i hit 130mph

[drowningbird808]

im impressed with my little gs..130..my buddy was on a zx6 next to me and his speedo read 132..it wasnt downhill or a 1 mile straight a way..it hit it fast..this is weird becuse i could never get it past 124 before..

[Thrash67]

Congrats on 130...I have only made it to 85 but I just started riding.

[gsJack]

Many things are possible with a ZX6 towbike.   

[scottpA_GS]

Indicated speed is not the same as actual speed... I would guess that you toped out at less than 115 as the GS has a documented top speed of about 110 

[ohgood]

how many miles have you ridden ?

[Thrash67]

who?

[drowningbird808]

well my buddys bike was at 132..and mine was at 130..i dont see how ur getting 110 out of this...and ii have about 3200 miles under my belt..

[frankieG]

ah talk to me when u break 200 

[galahs]

Most bikes speedos are generous with their readout

[zephler]

I'd be taking that with a pinch of salt    next time take a GPS with you   

an indicated 135km/h (I know you are taking miles an hour!) on my bike (07 GS500F) gives a reading of 120km/h on the GPS..... a mates bandit has a similar though not quite so bad difference in true speed and indicated speed...

[galahs]

I always assume the GS's in 10% over

[spc]

I was tailing an F430 spyder the other day and we compared notes afterwards.  His speedo was telling him 131 while mine was registering a little under 140.  I'm going to hope that his is the more accurate of the two given the price.

[TobySuzuki]

I weigh 160 and my bike tops the speedo at 130. Up to 110 I know the speedo is right bacause thats what the dragstrip clock says too. On a good day with no wind and a good draft from anouther bike and it is possible. My 98 will do it when im in a pack.hahahaha

[spc]

No offens, but the GS just doesn't produce the kind of power needed to hit 130.  While technically the gearbox is capable of it, if I hooked a weedeater engine up to my GSXR's transmission it wouldn't hit 130.....hell it wouldn't hit 30.

[Affschnozel]

Once again:


With this on your GS you can hit 150   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O_7zwGFGwI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxI3faucvM

[Jared]

I weigh 160 and my bike tops the speedo at 130. Up to 110 I know the speedo is right bacause thats what the dragstrip clock says too. On a good day with no wind and a good draft from anouther bike and it is possible. My 98 will do it when im in a pack.hahahaha

Top speed is only really limited by horsepower and drag. If you weighed 220 pounds - and everything else was the same ( your size/shape, power  of the bike..drag coefficient , gearing etc etc) - you would reach the same top speed- you would just take a little bit longer to get there.

The average  Gs  might get you to 115-118 mph on a good day....at 7-10%  error ( as you go faster the error gets bigger..) that would put you to close to an indicated 125-130.

I've been over 180+ mph Indicated..( realistically it was maybe 170 mph ) on My ZX11 years ago. It was dumb...but I had to know.

[Jay_wolf]

Ive had over 130 mph , it was over the line , and i was only at 9,000 or so , if i remember

But again it is only Indicated

[Thrash67]

Just let the guy be happy he made it to 130 damn. No need to get all tech on him and say he didnt.

[Jared]

Just let the guy be happy he made it to 130 damn. No need to get all tech on him and say he didnt.

Yeah, let's not bring reality into this. There's enough of that going on in the world.

[modlife]

I def. hit 130 when i first got my GS - I think it had more in it to be honest...hugging the gas tank it made it there relatively quickly for a small bike. 15T sprocket