10K rpms in 6th gear

Wow! What a rush!

She was still pulling pretty hard at this speed (indicated 142, but Gearing calculator says 137.9.

Anyways, it's the fastest I've had her up to yet, and she was rock solid.

Gotta love the Vermontobahn!:smile:

 

I bet it was a rush!

 

i pulled about 10.5 with mine the other nite. Speedo read 147 (with speedo healer) Not sure it would have done much more, but it did that fairly easily/quickly.

 

:biggrin:And I suppose they're gonna ride that 'Busa up here to Vermont? About 1,700 miles?:biggrin:

It was fun nonetheless - the blacktop was only 2 days old, too - glass smooth!

Not something you get in VT very often...

 

No joke guys i have had mine up to 165mph while racing a r6 he won of course lol in the end i had more mid and low end power he had me on top end but it was fun lol

 

I agree--I've had mine a fair bit into triple digits a few times and it does feel very stable. In fact, it becomes eerily tranquil at 100+ with earplugs and ducking behind the windscreen.

 

I bet those "chip-esque" pants don't offer much in the way of protection whilst one skids down the tarmac.

But back to the story. I had my 06 up to 115 indicated the other night and it just seemed like there was lots left in there. I generally don't speed like that but I don't mind playing a little game of chase the white rabbit every now and again.

Vs

 

yall are right vfr... and my old F2,, become scaringly serene in triples

 

Curious about speedo error.

I've watched my bike being Dyno'd and i was surprised by the tire elongation at higher speeds. stretches out. gets taller from the rim to the outside edge of the tire.

so that means the circumfrence gets longer, too.

Does that mean that the "optimistic" numbers indicated in the speedo

at lower speeds are closer to accurate at higher speeds?

inquiring minds.....

 

That seems to scan with what I see on my clock. A gain of 20 kph for every 1000rpm. 4000 in 6th = 100kph, 5000 in 6th = 120kph, 6000 in 6th = 140kph, 7000 in 6th = 160 etc.

So 137.9 roughly = 220kph = 10,000 in 6th.

 

My friend went by me on his V-Rod so I had to pass him...I hit 113 in fourth and it sill had some more RPM's before it hit the redline. Not too bad.

 

Yep been there a number of times, a really cool feeling when the road is right and the weather perfect. it's like floating really fast, pretty surreal. Now where's that V5 at?

 

Heh, we were doing some of that a couple weeks ago, going up to Johnson Ridge Observatory. Hiway 504 and 505 are both excellent; pavement is smooth, nice sweepers, a few switchbacks and some four and five mile straights to make things fun.

 

The vfr is very comfy even over a buck fourty, it is a neat feeling, but I havent hit that speed in a while. I hit ~110 every now and then, but slab speed isnt my thing anymore, im all about the corners these days.... headed to Loudon, NH for my first TrackDay on the 29th!

It is strange that the speedo could be so far off at higher speeds, you would think with an electronic system they could adjust for it...

 

i dont think that many people will out run that officer on the busa

 

OK. had to try for better.
150 indicated. Ran out of road and had my soft bags on. New tires are on order. The bags are off. Oil being changed. The time for second trial nears.

 

My friend and I headed south last saturday to visit the 'three sisters'. This is an area in south Texas where there are hills and corners worth the drive. He purchased a clean '98 blackbird recently and this was to be our first outing. It was a very enjoyable ride.
Headed back home -
On a 14 mile stretch of desolate rural highway mixed with long straights, rolling hills and the occasional sweeper I wanted to open up the '94 for the first time to see how she felt in speed. Pulling it up to 100 was effortless and 135 I did maybe half a dozen times. In the in excess of 100 mph speeds I experienced the stability and sereness that you guys described.
Nice.