i hit 130mph

[chromecrusher]

Man, my bike is slow.

[drowningbird808]

wow u guys can bite me...im jsut happy i hit 130..a "slighty genorous speedo" doesnt indacate 20 over..and my buddys kawi registered the same thing..theres no way i was jsut going 110-115..and ive also been faster that jsut about anybody on here..186 in a dodge stealth...are u gonna tell me those speedos read 20 under too??

[scottpA_GS]

You all seem to be missing the point that .. THE GS500's TOP SPEED IS 110MPH Thats it... no more to debate...  Perhaps you could hit 115 if going down hill in a hurricane 

It may say on the spedo that you hit 130 but in reality you went 110 at most  unless of course you have nitrous on her

[frankieG]

ah let the guy have his 120

[ivany]

Once I was on my GSX-R and I hit about a million miles an hour...

Ok, maybe a bit less, the speedo is generous.

[spc]

I hit a trillion and a quarter once.

[Jared]

I hit a trillion and a quarter once.

That's almost as fast as I went.... Remember the ZX14 commercials where the rider gets back before he leaves for the ride.....Yeah...that fast...

[spc]

On the subject of stupid fast..........Porsche owners are so cute thinking their cars can out accelerate me

On the downside:  I don't think 120 over a bridge, on a windy day is quite as nerve-wracking for them.

[frankieG]

it is  not how fast youride her but how u ride her

[spc]

I ride her quite well.............which reminds me, I have about 2mm of chickenstrip I need to work on......

[oramac]

Last summer I was once headed to Indianapolis from Terre Haute.  My bike went so fast I got there in 1952.   

You can tell the demographic of the board has changed.  I can remember when "I hit 130" would have gotten a reply something like, "WTF F'ing squid, baby-killer, don't ride that fast you douchebag.    "

Alas, the times they are a changin'.

[ajaxgs]

Last summer I was once headed to Indianapolis from Terre Haute.  My bike went so fast I got there in 1952.   

You can tell the demographic of the board has changed.  I can remember when "I hit 130" would have gotten a reply something like, "WTF F'ing squid, baby-killer, don't ride that fast you douchebag.    "

Alas, the times they are a changin'.

uh but he did get slamed!

[oramac]

Not ne

uh but he did get slamed!

Yeah, but not nearly like they used to. 

[RobTheTyrant]

wow u guys can bite me...im jsut happy i hit 130..a "slighty genorous speedo" doesnt indacate 20 over..and my buddys kawi registered the same thing..theres no way i was jsut going 110-115..and ive also been faster that jsut about anybody on here..186 in a dodge stealth...are u gonna tell me those speedos read 20 under too??

I won't tell you that the stealths speedo was 20 over... I'm going to tell you that you didn't go 180-anything in a stealth.  A stealth simply doesn't have the gearing to do that and even if it did, you don't have the room to go 186 unless you were in some sort of salt flats or something.  I don't car if there was a 800 HP VR4 TT motor in it, it's NOT realistic.  Don't get all pissy and defensive... it just didn't happen.  I was more inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt on the 130 thing before you said you were 186 in a dodge stealth!

BTW, a Dodge Stealths top speed is gear limited at about 160mph and the 1/4 mile is only 14.2 seconds... not terribly impressive for a TT, 296bhp "supercar"

[modlife]

You guys are crazy...I know you think 110 is the top speed, but you're wrong. I swear to you all, right here that I will show you 120 in 5th @ ~10,800RPM and acceleration in 6th to ~130 before I get scared and accel. is too slow to be fun - if the speedo's off at that speed, it isn't that much. I tested it's limits again today as I'm likely upgrading to a gsx-r6 later today and felt like running the piss out of it first. 1993 GS, 32k miles,  0-120 took ~35sec,  I weigh only 145lb, 60 degree temp outside, low humidity, 15t front sprocket, carbs clean and synced, and hugging the tank like it was my dying relative. No other work done to the bike. I swear to you I've hit >100 EVERY TIME I get on the freeway, and that's usually in 4th before I throw it in 6th and let off the throttle - it cruises it's best at ~90-95mph.

If you weigh 180, have an open face helmet and don't tune your motor then yeah, maybe 130 is off limits...

[modlife]

You all seem to be missing the point that .. THE GS500's TOP SPEED IS 110MPH Thats it... no more to debate...  Perhaps you could hit 115 if going down hill in a hurricane 

It may say on the spedo that you hit 130 but in reality you went 110 at most  unless of course you have nitrous on her

There is no 110 top speed...

I've seen that too, but I'm thinking limiter on the newer ones or something? I know what 110 feels like on a bike - I've riden for 25 years now, and I can breeze past it on my GS if I tuck in tight behind my head...

[frankieG]

modlife you need new tires

[RobTheTyrant]

Mine... when the speedo says 80, I'm actually going about 72.  I know that because when I got pulled over for doing 72 my speedo said 80.  10% reduction is normal for most bikes.  TEN PERCENT of 130 is 13mph, you were doing 115-ish!

[Absolute Rescue]

I know for a fact the speedo on my 05 F was off. Had the cycle computer on as well as the stock. The cycle computer was always reading slower than the stock speedo. My GS was stock performance wise, except for a stock gsxr exhaust can. Can't say that I have ever gone much over 100 indicated and that was before the cycle computer was put on so I don't know how far off it would have been at that rate but i'm sure it would have been off at least what it was between 5 and 90 mph.

[modlife]

modlife you need new tires

yeah - they're soft compound - 400miles on the interstate last weekend destroyed a perfectly good set - can still see indicators though so I felt ok riding today. I actually have new ones sitting in my kitchen but I'm probably trading my 2 GS's for a '99 gsx-r this evening so i didn't bother...