Bad324 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 My bike rarely sees anything above 80mph.Because we all know you don't wanna have to adjust the valves after 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gixxus Christ! Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Yeah....122 is fast....but not fast for a motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Mine sees 100+ every time I leave my driveway if it's dry out. I wind her out in first second and third, then snap up to 6 and let her coast back down to cruising speed.Thug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) Yeah....122 is fast....but not fast for a motorcycle.Speed is relative IMO. I think 130 on a Busa would seem rather tame. 130 on an old H1 Kawasaki on the other hand... Edited March 30, 2014 by Kritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Mine sees 100+ every time I leave my driveway if it's dry out. I wind her out in first second and third, then snap up to 6 and let her coast back down to cruising speed. That reminds me of when I was in my 20s I use to do the same thing ever time one day I had just finish sinking up my carbs on the KZ so I took the bike for a test ride thru the neighborhood when I got back to the house a guy pulled in the driveway behind me and started to scream at me about the speed and kids out riding their bikes. About that time 10 of the guys from the club I use to ride with pulled up and parked in front of the house they were a real ugly looking bunch of guys so before me and the guy that was yelling could finish our conversation he ran away looking a little worried. After thinking about it I realized things can go wrong fast at that speed and place. Later that day I saw him out mowing his grass and stopped and apologized to him and never road like that in the neighborhood again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 That reminds me of when I was in my 20s I use to do the same thing ever time one day I had just finish sinking up my carbs on the KZ so I took the bike for a test ride thru the neighborhood when I got back to the house a guy pulled in the driveway behind me and started to scream at me about the speed and kids out riding their bikes. About that time 10 of the guys from the club I use to ride with pulled up and parked in front of the house they were a real ugly looking bunch of guys so before me and the guy that was yelling could finish our conversation he ran away looking a little worried. After thinking about it I realized things can go wrong fast at that speed and place. Later that day I saw him out mowing his grass and stopped and apologized to him and never road like that in the neighborhood againThat's nothing. I went 110 in a school zone back in 84 on a Nighthawk S. Why I made it through the 80's without being dead or in jail is pure luck.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I know that feeling isn’t that the trust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I don't live in a neighborhood, I live on a country road, about a half mile from a state route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I don't speed in neighnorhoods. That's just a dick move. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 I used to get the HD's wanting to race me on the zx14 that was just comical still get them wanting to race me on the vision and that just pisses them off when they get beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) I love to mess with Squids its always fun to act like you want to race at a light and then when the light turns green watch them rocket off at 150 throw the intersection like a dumb ass it still makes me laugh every time. I know a lot of my buddies do the same thing. We all started on rice burners so we know better. We were all young and dumb at one time but you do not live to be and old rider if you say that way. Edited April 26, 2014 by HeavyDuty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I love to mess with Squids its always fun to act like you want to race at a light and then when the light turns green watch them rocket off at 150 throw the intersection like a dumb ass it still makes me laugh every time. I know a lot of my buddies do the same thing. We all started on rice burners so we know better. We were all young and dumb at one time but you do not live to be and old rider if you say that way. Well said my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 No desire for a road couch, never have and never will. And if I ever do, it would be a 160hp BMW K1600GT over any slow sloth that makes a bunch of noise and likes to impede the flow of traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 No desire for a road couch, never have and never will. And if I ever do, it would be a 160hp BMW K1600GT over any slow sloth that makes a bunch of noise and likes to impede the flow of traffic. I never thought I would like a big slow couch either but now that I have it I love it and I can still smoke the cocky new HD riders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMMW Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 All this performance talk and ... just yesterday ... I see this HD guy making a right on red. No problem, until he runs wide across the lane and uses both the double yellow line and part of the oncoming lane to finish his turn. I'm sure one or two of you have seen the same thing, over and over. If they cant even ride how on Earth could they take advantage of anything even remotely performance oriented? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Similar issue, was a guy on a goldwing. I'm headed up 46 on the xx, doing about 60. This guy blows by me doing 80-85 in my lane. I say "ok, guess we're moving now" and climb up behind him. We're doing 80 to 90, and we come up to a "S" curve, 35 mph suggested, right first, he completely blows the turn and hits the opposite white line before making his way back into the correct lane...Nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Similar issue, was a guy on a goldwing. I'm headed up 46 on the xx, doing about 60. This guy blows by me doing 80-85 in my lane. I say "ok, guess we're moving now" and climb up behind him. We're doing 80 to 90, and we come up to a "S" curve, 35 mph suggested, right first, he completely blows the turn and hits the opposite white line before making his way back into the correct lane...Nuts. Just another one looking to get killed on that "S" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I never thought I would like a big slow couch either but now that I have it I love it and I can still smoke the cocky new HD riders Always the exception, and I have passed plenty of Goldwing riders too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Yea, I've never seen a sportbike do anything like that. Never go over the double yellow line, never seen one doing whoolies on a residential street. Sure wish I was as perfect as all the sportbikers are. Edited April 30, 2014 by Tonik 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMMW Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Yea, I've never seen a sportbike do anything like that. Never go over the double yellow line, never seen one doing whoolies on a residential street. Sure wish I was as perfect as all the sportbikers are. :asshats:I think this thread started out as discussing performance, and it included HD. So my comment was to correlate a rider and his bike. I observed a struggling rider being dragged about by his ride and wondered how he'd fair on a performance machine. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Personally I find it much easier to ride a sport bike than a big heavy cruiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Yea, I've never seen a sportbike do anything like that. Never go over the double yellow line, never seen one doing whoolies on a residential street. Sure wish I was as perfect as all the sportbikers are. Never a Vulcan rider though. Those guys are too cool for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) Never a Vulcan rider though. Those guys are too cool for that. Naw, they do it all the time. We all even dress like pirates or squids sometimes. Edited April 30, 2014 by Tonik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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