What's the fastest speed you ever done?
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I agree with Paul. that bike must have been shaking like crazy if not executed properly.. and yes, 120 in my car took a lil while, not too long.. what i did notice is that once i got to 118, it was like 10 seconds to get to 119.. then i thought i was about to speed by a cop, but it was just a stupid prius with advertising on the bumped. scared the crap out of me
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meh, the bike will be fine is it is put together properly. its just the thought that at those speeds, a muscle twitch can cause an imbalance. the bike should be more stable at speed but thats just scary
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Heh I had a cat run out in front of me on one of those runs...I nearly sucked the seat up my *** :P He did the damn stutter step where he couldnt decide whether to freeze or run and you can only get the bike to move so much at those speeds...
A bike is rock solid at those speeds. Its literally like its on a rail.
I cant find the video anymore, but I used to race a guy with a 900+rwhp DLM supercharged viper on my sportbike back in 03(yes he beat me). Here is a thread with at least a mention of it. I'm Mawnee954
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131908
Some peopel talk about going fast, but I used to race before racing was the "in" thing
A bike is rock solid at those speeds. Its literally like its on a rail.
I cant find the video anymore, but I used to race a guy with a 900+rwhp DLM supercharged viper on my sportbike back in 03(yes he beat me). Here is a thread with at least a mention of it. I'm Mawnee954
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131908
Some peopel talk about going fast, but I used to race before racing was the "in" thing
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hitting it would have meant both of our deaths lol.
Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
He ended up posting in there and I ende dup meeting up with him a couple other times.
Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
He ended up posting in there and I ende dup meeting up with him a couple other times.
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hitting it would have meant both of our deaths lol.
Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
He ended up posting in there and I ende dup meeting up with him a couple other times.
Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
He ended up posting in there and I ende dup meeting up with him a couple other times.
lol @ redline
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hitting it would have meant both of our deaths lol.
Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
He ended up posting in there and I ende dup meeting up with him a couple other times.
Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
He ended up posting in there and I ende dup meeting up with him a couple other times.
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Lol I havent talked to that guy in a couple years. Last time I talked to him he had bought a new SRT-10 as a daily driver(yea, two vipers) and was getting frustrated with some issues on his GTS(the supercharged one). He sent it in to be upgraded to over 1000hp and it wasnt running right after. Infact the last time we talked I bumped into him infront of a bank, our cars were idling and his car would randomly redline on its own. I jokingly offered to run him with my vette(which was no slouch,it made 660rwhp) and he didnt trust his car. Wouldnt have stood a chance though, my Vette was fast, but even at its best wasnt as fast as my bike.
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Lol I havent talked to that guy in a couple years. Last time I talked to him he had bought a new SRT-10 as a daily driver(yea, two vipers) and was getting frustrated with some issues on his GTS(the supercharged one). He sent it in to be upgraded to over 1000hp and it wasnt running right after. Infact the last time we talked I bumped into him infront of a bank, our cars were idling and his car would randomly redline on its own. I jokingly offered to run him with my vette(which was no slouch,it made 660rwhp) and he didnt trust his car. Wouldnt have stood a chance though, my Vette was fast, but even at its best wasnt as fast as my bike.
haha sorry, its like.. 2 really good.. well, 3.. good cars you're talking about. man thats awesome right there haha. im curious what made you go for an 8? Handling? It's superb in the mountains for me..
although that made me twist my head that his would randomly redline.. i guess that makes it easier for him to take a video of his car revving.. with only 1 person
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Old vette
New vette(and inbetween vettes car) :P
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now thats an awesome long story
i wish it were that easy for me.. I'm struggling with just getting engine mounts alone.. and a replacement fender from the previous owners accident.. all the paint shops want to charge me $400 for a paint job on the fender alone, given that i supply them with a new one.. and they wont match the same shade of yellow on my car so they'd have to blend it in with the door? for $400 it should match.
i hate to say it, but i might just have to drive it as is for a while, while i pay off my parents for it, before i can do anything at least.. sigh
i wish it were that easy for me.. I'm struggling with just getting engine mounts alone.. and a replacement fender from the previous owners accident.. all the paint shops want to charge me $400 for a paint job on the fender alone, given that i supply them with a new one.. and they wont match the same shade of yellow on my car so they'd have to blend it in with the door? for $400 it should match.
i hate to say it, but i might just have to drive it as is for a while, while i pay off my parents for it, before i can do anything at least.. sigh
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Heres the thread form the first time I met Gerald and his Viper:
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
http://www.sportbikes.net/archives/f...d.php?t=131012
For anyone not familiar with it, its a bike with a V10 viper engine
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I used to live in Germany for about 3 years and I drove to work every day on theautoban, my BMW 318ti would hit the rev limited in 5th gear doing 220Kph which is about 140 miles per hour not bad for a car with 140hp. I think the Rx8 would hit 165 on the autobahn because you have so much time to get there. I miss German roads