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northwind · 16-01-07, 08:31 PM

The only way to get a stock SV to a genuine 140mph would be to ride it down a cliff... The power drops off hard as you approach the limiter. Very few people will claim to have hit the limiter in top on a standard bike, and then you get the exagerration effect.- I think mine probably would, as it's nicely up on power, but the rate of climb drops right off after you hit a real 125. You'd need real patience and a lack of mechanical empathy to get it all the way. Or much lower gearing

16-01-07, 08:31 PM	#4
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	The only way to get a stock SV to a genuine 140mph would be to ride it down a cliff... The power drops off hard as you approach the limiter. Very few people will claim to have hit the limiter in top on a standard bike, and then you get the exagerration effect.- I think mine probably would, as it's nicely up on power, but the rate of climb drops right off after you hit a real 125. You'd need real patience and a lack of mechanical empathy to get it all the way. Or much lower gearing __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"