i ran my bike at the redline whilst cornering (or at least attempting to), I'd crash lol

with a high power bike like mine, its a matter of learning when the earliest moment you can apply power is.

Its very difficult to use the power i have on the road.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

With the big bikes they are certainly quicker than me on the road. Not sure that opening it right up once in a blue moon does make you faster than the bike.

I could certainly corner faster than I do. Trouble with that is that I would only need to be unlucky once to wipe myself out on something blocking the road.

All the best

Keith
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[BFG]

A wise man one said (something like this):

[zaknafien]

[Andy C]

i a stirght line ive almost have the most out of the SV (130ish) but round courners ive got a long way to go

for 1 my left side just doesnt seem to lean and have a fairly big "chicken strip" (right is getting nice and no that wasnt on roundabouts going round and round!!)

i think it could go much faster but and glad i can as i will probably sell it if i think i dont have any more left (by then be time to upgrade anyways , if i ever get there!)
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[mrchips]

I used to be flat out every day on my way to work. Thankfully I saw sense and sold the bike on before I got myself in serious trouble.



it was a honda mt50
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[Davo]

[craigs23]

The limit can't be literated too easily. Cornering isn't just to do with lean angles - are you braking to the full potential of your bike? How come some racers can brake later than other? Were you leaving front end darkies into that last corner? You may find the limiting factors of cornering on a road bike (ground cleanrence for example), but there's faster ways around a corner. How about exit speed, was the rear about to loose traction and cause a highside? Was it sliding on the way out? Were you getting maximum drive? How's your riding style these days? Does it restrict the limiting factors of the bike technology?.....

I'm no racer, but the limits of motorcycles have got very little to do with attempting to hit the limiter in top. Even at BSB level racing (which is pretty darn high), the back markers are probably taking all this and more into racing, but are still 4 seconds slower a lap than the front runners.

All the more reason why it's better to find your bikes (or in most cases, your) limit on a track.

[Kickstart]

Hi

I think Craigs23 has made some good points there. Is there really a definate limit to the bikes ability, or is the limit for a bike higher for one rider than for another?

All the best

Keith
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[Andy C]

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[craigs23]

Must have miss read 'how many peoples speed was limited by the bikes performance, or their own reservations' as overall performance, not just straightline.