firestorm top speed
firestorm top speed
just curious what the genuine top speed of firestorms actually is,there doesnt seem to be a concrete figure,i,ve seen from 144mph to 160 in mags etc..
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All clocks are optimistic - I read somewhere that GSXR1000 clocks are particularly badly out by 12% or more at 100mph.
I have the sat nav on the TDM 900. With an indicated 90 on the speedo, the sat nav says 82. At 100, it is 93, at 110, it is 107, so the error isn't linear. At 33 on the speedo, I'm doing 30.
Its similar in the car
I have the sat nav on the TDM 900. With an indicated 90 on the speedo, the sat nav says 82. At 100, it is 93, at 110, it is 107, so the error isn't linear. At 33 on the speedo, I'm doing 30.
Its similar in the car
Two bikes, still only four cylinders!


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At the nurburgring on Dottinger Hohe (1.5km straight) I had indicated 170 but with a 15tooth front sprocket. With the known speedo error it worked out just short of 150mph I think. That was in fifth if I remember rightly, it was still creeping up but very slowly, and when I slotted 6th it just stayed at the same speed.
By rights it should do more than 150, as I got 151.5 out of my naked zed a couple of months back at Elvington
which I was well chuffed with.
By rights it should do more than 150, as I got 151.5 out of my naked zed a couple of months back at Elvington

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'98 VTR in black - road whore - track bitch
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