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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: xrtoronto on July 05, 2004, 11:54:31 PM
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What's the fastest you have done on a highway in either a car or on motorcycle? (either driver or passenger)
For me it would be a friends brothers Barracuda going north on Hwy#400. I can freely admit I didn't enjoy it. I was in the back seat and white knuckled all the way:) The fastest reading I saw on the speedo was 130mph.
I probably would have enjoyed it if I had been driving!
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Driver: I know a 2002 Explorer will hit 105 without the limiter kicking in.
Karaya
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120 in a Mitsubishi 3000 GT-VR4.
It felt more like 60. :D
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Originally posted by Sandman
120 in a Mitsubishi 3000 GT-VR4.
It felt more like 60. :D
beautiful car!!
(http://www.autoworld.com/news/Mitsubishi/3000GT-VR4.jpg)
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Originally posted by xrtoronto
beautiful car!!
(http://www.autoworld.com/news/Mitsubishi/3000GT-VR4.jpg)
If you would like to total one and then walk away from it, I can recommend it. ;)
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Originally posted by Sandman
If you would like to total one and then walk away from it, I can recommend it. ;)
That had it all, Twin turbos, AWD, 4 wheel steering (at higher speeds). Held the benchmark on R&T's skidpad for about 4 years. never been in one though.
Karaya
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
That had it all, Twin turbos, AWD, 4 wheel steering (at higher speeds). Held the benchmark on R&T's skidpad for about 4 years. never been in one though.
Karaya
I carpooled with a friend that owned one. It was a nice ride until we went offroading in it.
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140+ in '85 Ninja 900, and around 120+ in '68 Mustang
Both long ago
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Originally posted by Cooley
120+ in '68 Mustang
Now THIS is living on the edge. Older Mustangs had horrible handling (or at least my '66 certainly did).
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Originally posted by Sandman
Now THIS is living on the edge. Older Mustangs had horrible handling (or at least my '66 certainly did).
Imagine a 68 GT500KR. has to be an easy 150.
Karaya
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Just over 150 mph on my Bandit 1200 going up the 14 to Mojave.
....and old ladies in pickup trucks were still trying to pass me. Everyone drives fast on the 14.
* clarified for Nilsen
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150 ...... and thats not mph, im a metric man.
Yes, i drive slow and safe and my m8's used to "tease" me for not driving like an idiot. Now they have grown up too and drive like me :p
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140 in my dads Audi 200 turbo.:D
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145 MPH on 476S. 944 Turbo. Sustained average speed of 120ish for 30 minutes.
Not the brightest thing I ever did.
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150ish
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Originally posted by Sandman
120 in a Mitsubishi 3000 GT-VR4.
It felt more like 60. :D
VR4 here also. When I last glanced at speed, I was 128, and I pushed it a bit further, but was having a hard time keeping it in one lane at that point. Oddly 120 WAS smooth in that car. But 130ish was all over the road. God bless demo rides at dealerships.
Once on the back of a yamaha FZR motorcycle my buddy was driving at 110mph ish I learned a valuable lesson: Do NOT sit straight up. The wind caught me and I was airborn for a moment. I JUST barely was able to grab my friends jacket and stay on. Almost pulled us both off the bike. Heh. Lute was durn near a skid mark (smear) on that one. Still can vividly remember that split second of being airborn. Durn near pissed myself.
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I've never felt comfortable as a passenger on a bike....don't like it at all.
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Around 140 on a Suzuki GS1100. It still had more but started to speed wobble.
Been around 140 several times in cars.
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83 Honda V-65 - 160
70 Chevelle - not sure. Speedo pegged at 120. Tach was reading 4.5
Both were back when I was a lot younger and dumber.
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went 130 in my friend mazda (10pm and it was raining he was laghing i was chitin my paints.)
drove my dads 1971 pickup on a interstate freeway no1 around he said lets see how fast this thing can go top speed on the speedamiter was 100 but we where easly hitting 120-130 best time of my life
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About 109 in a 1998 Dodge Neon...
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I've had my 'vette over 130. Still felt like it had plenty more but I was on the way to a meeting and at a 120mph clip was goin fast enough to get there on time. Snapped a picture of my speedo at 124. Was fun, drivin over 120 mph and taking pictures. :)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/335_1083955942_image01.jpg)
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I hit 135 before the road strted to get ahead of me on Autobann 7 the van had more in there but my reaction time went to pot after I was 27..... my Father came over to Germany when I was stationed there and wanted to Go Fast one day......
Gunns
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146 mph (235 km/h) in a Peugeot 406 3L V6 on the tachometer.
It must have been around 130 mph real groundspeed.
Even on a deserted highway around 3am, it wasn't particularly bright...
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Originally posted by Steve
...Was fun, drivin over 120 mph and taking pictures. :)...
This could get you a Darwin Award..
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This could get you a Darwin Award..
I'd have to get dead first.... I'm too damned good.
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Steve.
Talk on the phone and get a bj while doing that the next time. Its great for testing yoru multitasking skills.
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215kph
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86 Mustang GT about 145mph
stayed pretty much side by side with my friends 89 mustang.
Seen a trooper on the other side of the hiway. There was 2 solid miles of gardrailed median :) Turned and lined them up at the next guardrail break, and saw the trooper on the opposite side of the hiway again LOL.
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245 Kph, (app. 150 Mph) Honda VF100R,
Ticket was €690.00, I think I still have the photo, if I can find it I will post it, I hate the damn speed camera's in the Netherlands.
But I was lucky, if it would have been a Cop in place of the Camera, I could have lost my license.
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170mph derestricted Yam FZR1000EXUP in Germany when I was in the Army.
Highest recorded (police) speed ever in the UK was on the same type bike, guy was clocked at 185+. Interseting case, he went to court, was warned he could get jailed, so he did a runner.
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155mph in a '95 e36m3 shortly after adding a chip to remove the 139mph sissy governor. Wife shot the pic, but was too scared to move to much in the seat to take more than one. The car was rock steady at that speed.
(http://www.home.earthlink.net/~rpace3/S2k/03_Dash.JPG)
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130 mph in a customers Jaguar XJS V12..... I used to be a mechanic ;)
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You are all dangerous criminals! :lol
KGB should hunt you down in their lada's and put you all away.
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Well I finally took the plung and did a few laps at Sebring with Chin Motorsports (just fun laping) had her up to 110 on back straight. Man what a blast..
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235 Km/h in my Toyota Celica '96 1.8 .... over the red line of the tachometer.
In a friend's car, 250 Km/h in a Mercedes CLK 5.3L (or something similar) Elegance version (and there was still power available, he told me to have gone up to 270, with some more HPs to use).
I am scared to imagine what the Sport version can do. :eek:
All the above are IAS (or better IGS ;) ).
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145 in my seven. solid as a rock too, but my nerves frayed out and i slowed down.
of course all you people do know that speedometers are calibrated to the nth percentage and as you travel faster, they become more inaccurate, right? (most likely showing a speed faster then you are really going) i think at 140 or so it could be up to 10mph off or so
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122 mph indicated on a '71 Kawasaki Mach III around I-435. I think the speedo was optimistic though, maybe by as much as 8-10 mph.
After a while, I started thinking about the front tire hitting a big chuckhole and slowed down.
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Originally posted by moose
of course all you people do know that speedometers are calibrated to the nth percentage and as you travel faster, they become more inaccurate, right? (most likely showing a speed faster then you are really going) i think at 140 or so it could be up to 10mph off or so
Yep, so I used the Indicated Ground Speed note. :)
Anyway, it depends on the type/brand/range on your speedmeter.
They seem to be more precise in the middle range, having a greater percent of error as you go close to the max showed speed.
Some of the old Fiat (italian brand) speedmeters had an error of 20/30 Km/h at 120-130 km/h.
Some of the new (japan and german) have a precision near the 5% at high speed.
As an example, I was going with a group of friends to a kart circuit, with 2 machines, my Celica, a friend's Skoda Turbo-diesel.
We were going... ehm... a little bit fast.
I reached and mantained a speed of 210 km/h, with my friend losing contact and space around 190 km/h.
When we arrived to destination, He told me that He saw me going away, when he reached 210, and cannot acelerate more.
This means a solid 20 km/h difference in our readings.
N.B.
I ask:
If you change your tyres with others of less diameter (shoulder?), and have your speedmeter taking it's measure out of the gearbox, or the axis revolutions, have you just messed up the speed readings?
It is set to calculate basing on a specific diameter of the wheels, so changing it will generate an error?
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130 in my new GTO, only 3500 rpm or so. very smooth
120 in a 89? hyundai excel...after Rodney King I didnt believe a hyundai could go that fast...so i tried it, one of the stupidest and scariest things i ever did. I dont recommend it.
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Originally posted by Naso
I ask:
If you change your tyres with others of less diameter (shoulder?), and have your speedmeter taking it's measure out of the gearbox, or the axis revolutions, have you just messed up the speed readings?
It is set to calculate basing on a specific diameter of the wheels, so changing it will generate an error?
if you change your tires to ones with less diameter then the originals, then they will make more revolutions per distance then stock which will indicate a higher speed then you are going. if the tires are bigger then stock, then your speedometer will indicate a lower reading. not sure of the % difference though.
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Talk on the phone and get a bj while doing that the next time. Its great for testing yoru multitasking skills.
Lol, just say it, you want me dead.
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(2534K) An infamous video of an F40 going 199 in traffic that was used to prosecute the owner (RealVideo).
video (http://www.ferrariclub.com/downloads/f40_199.ram)
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And because RealPlayer sucks monkeybalz use google and look out for "Real alternative".
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159 In my RX-7. The needle was soooo close to 160 but I was running out of Highway.
I've done 130 on my FZR but only for a second or 2. It's not nearly as stable at those speeds as other people claim their bikes are.
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Originally posted by moose
of course all you people do know that speedometers are calibrated to the nth percentage and as you travel faster, they become more inaccurate, right? (most likely showing a speed faster then you are really going) i think at 140 or so it could be up to 10mph off or so
I wish the radar on the camrea that got me, was off that much it would have saved me about € 100.00 on the ticket!
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130 as a passenger in a 1957 Chevy 2-door.
120 in my Dad's Townsman Station Wagon (400ci V-8)
100 in my Mercury Capri (v-6). The thing felt like it was about to go airborn. Scared the crap outta me.
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I got a ticket for doing 170 mph in my 65GTO ( 68 ramair motor ) on interstate 95. Not a bright thing to do if anyone ever drove on 95 in the philly area ( pothole city). I should of fought the ticket, I wasn't doing over 165:)
NUTTZ
P.S. I'LL never try that again, I shat meself.
Originally posted by narsus
130 in my new GTO, only 3500 rpm or so. very smooth
120 in a 89? hyundai excel...after Rodney King I didnt believe a hyundai could go that fast...so i tried it, one of the stupidest and scariest things i ever did. I dont recommend it.
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The 65 GTO came stock with 14'' I have 15" PMD mags.
NUTTZ
Originally posted by moose
if you change your tires to ones with less diameter then the originals, then they will make more revolutions per distance then stock which will indicate a higher speed then you are going. if the tires are bigger then stock, then your speedometer will indicate a lower reading. not sure of the % difference though.
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<---In this avatar.............141 with the top off.....153 top on.
130+ ona 750 Honda. WAY back when I was really stupid:lol
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I did 140+ in a Datsun 280Z once. 120 several times.
125 MPH indicated on a Kawasaki KZ100P answering an Officer down call.
180+ in my Piper Comanche headed downwards from 12,000 feet for landing.
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street cars 165 in a trans am
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I did better than 75 mph on El Mirage dry lake in something like this...(http://users.bendnet.com/windtek/ypic2.jpg)
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
I did better than 75 mph on El Mirage dry lake in something like this...(http://users.bendnet.com/windtek/ypic2.jpg)
That's such a cool sport. One of these days, I'm going to have to find a way to try it.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
I did better than 75 mph on El Mirage dry lake in something like this...(http://users.bendnet.com/windtek/ypic2.jpg)
That's such a cool sport. One of these days, I'm going to have to find a way to try it.
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170 km/h (105 mph) in an rented Opel Station wagon. This was just two weeks ago while visiting Germany, and all I was trying to do was get out of the way of the big black Mercedes Sedans that were screaming up behind me. I did pass a Porsch once like he was standing still, well there was construction and he was standing still....but I dare to dream.
:D
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I dont wanna brag but ive got you all beat
(http://www.draglist.com/photoimages/Photos-2000/Dave%20Benjamin%2098%20by%20Jeff%20Thomas.jpg)
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My own street car past 125mph don't know actual speed since police radar then only went to 125mph (70's) Car was a 1972 monte carlo 454 , holy 6pack, American auto tranny( was automatic you shifted gears by let up gas ) 525hp, magna grip L50 15's rear d70 13's front. Had clorox feeder to back tires and flash paper in side pipes for show. Ended up selling car to buy my first house.
Fast i've driven was 202 mph in a vector in the early 80's. WE were doing a Message board Sign for customer and he had 2 Vectors. He let us drive on Runway at his local airport.
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/79_1089178850_harley.jpg)
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In one of my 68 GTOs the one with the 6 speed I sold Laz, I did 120 plus on 880. I was in 6th, and was about 3500 RPM and it was still pulling like mad, when I backed down, I had pegged the speedo for some time accelerating the whole time.
Car seemed fine but there was just slight to many cars out for me to push it anymore.
That car rocked. To bad I cracked the frame or I would still own it.
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BAH repost, either my conection or the board is funky tonight.
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Got a tciket for averaging 140 over 9 miles in the UK.
Also picked up a 1 year ban from the local magistrates and a nice healthy fine :(
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Just broke 140 in my new g35, she still had juice to go, but I heard the limiter will cut you off around 143 ish..
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'71 Datsun 240Z - 135 mph when I looked - Still had more pedal, but I ran out of ballz.
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I once did about 290 mph in a custom Humvee built for me by the CIA while I was in Afghanistan.
In Texas, ran about 275 mph in a schoolbus on I-10. I was dressed like a clown and the bus was painted to resemble a police car...... I think that's the only reason I wasn't pulled over.
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135 in 1996 Prelude...smooth as ice, too
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120 mph in my Golf. Which is all it will do really. downhill with the wind behind it. 115 mph on my Yamaha 350LC with a special sprocket fitted. Never been faster on the ground. How about point to point speeds. I did 130 miles in two hours mostly normal roads with 7 or 8 towns and villages early in the morning. 65 MPH average speed.
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around 90 in an old Ford Torino.
Not a lot of straight roads out here in the country... :D
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147 in a 1986 Honda CRX Si. I have a friend who is a state trooper who clocked me at 130 when I passed him another night drag racing a then brand new 300ZX. Both times were on Hwy 80 headed west out of Selma, AL.
There is a straight section of the road that didn't have traffic signals on it then and we would start the race from a light on the edge of town and the stop point was a long sweeping right hand turn just about three miles away. He got the jump but I pulled him back in within 3/4 mile from the start.
Stupid is as stupid does and boy I am lucky to be alive.
Car setup was before all the "street racing" mods. I had 14 inch low profile Pirelli tires; ran 100 octane (it was cheap then around $1.30 a gallon) and had an air scoop of sorts that direct fed air into the filter. This was in 1989/1990 and the car never made it past 1992 when I teed a 1992 Acura that pulled across a red light in front of me.
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I have scrap notes of these events I have kept over the past 40+ years. These are being revealed to all the world all at once, by decade. My nephew is also a AH2 flyer and he knows who he is, therefore, he is instructed that the following info shall not be mentioned to his mother (my sister) or his aunt (my wife) or his grandfather (my dad)....
1960's pre teens/in the teens
Bought a minibike. Removed the governor on the Brigg's and Stratton 4 Hp. I could wind that eng up until it was self limiting when the valves would start floating. 32 mph as measured by the older boys who had them 80 cc monster mc's with a speedo. I had the fastest one within a 6 house radius. No brakes so Mom was continuosly po'd cuz I could wear off the bottom of a new pair of shoes in a week.
1970's (end of the teens)
1969 Ford 4 door Custom 302 Windsor 2bbl
110+mph ..returning form work on Old LakeShore Road with all 4 windows open. Head liner crashed down at 110 and hit me on top of my head. Slowed down with a ent neck and pushed it back up. Drove home and asked my Dad how come roof fell down when I was driving. He explained the theory of how air traveling at a high rate of speed past a hole creates a vacuum. Then asked how fast was I going. I don't remember having the privelage of driving anything for 2 weeks after that.
1980's (graduate college get job and have a little $)
My first bike... Suzuki GS550ES..124 mph wide flat open 14,100 rpm on LakeView Rd NY. Let off throttle and sat up on bike. To this day I have NO idea how I stayed on the bike. I remember only hanging on by about 2 fingertips of each hand after hitting the air flow.
145+ in a race prepped Porsche 914 6 cylinder open top at an SCCA event at Road America, Elkhart Lake WI. I wasn't driving I was riding. The car had nothing down low in the rpm but once it came up on the cams at 6000 it set yur helmet back into the seat. It could go around corners on rails.
1990's were slower for oppurtunities. Got married had kids.
131 mph in a 1985 Buick GN. My factory manuals said it was chip limited to 129 mph. After installing a new replacement turbo I took it for a test run on Rt 481 Fulton NY. 13 psi boost for about a minute got me the 131 but I hadn't adjusted the waste correctly and something clearly wasn't right. Never tried it again.
2000's
Went to a party and a friend of my wife's boy friend kept blatting over and over about how fast his Stage 5 modified Yamaha V-Max was. OK OK so I told him I would take it for a ride. Downshifting at 125 mph , passin cars and hitting 132 mph with A GEAR LEFT to upshift on rt 481. Instant thoughts of how I could end up in jail for this - or get killed by a chipmunk resorted me to the 55mph ride back. He was right, I believe him. I aint doing it again.
Somewhat routinely take the 94 and 04 Arctic Cats for winter rides. Been 111 speedo/110 GPS on the 04 and just touching 115 mph on the 94.
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wow.................I got big shoes to fill ..........................:aok
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damn fine car saur.
about 30 in my dads old 88 acura.
who wouldn't want to live on the parts of the autobahn where there is no speed limit?:)
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BMW 850i, 245 kph on the QEW. :p
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158 at GIR in my 95'T/A, car felt stable as hell ,was only at 5600 in 6th and thats with 3.73s in the rear
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On my Honda 1800 VTX, I hit about 110, no windshield or fairing.....cruiser type bike.... felt like I was holding on for dear life in that airflow.
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Originally posted by NUKE
On my Honda 1800 VTX, I hit about 110, no windshield or fairing.....cruiser type bike.... felt like I was holding on for dear life in that airflow.
Used to think it funny that you could go out on a bike in 30 - 40 degree temps, be cold when going slow then near breaking a sweat once you got up around 120. We never settled on if it was due to nerves or friction from the air.