What is the official top speed of the storm?

Big_Ham · Post by **Big_Ham** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:05 pm

Give me a chance to get to my private max speed test road and I'll let you know the indicated top speed.

The table so far:

Hornet 600= indicated 150
Aprilia RSV = indicated 172(takes the reading from the rear disk directly so is much more accurate than japanese speedo's)
33bhp GSXR400 = indicated 120

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:37 pm

With speedo healer on board (so not just an 'indicated' speed but accurate to a very high degree as in 100mph indicated when SatNav said 99.8mph).

145mph with my 'bottle' going, going, ................. gone!!!!!!

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:12 pm

I've seen 155 on the clock.

Bike road tests clocked earlier 110 bhp Storms at 157.5 mph.

All academic of course, unless you are on a track with a long straight

Beast · Post by **Beast** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:47 am

Same here... around the 150 mark.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:33 pm

Should have looked a bit further and read the verdict Big H

"Reliability, smoothness, group 14 insurance
Image, suspension, gearbox
Honda's original V-twin missile. Launched at a time when the Suzuki TL1000S scared the nation, the FireStorm came across as a tamer package. With a 160mph top end it wasn't slow but the suspension wasn't top notch and the bike could be unruly if pushed hard. It also suffers from a vague, notchy gearchange. As a roadbike and occasional track tool it makes a fine package, and there are plenty of discounts available."

I was under the impression it was about 162 mph but I'm not certain. I remember looking it up when I was buying my Storm and finding out it was a tad slower than my old RF900 (165 officially) but not enough difference to enter the equation.

Pete.l

Pete.l

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:15 pm

Pete.L wrote:Should have looked a bit further and read the verdict Big H

"Reliability, smoothness, group 14 insurance
Image, suspension, gearbox
Honda's original V-twin missile. Launched at a time when the Suzuki TL1000S scared the nation, the FireStorm came across as a tamer package. With a 160mph top end it wasn't slow but the suspension wasn't top notch and the bike could be unruly if pushed hard. It also suffers from a vague, notchy gearchange. As a roadbike and occasional track tool it makes a fine package, and there are plenty of discounts available."

I was under the impression it was about 162 mph but I'm not certain. I remember looking it up when I was buying my Storm and finding out it was a tad slower than my old RF900 (165 officially) but not enough difference to enter the equation.

Pete.l

Pete.l

Not convinced Pete. The Blade is booked at 160mph and I have ridden good examples of both, Red Zipper should be able to agree with me. My old Storm went extremely well but it would have to be geared correctly then ridden down the side of Ben Nevis to achieve a genuine 160mph in my opinion, whereas the Blade would do 160mph (indicated) on the way to work

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:30 pm

Maybe you just had a bad one

No seriously I think the only way we'd get a true answer is to have a private bit of road (M4 maybe??) and half a dozen storms with GPS attached. I don't believe much of what most bike mags report these days and in some cases it's quite obvious they are just reporting secondhand information.

Pete.l

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:48 pm

To be honest how often do you tuck down behind the fairing and nail it until it tops out

Some bikes I would say are quite easy to max out the BMW 1200GS tops out at 132 as it is bouncing off the limiter in top ! but it took a relatively short private road to achieve that

. The Bandit could be maxxed out quite easily as well but the Storms top gear is very high (as standard) that it is v tricky to top out.

Big_Ham · Post by **Big_Ham** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:11 pm

Beamish wrote:the Storms top gear is very high (as standard) that it is v tricky to top out.

That sounds like a wager to me.

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:27 pm

FirestormMike wrote:I have seen 170 on the clock on mine, but bear in mind I've got a 43 tooth rear sprocket on, and with the inaccuracy of the clock who knows what that equates to.
Having said that, I've also passed my mate on his K7 Gixxer 1000 when he's had 150 on the clock and they're super accurate speedo's according to bike magazine. Next time we're out* I'll ask him to clock me flat out.
(thats if he will do it cos he rides like a girl with 25mm chicken strips )
It's no good getting the GSX14 to do it because the firestorm makes it look super slow.

Travelling at 170MPH you are covering 255 ft/ sec assuming it takes 1 sec to change focus from the road to the speedo and back again thats scary 255 feet at 170 MPH not looking where you are going. For Â£69.99 you can buy a Novus Rider speed camera alert system that not only tells where he camera's are but also gives an accurate (GPS) speed and when you get home will tell you the maximum (true) speed you attained plus a lot of other useless info. Of course I only use mine to tell the time by

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:40 pm

Storminateacup said

Travelling at 170MPH you are covering 255 ft/ sec assuming it takes 1 sec to change focus from the road to the speedo and back again thats scary 255 feet at 170 MPH not looking where you are going. For Â£69.99 you can buy a Novus Rider speed camera alert system that not only tells where he camera's are but also gives an accurate (GPS) speed and when you get home will tell you the maximum (true) speed you attained plus a lot of other useless info.

Now that just takes all the fun out of it

That's much too sencible an answer

I know lets see how long we can hold our breath with our eyes closed once we reach a hundred and fifty and then pull over and check the Novus.

Pete.l

andyh · Post by **andyh** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:55 pm

Seen 171mph indicated on the clock while going down a private disused runway which was very similar to the A419 Cirecester bypass

but it has got a fireblade 15 tooth

front sprocket on it so I know it's miles out. Anyway it felt sodding quick

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:29 am

Pete.L wrote:Storminateacup said
Travelling at 170MPH you are covering 255 ft/ sec assuming it takes 1 sec to change focus from the road to the speedo and back again thats scary 255 feet at 170 MPH not looking where you are going. For Â£69.99 you can buy a Novus Rider speed camera alert system that not only tells where he camera's are but also gives an accurate (GPS) speed and when you get home will tell you the maximum (true) speed you attained plus a lot of other useless info.
Now that just takes all the fun out of it That's much too sencible an answer
I know lets see how long we can hold our breath with our eyes closed once we reach a hundred and fifty and then pull over and check the Novus.

Pete.l

Point taken Pete. Just call me "boringoldfartinateacup" from now on

Now just to expand on the theory of the top speed obtainable, I noticed that at 3,000 revs my bike is indicating 60mph now would one of the mathmatically minded amongst you tell me what gradient of hill on a private road would I have to go down in order to achieve max revs and 180mph on the clock. Oh and you should factor in I weigh 9st 7lb wear lightweight socks and the Storm is the fastest colour BLACK.

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:53 pm

and the Storm is the fastest colour BLACK.

About 95mph with a good tail wind then

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:13 pm

Nah Timbo,my blade has a lot of red on it so Mach 3 is quite possible

Its only the black wheels that stop it breaking Thrust 2s record.