sv1000s top speed?
 

anyone had theres flat out? ive seen 85 in second and about 105 in third :roll: it seems like its going to pull for ever? so what will it do in top gear?

I've seen an indicated 143, but no idea what the real speed was.

(on a track of course)

98mph :smt019

sorry

that was'nt flat out was it?

It cant be far off the TL1000, i stopped at around 155 on that and it was still going.

:lol: :thumbsup:

I backed off at an indicated 150 on mine( Private race track officer). :D

Hiya Kwak.. remember my old naked SV1000, gentle trip to the stormy last year?

That 1 gave me an indicated 172 mph at just below red line in top I guess that it was somewhere near the max geared speed of 165?

Terry

Damn brother - you must have a strong grip! :shock: :lol:

remember that ride out well tj2 must do it again sometime and maybe i'll keep up with you this time :wink: well maybe not :roll:

nah not really could only hold it for about 5 mins.......... covered the distance tho !!! the rest of the trip was done at between 120 and 150 indicated !!!!!! (Just over an hour from full to empty) :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Coming back from a Buell trackday at Silverstone on my SV1000S, 4 knobheads in a Peugeot estate decided they had to get past me on the A34 even though I was doing about a ton :roll: .

I let them get about a mile in front of me and then started to wind it on.

I went past them at an indicated 150, which was only 9300 revs :shock: - this was with a tankbag, so I could not get right down on the tank.

Didn't see the Peugeot again :lol:

I'll never understand car drivers like that. A few months ago I turned off a roundabout and overtook a pug 306 (TD no less). I was sat doing about 80 on a 60 road when he started flashing me and indicated to overtake. I let him get level, looked over and realised it was 4 young chavs tracksuited up to the max. From 5th to 3rd I duly went and pinned the throttle. Didn't see them again either :D

I'm sure lots of dim car driver out there dont really realise the speed of motorcycles. :wink:

i had a pug 306 TD try it with me, it was a young female driver who evan pulled on the outside of me at traffic lights to try and get away quicker :lol:

I've seen 170mph on the clock :shock: (on a 'closed' road of course!). Mind you, I've added two teeth to the rear (42t instead of 40t) and so the true speed will be a bit lower.

AFAIK, most bike speedo's are fairly inaccurate at high speeds - recall an article in Ride about it a while back where some bikes were nearly 10% off when only doing a ton or so.

yes it wasn't at the stops, I just lost my bottle. and mine has a 42T on the back, so the speedo is out anyway.

Its fast. Thats the answer.

mine feels like a turbo charged 650. :D

Like most bigger bikes, it'll go as fast as most riders will allow it to :)

Adequate :P