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    CBR1000RR (mine), 2008, expensive trued speedo, 285kmh on speedo, nor nor east of Perth. Easy, straights with gentle bends, travelled 15kms in 6th gear @ 13,000rpm.
    Gentle bends became sharp, knee down corners. Mate on a Hayabusa, flat chat too, reading 304kmh, left behind.
    Jap speedo's are extremely optimistic over 160kmh - wifey's Hornet 900, me riding solo, speedo showing 225kmh, cop's radar gun showed 185kmh.
    He thought his radar gun was broken, let me off, as the bike had a Ulysses Club number plate surround.
    Current ride here in NZ - BMW R1200RT. Vmax these days is a gentle 140-150kmh solo. With wifey on pillion - 120kmh max.
    Had few mates in WA get their speedo's checked on a dyno rolling road - most were 15% over at 160kmh, 45% over at 220kmh.
    While not denying that m/cycles are quick, speedo's can lie - a lot.
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    What about gps app on the phone? Do they give you a reasonably true speed at those hi speeds?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyblown View Post
    ... TGV, and it was going full tilt, around 320kmh....
    My Garmin GPS still shows a max hold speed of 308kph on (you guessed it) a TGV. None of the countryside is in focus less than a kilometre away. A guy who worked on it said at least once a month, someone tries to beat the TGV by crossing the tracks and it's a --messy-- end..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    Got this sideways last summer, they just feel so in control. My mate is really living it up and sharing the love. Never thought I'd ever drive a Ferrari let alone get to thrash one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    ..Getting to 170mph in 400m...
    Saw it two weeks ago in the US- 4.11secs at 179mph, and it looked super smooth (if not LOUD)
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    There's no 'rush' like real speed

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemocKot View Post
    Agree, they are amazing, this guy even more as he is doing pace notes two to three corners ahead in his second language(he is finnish)


    Incidentally, the reason they use English for the pace notes is because the Finnish words for 'left' and 'right' have two syllables and take longer to say. Many Finnish drivers/codrivers do - I guess like most of Europe they learn 2 or 3 languages including English from a young age, which would make it easier to adapt.

    Kankkunen is one of the all-time greats though - such a natural driver, its like the car is just an extension of his body. He has also set world speed records on ice (330km/h) and in a tractor (130km/h, on snow).



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    Funny enough the yanks actually got very close to that Bugatti's speed in the late 80s with the Oldsmobile Aerotech.

    https://jalopnik.com/the-1987-oldsmo...dso-1553919816




    Yes, it looks like a jet fighter. Yes, that makes it awesome. Yes, I had a toy one as a kid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tribrit View Post
    Hes been doing that stuff for years.

    His name is Patrick Furstenhoff. Owns a Subaru dealership in Stockholm.

    One of the videos, he passes a truck.... hes going like 310kph or whatever, another truck coming the other way. He gos thru the tiniest gap without even flinching on the throttle.

    Its impressive in a dangerous irresponsible kinda way.
    Had a mate in the uk who drove in the same way, he now has one leg as he did not fit between the two trucks, best I did was smash my mirrors , needed to stop further down the road to check my under pants

 

 

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