Most powerful?

Most of the bikes mentioned are real fast - but they have modern and relatively good tyres and brakes. Ergo, the scariness quotient is largely controllable by the right hand.

For seriously terrifying, it has to be H1 or H2 Kawasakis....basically uncontrollable by anything human! I was seriously scared on an H1, which then killed someone a day later.

Originally Posted by jim@55

...i actually realised in a moment of clarity that i was way out my depth
...in a straght line we can all go fast but its only when u try and slow down that u realise how fast ur going
...i could only hold the throttle full open for a few secs(in the higher gears) and you run out of road/sh*t yourself! awesome
...would take me ages (if i lived) to get used to that
...i want to live a long time and i honestly think i would get carried away(in both senses)

That sounds exactly like my experiences. You mentioned accelerating in the higher gears and only being able to hold the throttle open a few secs. Also, in the lower gears it just feels like the biike's going to flip over backwards or wheelie uncontrolably or just be uncontrolable from sheer power and acceleration doesn't it!

yes ,,trojan horse has been scaring him/herself as well some one mentioned that most of these bikes are modern with good tyres etc,etc.but u dont think of that when u cant focus prop and find yourself trying just to hold on to it(honestly) or find yourselve thinking youre abroad i.e on wrong side of road(this gen happens on exit of corners) i think ill wait a while ,no litre monsters for me (or maybe im just gtng too old)

[northwind]

Being a big wimp the most powerful bike I've ever ridden was a Daytona 650. The scariest bike I've ever ridden was my 125 when the front brake hose burst. Even 8 (or so) horsepower is scary when you've only got a rear drum brake to slow you down

[ophic]

even wimpier my scariest ride is... wait for it...
















my SV.

The most powerful is the raptor 1000. Next are GSXR750 (old one) and my FZX750. I also rode a CB750 for while and that's probably the most scary because it's brakes were crap and it weighed a ton Interesting times!

SV is the most powerful, been on the back of a thundercat at 130, quite scary, especilly when i had just got off a 50mph terminal velocity scooter!

Fazer thou. Didn't get much of a chance to put it though it's paces in the corners, doesn't half go in a straight line though

[Supervox]

Originally Posted by sv4me

Nope my dads is a '98 R reg,one of the original untamed ones. Unfaired too. Youre telling me it never got out of shape when accelerating hard or going into a corner fast? Obviously werent riding it fast enough

You cheeky young pup !!

Seriously though, no I never had either of those problems & I did used to ride it hard / fast - got the points on the licence to prove it too

Mind you thinking about it some more, it did have the rear jacked up & had an Ohlins shock (from Gixxer 100M) on it - maybe that made a difference - don't know enough about engineering to comment on that !!

Originally Posted by sv4me

Oh and am I strange for wanting a go on a Vmax now!?

Yes - very !!!

I heard that the V-Max is the fastest accelerating bike EVER! 0-60 in 2.something seconds

Is this correct?