176 Mph on a Bike
12-08-2008, 09:34 PM
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deffo MPH for me, speed on a camera allways seems dead slow, at the start hes doing 27 when overtaking the lorry, looks about right to me
12-08-2008, 09:40 PM
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12-08-2008, 10:25 PM
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Thats the A628, i know the woodhead well and thats definatly MPH! Although a couple of the overtakes 'looked' bad, the video looks worse than it is as you can see much more than the video implies. Still a couple of dodgy ones though, especially with the donkey infront braking at the side of the lorry after the other ones committed himself to the overtake.
Regarding the actual speed though, thats not actually 'that' dangerous on that stretch of road. Well ok it is dangerous but looks worse on camera than it would be in real life imo. Noitce how he knows the road well and lets off/brakes before he gets to the layby.
The thing is with high speed bikes, most average car drivers will see that as a real task and very dangerous as a car has to maintain a high speed for MUCH longer than a bike does. On a bike you can go from 100 to 170 and back down to 100 or less in a few seconds, so its actually 'dangerous' for a much shorter period and cannot be compared to driving a car at 176mph imo.
Regarding the actual speed though, thats not actually 'that' dangerous on that stretch of road. Well ok it is dangerous but looks worse on camera than it would be in real life imo. Noitce how he knows the road well and lets off/brakes before he gets to the layby.
The thing is with high speed bikes, most average car drivers will see that as a real task and very dangerous as a car has to maintain a high speed for MUCH longer than a bike does. On a bike you can go from 100 to 170 and back down to 100 or less in a few seconds, so its actually 'dangerous' for a much shorter period and cannot be compared to driving a car at 176mph imo.
12-08-2008, 10:32 PM
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i confess ive done 176 on jackos old k5 gixxer thou
the speed comes on soo quicky , were talking seconds , i was only at that speed for around 12- 15 seconds ( bloody fuel light came on , )
but this was done on a local dual carrigeway , eairly eve, barely any traffic whatsoever , i mean i didnt over take a single thing i 2 miles !!
but having ridden alot of bikes ,
i genuinely feel 120 on a bike dosent feel that quick , i used to do it on my ninja without even crouching ,
but 176 did lol
and im sure jacko got a wee bit more out of it lol .............
time and place for stupid speeds imo ,
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the speed comes on soo quicky , were talking seconds , i was only at that speed for around 12- 15 seconds ( bloody fuel light came on , )
but this was done on a local dual carrigeway , eairly eve, barely any traffic whatsoever , i mean i didnt over take a single thing i 2 miles !!
but having ridden alot of bikes ,
i genuinely feel 120 on a bike dosent feel that quick , i used to do it on my ninja without even crouching ,
but 176 did lol
and im sure jacko got a wee bit more out of it lol .............
time and place for stupid speeds imo ,
beef
I agree though 120 doesnt feel all that quick, and 50 on the local duals seems like your doing 20.
12-08-2008, 11:44 PM
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this new R1 video is a bit more interesting 
especially at 1m 11s... arse nipping moment 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcHC...eature=related
also shows how fast the newer litre bikes actually are!
edited to say its obviously in km per hour
especially at 1m 11s... arse nipping moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcHC...eature=related
also shows how fast the newer litre bikes actually are!
edited to say its obviously in km per hour
Last edited by Red16; 12-08-2008 at 11:46 PM.
12-08-2008, 11:47 PM
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this new R1 video is a bit more interesting especially at 1m 11s... arse nipping moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcHC...eature=related
also shows how fast the newer litre bikes actually are!
edited to say its obviously in km per hour
especially at 1m 11s... arse nipping moment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcHC...eature=related
also shows how fast the newer litre bikes actually are!
edited to say its obviously in km per hour
The near high side at 1.11 ish was pretty mad as well!
Ridden properly, bikes like that have got to be virtually untouchable
02-09-2008, 06:34 PM
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02-09-2008, 06:56 PM
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speed is in mph and the guy is a nutter,best mates with one of the salesmen at work.
there is a lot longer version somewhere with him doing loads of other daft stuff.
there is a lot longer version somewhere with him doing loads of other daft stuff.
03-09-2008, 08:19 AM
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Theres no way thats a genuine 176mph, the bike reaches the top speed far too quick after he overtakes the other one and he turns it far too easy, he's defintly flat out in 6th gear though, you can count the gear changes from the start of the video. I reckon he must have a much bigger than standard rear sprocket to get the speedo reading that speed. My mate has a gsxr with a 57 tooth rear sprocket which he can get to say 186mph on the speedo everytime he goes out when in reality it actually only reaches a top speed of 117mph!
Have you ever ridden a bike? Thats how fast they reach top speed - a standard gixxer thou does 186mph on a standard sprocket - if your mates changed his sprocket to limit the speed to 117mph he should sell the bike as he's obviously a pussy! ha ha
03-09-2008, 08:40 AM
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Norway.. For nutters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tL-IVYTtBk
Swedishnutters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ppGiwc0wQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tL-IVYTtBk
Swedishnutters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ppGiwc0wQ
03-09-2008, 09:17 AM
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What the hell are you on about?! Who would own an R1 and change the sprockets so it tops out at 117mph!
Have you ever ridden a bike? Thats how fast they reach top speed - a standard gixxer thou does 186mph on a standard sprocket - if your mates changed his sprocket to limit the speed to 117mph he should sell the bike as he's obviously a pussy! ha ha
Have you ever ridden a bike? Thats how fast they reach top speed - a standard gixxer thou does 186mph on a standard sprocket - if your mates changed his sprocket to limit the speed to 117mph he should sell the bike as he's obviously a pussy! ha ha
I didnt say anyone would make an r1 top out at 117mph, im just trying to point out what effect changing the gearing can do to the speed of a bike, i find it hard to believe someone could top a bike out in those conditions. And as for my mate "limiting" the speed to 117mph he has changed his gearing to be able to pull slow speed wheelies as he's trying to learn circle wheelies atm, and i would also not consider him a pussy - scraping the tail unit on the floor when wheelying, feet over the handlebar wheelies, 180 degree stoppies, standing on the tank, skiing along behind the back of the bike (not my idea of a pussy.) Also has a standard gixxer 1000 for trackdays and road use aswell although i think he's only toped it out at 185mph as opposed to 186mph so maybe he is a pussy after all lol.
03-09-2008, 10:40 AM
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Yeah the bike defintly does suffer a bit when you try that sort of stuff - hence the reason for him needing two bikes, his stunt gixer is now mainly held together with cable ties and gaffer tape lol
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