top speed

Originally Posted by Junior

I've had mine to an indicated 235 as well. (Canadian model in KM/H. I don't think I was actually at 235 tho, but it said so and that's good enough for me )

whatever it is its fast enough thank you very much.... bring on some german autobahns.... not something Id do on the crap uk roads with uk traffic...

I admit I speed everyday on the motorway to work. I do 90-95 but usually thats the average and Im in the middle lane with cars doing way way over a ton in the outside lane. And its one reason I love the SV over the CBR.... the SV is easy to keep under a ton... the CBR just wants to fly faster and faster and its hard sometimes to slow it down...

max 125 mph on a fully laden gpz on german roads.... heeheehee that was fun.... germans are far more aware of traffic coming up behind them and get out the way than traffic here even at 70 on the m/way....

anyone want to see anymore pics of that eurotrip that my avatar came from.... ? if so will post them up when I get them hosted...

Briefly touched 102mph on the SV a few weeks ago on the A2, following a 1200 Bandit and R1 doing stupid speeds, done about 115mph in the car briefly once too... top speed doesn't really do it for me - rather it's the acceleration and the getting up to speed. I prefer to slow down with the rest of the traffic, look for an opening and then rocket up to just over the limit on overtakes

107 mph.
I ROCK!!!

I'm with Sveedy Gonzales on this one. I was smegging it down the East Lancs the other day (from the lights, to see off a Vauxhall Corsa with a loud exhaust) - when I looked down the speedo was indicating 97mph

Felt like I was doing about 50 - and that's on a Naked! It's really strange coming from an IL4 to a V-Twin - on an IL4 you know by the sound of the engine if you're going fast or not - but on a Twin - god help me!

140mph+ on the SV. For most of the Euro Tour trip

on private land ive done 145 mph.

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110mph indicated on my restricted, going down hill, a tail wind and tucked in.

110mph on M25 on a test ride on a CBR600F, trying to keep up with Kate's car!

Originally Posted by leesimons

Dude, was yours trying to overheat? I was running mine a few hundred RPM below the red line in top for 45 minutes at a time on the motorways [140mph give or take a few mph] there and only stopping for fuel, the f**king thing was trying to boil

Sounds about right!

Not sure, I mean it was hot, but it displayed no power loss or anything. I probably wasn't giving it enough attention!

Probably not good for it at all, well, obviously it's not. But you know, I had to keep up with the rest And we're talking about the likes of Pete on his Busa, Taran on his Triple, TopCat on his Blade, and Jelster on his GSXR.

The only problems I had was the oh-so-well-known issue when riding in the rain And damn, was it raining. 110mph+ when all you could see in front of you was the next bikes tail light.... just. Scary? Stupid? Yes.

Originally Posted by leesimons

Exciting? Yes...

Yes, lets know forget your a nut I don't think I was excited at that point, I was just thinking "this is so stupid". But I kept going anyway

It was the wrong speed in the wrong conditions. I've learnt from it though!