Whats the quickest you've ridden?

[Stormin Ben]

but you still never told us what the speed was @ 13k tho Ben !!!???

I seeem to remember it was 155-ish.
Obviously not a true reading but plenty fast enough. That ZZR was a missile (in a straight line) but a bit of a handful in the corners

Ben

[VTRgirl]

Got a bit of a reputation for doing a spot of speeding in my time... Your numbers all sound so little in mph . I've had my VTR to 260k on the clock. Can someone who knows convert that so I can get some idea what you guys are on about? Is 70 miles 100k or something? I can't remember.

I should mention that 260k was on a beautiful stretch west of Brisbane and I was neck & neck with a cop & a librarian... Me being a nurse, that made for an interesting threesome for a speed spat! I don't imagine you'd see that too often . Btw, said cop wasn't in uniform or on his police-bike. Maybe next time...

I have an ex who has done all the bitzies that can be done to his storm & reckons he's had her to 297k before he ran out of road. Of course, this is on the clock, so deduct whatever's the go.

It's worth the trip over for any of you. It's a truly spiritual experience when you see the needle pass the 200 mark...

[d&s]

324kph sounds better. (god bless the metric system)

[VTRgirl]

Thanks for the maths lesson Kaz . Now I can understand what you guys are on about . Gotta understand d&s. I imagine hanging out on a submarine for work, you'd wanna get a bit of speed up when you can access two wheels. A lot of the fellas I ride with are train drivers & they have the same issue... They're all mad!

[sirch345]

Kaz wrote:-
to work out speeds from kph to mph just times by 0.62137119

You can also get an approximate answer by multiplying x5 then divide by 8
Say you want to convert 100 KPH into MPH

IE. 100x5=500 then 500 -:-8=62.5
Its easier that way if you have to do it in your head, or on paper,
Chris.

[VTRgirl]

times by 5 & divide by 8... in my head? you must be out of yours . Thank God for mobile phones with calculators!

[d&s]

I thought you were getting out of your Jarmies.

[sirch345]

VTRgirl wrote
times by 5 & divide by 8... in my head? you must be out of yours


I suppose you're one of these people who were allowed to use a calculator at school Showing my age now,
Chris.

[VTRgirl]

I suppose you're one of these people who were allowed to use a calculator at school

I wasn't actually... I am on the grey side of 30... .
I just don't look it

[sirch345]

VTRgirl wrote
I wasn't actually... I am on the grey side of 30... .
I just don't look it


OK I stand corrected

[duzzy]

So what is the supposed top speed of a stock 98 VTR then? I had mine nailed (for the first and probably only time.....I wanted to know how fast it would go ) and it maxed out at 145ish on the clock on a level piece of road. My car goes faster than that (same crap fuel consumption though).

Now considering the speedo is supposed to overread I wonder what that really was. Ok I am not the lightest of peeps at 100kg but still....

Maybe I should go count the teeth on my sprockets (secondhand, new to me bike)?

D

[Druid]

. Can someone who knows convert that so I can get some idea what you guys are on about? Is 70 miles 100k or something? I can't remember.

The Internet isn't just porn and bike forums you know. Have a look here

I tend to do the "times 5 and divide by 8" thing though. I have a CBR600 with kph clocks so I sometimes need to work this stuff out without being able to use a calculator or a computer ;)

The most I've done on thew road is about 145. First time was on a Ducati 900SS back in the early '80s. A41 Newport bypass, about 5am on a Sunday - I wouldn't do it now though.

[VTRgirl]

The Internet isn't just porn and bike forums you know...

It's not?

[bluesman]

Well, 145 mph is 235 km/h - no way. I did real 224 on 600cc Hornet with bikini fairing.
Fastest I did on Storm was 241 km/h according to GPS (real speed, I did not even look at speedo), but it was not maxed out, I slowed down because saw car in front.
Magazines actually put max speed of Storm (thout 97 model) at around 150-153 mph, so I wonder why the hell 98 model max out at 145 by speedo (would be about 137 real)????
I am dissapointed
Does that mean that my GPS tells bullshit??? It seemed to be correct in a car...

[bluesman]

Maybe I should go count the teeth on my sprockets (secondhand, new to me bike)?
D

That's something to check, 145 does not sound right! And if not sprockets - then mixture could be wrong at high RPM....