Utterly OT - 220mph bike ride

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Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.

I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.

Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At Home.

http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php

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Richard Brookman wrote:
> Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.
>
> I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
> wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.
>
> Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At Home.
>
> http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php
>

Nice! erm, I mean terrible, how irresponsible.

Wish I was still allowed a bike :( Better keep that page to myself, if
my wife gets to see it I'll never be able to persuade her that I should
get another one! 'spose she's right, not the most sensible of vehicles
when you have 2 young uns. At least she can't complain that the RR
isn't sensible / safe / big enough etc etc!

Matt
ex-biker :(
 

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.
>
> I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
> wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.
>
> Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At
> Home.
>
> http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php
>

To 220mph in under 25 seconds. What bikes that then?

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"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.
>
> I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
> wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.
>
> Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At
Home.
>
> http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php
>
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
>
> Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
>
>


 
Bob Hobden wrote:
>
> To 220mph in under 25 seconds. What bikes that then?
>

Suzuki Hyabusa? (probably can't spell it, sorry)

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On Thursday 09 February 2006 23:21, Bob Hobden [[email protected]] wrote in
message <[email protected]>

>
> "Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.
>>
>> I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
>> wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.
>>
>> Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At
>> Home.
>>
>> http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php
>>
>
> To 220mph in under 25 seconds. What bikes that then?

A Hyabusa I think. Someone at uk.rec.motorcycles (aka UKRM) will probably
know.

That's the thing about motorbikes - *acceleration!*
My Fazer is 0-60mph in just under 4 seconds[1]. What sort of car would you
need to achieve that and how many times more expensive than my bike would
it be?

Mind you, that video is pretty dull as far a bike videos go. It's all speed
in a straight line with no other traffic. It might as well be on a race
track.

[1] The North-bound J34 sliproad on the M6 is fun. It's not a sliproad, it's
a T-junction!

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On 2006-02-10, PDannyD <[email protected]> wrote:

> My Fazer is 0-60mph in just under 4 seconds[1]. What sort of car would you
> need to achieve that and how many times more expensive than my bike would
> it be?

Ultima GTR, 0-60 in 2.7 seconds, about 50K.

"Bugatti" (really VW) Veyron, 0-60 in 2.7 seconds, about 850K!

Guess which is the brit ;-)

My 16-year-old Lotus Esprit, 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, worth about 2p in
its current state :-(

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> [1] The North-bound J34 sliproad on the M6 is fun. It's not a sliproad, it's
> a T-junction!

Not a great junction when you're trying to get onto the M6 in an old
diesel landie! But made up for with that lovely sweeping curve @
south-bound exit J33 - I had my car sideways there once - and a
big grin on my face when I managed to control it and looked at the
faces of the terrified people behind me :) you do some daft things
when you are young!
 
On or around Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:03:52 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.
>
>I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
>wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.
>
>Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At Home.
>
>http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php

at least he's not daft enough to include identifying details, unlike the
bloke with the ferrari a bit back who got nicked using his video as
evidence.
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:03:52 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even.

Not necessarily criminal - depends where it was shot. Doesn't appear
to be in the UK.


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> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:03:52 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even.
>
> Not necessarily criminal - depends where it was shot. Doesn't appear
> to be in the UK.

I was talking in general terms :) Criminal as is "hey that looks quite
good fun".

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Pardon my cynicism but does it REALLY look like the landscape is going past
at 220mph???

Al.

<Lofty> wrote in message news:eek:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:03:52 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Got mailed this at work, and I know some of the regulars here are bikers.
>>
>>I'm not condoning this, but you might check the speed at which the front
>>wheel leaves the deck, and the speed it comes back down again.
>>
>>Disclaimer: Utterly irresponsible, criminal even. Do Not Try This At
>>Home.
>>
>>http://boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_fast_bike-p1.php
>
> Also notice that the speedo peaks at the 220 mark when the rev counter
> is still on the rise, a possible top end of 230- 240.
>
> Suzuki Hayabusa turbo with nitrous maybe?
>
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737flf wrote:
> Pardon my cynicism but does it REALLY look like the landscape is going past
> at 220mph???

That's what I thought. Those white lines must be very spaced out. I
have a Honda Blackbird and at 170/180 things appear to go much faster
than that. I might tape the Sony on the tank next time I go to France.


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In message <[email protected]>, Danny
<[email protected]> writes
>737flf wrote:
>> Pardon my cynicism but does it REALLY look like the landscape is
>>going past at 220mph???
>
>That's what I thought. Those white lines must be very spaced out. I
>have a Honda Blackbird and at 170/180 things appear to go much faster
>than that. I might tape the Sony on the tank next time I go to France.
>
>

It's because the camera sees things differently to the eye. dynamic
movement is diminished on camera, including speed and scale, see how
lowly F1 cars seem to be travelling on screen.. If the video camera's
shutter speed was set at higher than 50 for example the blur reduction
effect would produce that slightly slowed down staccato sharpness to the
white lines. I suspect that the film is indeed genuine. Was it 220 mph
or 220 kph, that'd only be 137.5 mph. Still the acceleration was
impressive. It's a legal bit of speeding on a German autobahn.


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> white lines. I suspect that the film is indeed genuine. Was it 220 mph
> or 220 kph, that'd only be 137.5 mph. Still the acceleration was
> impressive. It's a legal bit of speeding on a German autobahn.

It was 220mph (although I'd be surprised if the speedo was that
accurate) If you look at the speedo you will see kph marked on the
inside of the mph markers.

Although that's obviously a very fast bike, I don't think any biker
would be particularly surprised at how fast it gets to that sort of
speed. Why do you think we like them so much :)

Anyone figure out what that bike was? I don't recognise it, and I
thought all the newer fast bikes (Hayabusa etc) had the speed indicated
with an LCD and just the rpm on a dial.

Matt.

 
....and 737flf spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> Pardon my cynicism but does it REALLY look like the landscape is
> going past at 220mph???
>
> Al.

Does to me. The sound of the gear changes, rev counter movement, dipping of
front forks etc all seem to match. Unless it's a 250 and the speedo is in
kph.

Why be cynical? There are plenty of bikes about that will do 220, and
plenty of nutters to ride them to the limit. What impressed me was the
wheelie between 50 and 140. That takes nerve.

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Richard Brookman wrote:

> Does to me. The sound of the gear changes, rev counter movement, dipping of
> front forks etc all seem to match. Unless it's a 250 and the speedo is in
> kph.
>
> Why be cynical? There are plenty of bikes about that will do 220, and
> plenty of nutters to ride them to the limit. What impressed me was the
> wheelie between 50 and 140. That takes nerve.
>

I once pulled a wheelie on the A40 on a glorious sunny very quiet
sunday morning. Dropped it at the next (red) lights only to find a
police bike next to me, signalling me over. I thought I was in big
trouble until he raised his visor and said "sometimes you just have to
do it" and rode off...


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Danny <[email protected]> wrote:

> I once pulled a wheelie on the A40 on a glorious sunny very quiet
> sunday morning. Dropped it at the next (red) lights only to find a
> police bike next to me, signalling me over. I thought I was in big
> trouble until he raised his visor and said "sometimes you just have to
> do it" and rode off...

I got pulled for trailing my knee round a roundabout
on a Fireblade. The lecture started with 'young man'
but when I got the helmet off I was clearly older
than he was.

We settled for a telling off and a grovel. I do a good
grovel.

nigelH


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Nigel Hewitt wrote:
>
> I got pulled for trailing my knee round a roundabout
> on a Fireblade. The lecture started with 'young man'
> but when I got the helmet off I was clearly older
> than he was.
>
> We settled for a telling off and a grovel. I do a good
> grovel.

I'm really starting to enjoy getting to be older than the average copper
- they hand out significantly less attitude when you're older than them.


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EMB wrote:
> Nigel Hewitt wrote:
>>
>> I got pulled for trailing my knee round a roundabout
>> on a Fireblade. The lecture started with 'young man'
>> but when I got the helmet off I was clearly older
>> than he was.
>>
>> We settled for a telling off and a grovel. I do a good
>> grovel.
>
> I'm really starting to enjoy getting to be older than the average copper
> - they hand out significantly less attitude when you're older than them.

Also helps to have a couple of young kids in the car! I was rather
shocked to see a Police car appear in my rear view mirror when I was
doing (an indicated) 90 on the motorway. I slowed to 80 - thought
any less would make me look really guilty! He sat behind me for a
minute then overtook and gave me a stern finger waving! No doubt if
I'd been younger and on my own I'd have been pulled.

Matt.
 
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