Top speed

[PRD]

Obviously not on the Queen's highway but how fast have you been on your bike. I suspect I'm a bit of a wimp fastest I have been was on French motorway two up fully loaded 110 mph. Are the earlier models faster?

[coman37]

I must have been a German Autobahn !!!  but i got 165mph, fully loaded, both panniers and topbox + 25st



Coman

Ps, not flat out, stil a bit more available, but traffic, bottle, licence prevented more

[virginiajim]

Obviously not on the Queen's highway but how fast have you been on your bike. I suspect I'm a bit of a wimp fastest I have been was on French motorway two up fully loaded 110 mph. Are the earlier models faster?

Of course they are..

[snowy]

       I'm with Jim all the way on that! 

Big believer in "it ain't what it does, it the way that it does it!"

Still think it's one of the best buzzes when you wind 'em up from 6k to 8k in third or fourth, 

who gives a darn about the mph! 

Silly question...........what happens after 9000 rpm? Warp drive?

[virginiajim]

Still think it's one of the best buzzes when you wind 'em up from 6k to 8k in third or fourth, 

Silly question...........what happens after 9000 rpm? Warp drive?

I did that today in fact... 6k to 8k in 3rd or fourth.

Warp drive...yes.  I've had that happen a time or two.   Time stands still.  Quite unnerving actually.  I also felt the bike pulling away from me...literally.  I felt like I was going backwards and the bike was going forwards.

[nightrider]

I did that today in fact... 6k to 8k in 3rd or fourth.

Warp drive...yes.  I've had that happen a time or two.   Time stands still.  Quite unnerving actually.  I also felt the bike pulling away from me...literally.  I felt like I was going backwards and the bike was going forwards.
[/quote beem me up Scottie , more power captain , warp 8 here we come ,  best not have a go on the Kawasaki h2 then 

[Charlie747]

1400GTR camara bike at TT following Mr Dunlop. If it was a 2010 model the pillion would of been able to film the front of Mr Dunlops bike as they do in the Tour de France ! 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNXCJt7K3Q

[Richard]

Hi

135 - 140, not bad for a trike :-) , on a private road.......

[1ka]

1400GTR camara bike at TT following Mr Dunlop. If it was a 2010 model the pillion would of been able to film the front of Mr Dunlops bike as they do in the Tour de France ! 

He must've been taking it easy. The average lap for the top blokes is 125+, so the GTR would struggle to keep up. 

[virginiajim]

Would have loved to have seen the GTR in action from behind..

[exBanditOwner]

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Silly question...........what happens after 9000 rpm? Warp drive?

Try it ... you'll like it. Third gear is best. or second.  never be afraid of the red line. bike engines are designed to rev.

[virginiajim]

The shifting improves remarkably as well at the higher rpms (not that it's bad to begin with).

This bike begs to be ridden hard..and does extremely well when done so.

[Charlie747]

Try it ... you'll like it. Third gear is best. or second.  never be afraid of the red line. bike engines are designed to rev.

2nd gear out of roundabouts 

[kfshman]

That was me filmed by a can am spyder owner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTg07nBAh0o

[Lonewolf]

2nd gear out of roundabouts 

You need to focus on your observation skills where roundabouts are concerned.......you remember what I'm referring to?