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Ok, my very first street race and I got whooped. I really wasn't surprised though. Here's the situation:

Hop off of the interstate to see how fast I can get on a 2 lane highway...you guys got me interested. I come up behind an R1 (Yamaha Sportbike, very nice) doing about 60 in a 55. I pass him of course, and get up to about 80. Next thing I know he's gaining on me real quick. I drop it back down to 4th and floor it. At around 135mph there are no cars coming towards us, so he blows by me. Had to be doing 150-160, I only got up to about 145 total. I gave him a nice thumbs up, but I hope he wasn't looking at me as he flew by I do want one of those bikes (Hayabusa is ugly IMHO).

The moral of the story: Don't race 1000CC sport bikes =)

Er, nevermind, do race em just expect to lose.

 

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Well, it's a lot louder at 140+ than even 130. I didn't turn the wheel even slightly, scared the crap outta me. I couldn't really tell you how it handled. It didn't feel extremely light or anything.

Wifey sure gave me a dirty look when I told her =)

 

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I asked if she wanted to try it but she said NO!

 

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I don't race hondas, they are not worthy. Well, maybe if the driver is a hottie...but just for fun then.

 

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I think I would have to agree...

 

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While I agree that 145 was pretty stupid, I really think it's more dangerous driving around in a neighborhood at 50mph like sooooo many people do. There is basically no chance that some kid is going to come running out of his house and jump in front of me on a highway. I wasn't passing anyone, there was no oncoming traffic. The only people in danger were me and the biker, and I'll accept that. We slowed down to the speed limit as soon as there were cars in sight. (In central illinois you can literally see for miles).

But yes, it was pretty stupid and it's not something I regularly do or plan to do again. The fastest I've gone otherwise was 110 in my old 85 GP. Now THAT was scary. Just gotta test it out once.

Not to change the subject, but what gear do you guys do your high speed tests in? I tried 4th and 5th, both seemed to work ok. 5th took longer, but got me up a bit higher.