Driving my car home tonight (where i get a better sense of speed), I started to wonder just how sane I realy am for taking the 500 to 120 tonight :cookoo:
So I want to know from the group how fast have you ever pushed your gs.
a large handful of us have taken it all the way out. remember tho, with speedo correction you're not really doin 120. subtract 15 percent. its 15 right?
Quote from: thatguy1025 on April 02, 2006, 09:06:40 PM
Driving my car home tonight (where i get a better sense of speed), I started to wonder just how sane I realy am for taking the 500 to 120 tonight :cookoo:
So I want to know from the group how fast have you ever pushed your gs.
I broke the sound barrier once. :flipoff:
farting doestn count
I've gotten my GS up to 105mph indicated, but with my expulsion of rare gases, I was able to catch a Farrari :laugh:
It's about 10% to 15% off at least in the upper range. 120 indicated means you were probably going 110. Maybe.
I've hit 115, but on an unoccupied country back road with not a car in sight. I will not go that fast in the city. Ever.
I have got mine up to 100 several times. I live in BFE and lots of straight open highway out here.
160 km/h (and climbing) on the highway once, got cut off by a car and learned my lesson. Came this close; [-] to dieing. I'll keep it around the speed limit thank you very much... for now anyways.
Got to 170 kmh indicated in Germany. Thats with restricted 33bhp bike. At that speed I started moving together with trafic, instead of draging along :)
I hit 125 indicated on the gs. 151 indicated on the RR.
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a172/bluebellylint/Bike/DSCF0352.jpg)
exactly ;)
that was about 110 MPH on the stock display
I had a moment of stupid and hit 105 (ind) on I-5 right before the Mercer exit. :nono:
OK... I've done it more than once. :oops:
ya i've hit 110-115 before. got pulled over one time going that fast. its not safe, its not smart, nd its scary. but if your a real rider you have to do it @ least once to know what your bike can do.
-ash
i haven't done 2 things on my gs:
+ open the throttle all the way (twist until you can't twist no more)
+ reach redline
most rpm's I've gotten to are 9000, and it sounds very manly. :thumb:
How long have you had the GS subc? I do both those thing nearly every time I ride... Maybe I'm compensating for something. :laugh:
closing in to my 10th month now 8) feels as if I've been riding all my life now ...
I have a really small pee pee. So I do stupid things to make up for it.
Last week the COP said I was going 75mph in a 45, and I was like "damn, the bike said 85ish"
He got all upset. "I am tired of scraping you punks off the road". I said "hey, I ain't no punk." (he didn't laugh)
The fastest indicated on the GS was 112mph. downhill of course. but It was on an unmodded, non-rejetted bike with stock exhaust.
Someone has got to have gone faster than Pablo's 125mph. Anyone? Alpha?
Sorry I only made it to 120 indicated. :cry:
125mph indicated all stock, havent tried with the rejet
I've reached 170km/h indicated at 8000rpm.
rejetting with lunch box k&n, stock exhaust, and me (6'0 at 250 lb.) got my bike on a loooong straight away with no cars insiight hit 115 mph indicated, and took a big freak'n bug to the jugular vain the only flesh showing right under the helmet and above my jacket....it hurt....a lot!!!
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 07:34:38 AM
Someone has got to have gone faster than Pablo's 125mph. Anyone? Alpha?
Well, not many nice long hills here to get that type of speed. Our hills are seperated by a bunch of sweepers and turns and stuff like that. I probably hit 125 indicated when I was at the track, but the speedometer was taped over, so I dunno. I'm thinking next time I go out I'll wire up a bicycle speedo to the bike and just use it to log top speed (I don't look at the speedo when I'm on the track).
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on April 03, 2006, 08:29:28 AM
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 07:34:38 AM
Someone has got to have gone faster than Pablo's 125mph. Anyone? Alpha?
Well, not many nice long hills here to get that type of speed. Our hills are seperated by a bunch of sweepers and turns and stuff like that. I probably hit 125 indicated when I was at the track, but the speedometer was taped over, so I dunno. I'm thinking next time I go out I'll wire up a bicycle speedo to the bike and just use it to log top speed (I don't look at the speedo when I'm on the track).
Since you've been on the track like one time and that was the time you wrecked. :flipoff:
Quote from: Jake D on April 03, 2006, 08:34:37 AM
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on April 03, 2006, 08:29:28 AM
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 07:34:38 AM
Someone has got to have gone faster than Pablo's 125mph. Anyone? Alpha?
Well, not many nice long hills here to get that type of speed. Our hills are seperated by a bunch of sweepers and turns and stuff like that. I probably hit 125 indicated when I was at the track, but the speedometer was taped over, so I dunno. I'm thinking next time I go out I'll wire up a bicycle speedo to the bike and just use it to log top speed (I don't look at the speedo when I'm on the track).
Since you've been on the track like one time and that was the time you wrecked. :flipoff:
Ahh, true. But I still hit the straights and just kinda chilled there at 100+ while everyone was buzzing around me at like, 150.
Quote from: galahs on April 03, 2006, 08:12:09 AM
I've reached 170km/h indicated at 8000rpm.
170K = ???mph
for the idiots like me.
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 08:44:22 AM
Quote from: galahs on April 03, 2006, 08:12:09 AM
I've reached 170km/h indicated at 8000rpm.
170K = ???mph
for the idiots like me.
Divide by 1.6, or just go to google (http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=170+kph+in+mph&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8")
MAth? :o u kidding or what? THanks for the link.
THe funny thing Is, I have spent about 8 yrs total of my life in Europe(germany mostly) Hell the car I drive has KPH on the speedo.
I have no clue how fast I am going.
I though 160KPH is 110MPH.
And NO I don't sprekenzi deutch. or the german language. I might have sprekenzied a german girl though. maybe.
I know thats ignorant, but Ignorance is bliss. and bliss must be good, although I don't know why.
(get it? :icon_lol: cause I'm ignorant.... :icon_confused: ah.... tough crowd)
170km/h is approx 105 MPH.
Remember, this was indicated.
I plan on trying again to see what I can get at 10,000RPM
120 been their, the bike can make it further but im a fraid of getting pulled over by a cop.
I've gone 6th gear wot for about 15 minutes on I-4W from daytona to kissemme...
I have done a indicated 110mph on a my gs500 and 130mph on my cbr600. I try to keep my speed down now because I get used to it too quickley. The first time I went home doing 90mph most the way on my gs500 I thought I was going super fast, now it just feels normal.
Does modifying your bike help top speeds much?
Just wondering as mine is unmodified and clocked 105MPH (indicated) with 200RPM to spare.
ok people... just like another member mentioned a few days ago, it is much more fun to go in 2nd gear and do 9000rpm, than fly at 90+ miles in 6th gear. try it and you will see.
in 2nd gear you can actually hear your engine, and it sounds like a beauty (not to mention the safe speed you will be doing), while at 80 and above mph, you can only hear the wind, no matter how much you revv the bike.
But I feel the need..... the need for ......
Quote from: subc on April 03, 2006, 10:52:34 AM
ok people... just like another member mentioned a few days ago, it is much more fun to go in 2nd gear and do 9000rpm, than fly at 90+ miles in 6th gear. try it and you will see.
in 2nd gear you can actually hear your engine, and it sounds like a beauty (not to mention the safe speed you will be doing), while at 80 and above mph, you can only hear the wind, no matter how much you revv the bike.
Very true. There's also the fun of pulling out of a sweeper in third gear to redline. THAT is a blast :)
but the rush of the wind, the vibration of the bike, the speed of the passing asphalt below, the blurr of the gauges...... top end speed is still a buzz.
well said.....er..typed.
Been a few years since the GS was running, but I clearly remember hitting 110 insicated on it. I maxed the EX500 out at 130 indicated and rolled off my Triumph at 150 indicated, as my suspension was starting to float.
Speed is my heroin.
Quote from: skrap1r0n on April 03, 2006, 11:32:54 AM
Speed is my heroin.
was the pun intended? :thumb:
O'course I don't do drugs. I p
reefer other means of entertainment.
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 11:42:30 AM
Quote from: skrap1r0n on April 03, 2006, 11:32:54 AM
Speed is my heroin.
was the pun intended? :thumb:
O'course I don't do drugs. I preefer other means of entertainment.
pr0n is good, but gf doesn't approve :dunno_white:
We're all just squids at heart. :flipoff:
I think consequences make a lot more sense as you get older...... I know that if I had a bike when I was 18, I'd be dead... I know it.
+1 so true
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 11:42:30 AM
O'course I don't do drugs. I preefer other means of entertainment.
word
lol sure is :icon_lol:
nope, no pun intended.
In fact, it has been a cause of concern for me that I was doing that kind of riding and felt no rush. I havn't been riding since. well, not true, i have ridden, just not on a ride. I can't run that fast here in town.
This is your brain(http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/gif.i/wba16.gif)
This is your brain on SPEED!!!
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/brownanround/th_ratfink.jpg)
Weird....I have that exact speedometer right here on my desk, oh wait, mine is wireless!
Quote from: Bluebellylint on April 03, 2006, 12:26:13 AM
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a172/bluebellylint/Bike/DSCF0352.jpg)
exactly ;)
187 kms indicated on stock '05. I was pinning the throttle down riding a/ a few cop friends on the highway, they blew me away w/ their bikes of course.
I don't know about you guys but my front was shaking pretty hard so I backed down. I was coming home from seeing some races so I was in a 'fast' frame of mind, since then I have been more sensible and hope to stay that way.
Quote from: porsche4786 on April 03, 2006, 10:41:02 PM
Weird....I have that exact speedometer right here on my desk, oh wait, mine is wireless!
where did you get the wireless speedometer?
n/m found them on e-bay.
145mph @road atlanta on my racebike and i'm 6'210#(clocked by radar gun)
a gs? right?
what mods have you done?
I was nudging 130 on my bike last spring at our "Mayor's Ride" hosted by our local Harley dealership. We got to parade around town in 1st and 2nd gear most of the time, but about 3/4 of the way through the ride we got to blast down our local airstrip. I maxed it out on the strip, and I was just under 130 indicated. I've recently done the rejet and new rubber, so I'll be interested to see if it changes at all. I couldn't hit the top of my RPM's. I touched about 10,250rpms.
onefastgs500 and oramac
how'd you do it? what mods gain top speed?I have tried and tried, but cannot get 115mph indicated.
Do you have to redline 5th gear? It seems like my 99' won't redline in 5th. plus I start to run outta road.
so far I 'm just 8) I wanna be more like :o. ya feel me?
65 mph. i haven't broken my engine in yet.
they told me not to go above 5000 rpm for 500 miles.
this sucks, but i'm still having a lot of fun. first bike first time riding.
Quote from: kellyelliott_rock on April 05, 2006, 04:51:23 PMi'm still having a lot of fun. first bike first time riding.
And if you never go over 65, you'll still have fun... :thumb:
Did ~165km/h indicated on some back roads last summer. Usually just cruise at 100-110 on the 80 roads though. It's not worth getting raped on the insurance if you get caught.
Not to mention, the roads up here in the North aren't always that great.... can't imagine hitting a pothole at 165km/h.... you'd certainly never see it in time. :cry:
I wonder if the F models have a higher top speed due to less wind resistance?
I have done 180km/h (112m/h) indicated on my nude 04 and that was as fast as she would go. The bike felt really stable at that speed too, though it is not something I do on a regular basis. Like most, i just had to satisfy my own curiosity, which is okay because it only kills cats ;).
x
I'd almost guarantee, ducking down (kiss the tank) below the fairings wind stream on a GS500F would see you achive a higher top speed than is achievable on a naked GS500.
The advantage would be nominal at best.
to know for sure you would need to use the same bike in like conditions. and the same driver.
This could be argued to the ground and never figured.
seems that most GS500's have an average top speed between 100-115mph. faired or unfaired.
IMO the fairing is there for rider comfort, and looks.
THATGUY1025 has a faired bike. when we go on a run I'll race him and see. :cheers:
I can tell you without a doubt that on the top end, my bike will go slightly faster when I'm tucked behind the quarter fairing. If I'm tucked and I sit up, I can literally see the speedo drop slightly. I'm 5'7" and 160, so I can get low. Larger riders' results may vary. :icon_confused:
edit: on windy days, the difference can be as much as 5mph for me.
I get the same reaction. I have to tuck to get over 105mph if anything just to avoid getting blown off the bike.
if I lift up at speed the needle drops. I have no fairing though. I just put my chin on the tank and close my eyes. :o
3imo,look at modification thread i've spent 10k on a $800 motorcyle w/ differnt gearing and a lighter smaller rider bike would go much faster
Quote from: onefastgs500 on April 07, 2006, 08:06:26 AM
3imo,look at modification thread i've spent 10k on a $800 motorcyle w/ differnt gearing and a lighter smaller rider bike would go much faster
????????? you lost me dude.
Quote from: 3imo on April 07, 2006, 08:15:24 AM
Quote from: onefastgs500 on April 07, 2006, 08:06:26 AM
3imo,look at modification thread i've spent 10k on a $800 motorcyle w/ differnt gearing and a lighter smaller rider bike would go much faster
????????? you lost me dude.
I'm guessing he's done alot, see :icon_mrgreen:
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on my racebike:
tzr 250 usd frt end(reworked fully adjustable custom internals-thanks to kent @ GMD computrack and my machinist buddy stucat)
fzr 600 race fairing upper(airtech)
mini tach(mechanical-cant remember brand)
carbo fiber mini dash w/ led oil & neutral lights
daytona steering damper
tzr clipons w/vortex bars w/nylon barend sliders
modded ex500 bellypan
frame sliders
factory case guards
modded gsxr solocover
fox twin clicker shock w/ ohlins spring and reworked internals(thnx GMD)
gsxr 4.5" wheel
vortex aluminum sprockets
DID 520 dirt chain(light)
MOTOR:
megacycle 438 lift cams(custom grind)
shim under bucket conversion
ferrea 1mil over stainless 1 piece valves(custom machined blanks)
titanium keepers&retainers
megacycle springs
extensive port and polished head w/ exhaust ports welded and reshaped shaved 50 thousanths(1.25 mil)valve guides cut flush
dual plugged head dyna 4cylinder coils &wires
ross custom pistons 9mm over(yeah i said 9MM) high compression fly cut
LA sleeve custom sleeves
cylinders cut for bigger sleeves(top case half also cut for sleeve clearance)
new factory crank radius cut for flex
crank/rods/balancer cryogenically treated
keihin 39mm cr specials carbs
vance &hines exhaust
total loss electrics w/ cut rotor to retain starter clutch&starter
head flow benched
bike dyno tested(over 100 runs-nice to have friend w/dyno)
tuned tuned tuned
michelin slicks(only the best for me)
i'm sure thers something i've missed but thats a good portion of it
over ten thousand dollars invested
bike is VERY FAST(68hp)and handles like on rails
Quote from: 3imo on April 05, 2006, 06:25:56 AM
onefastgs500 and oramac
how'd you do it? what mods gain top speed?I have tried and tried, but cannot get 115mph indicated.
Do you have to redline 5th gear? It seems like my 99' won't redline in 5th. plus I start to run outta road.
so far I 'm just 8) I wanna be more like :o. ya feel me?
oh!! he's talkin bout this.
$10K for 150mph? I guess I am stuk at 115mph. :cry:
where do you race? do you have pics of the bike?
Yeah pics would be awsome mate :thumb:
I like getting information with all the facts...
so today I took my 2005 GS500F on a speed run.
4 attempts at a straight stretch of private road. I wanted to see the difference the gear selection and a reduction in wind resistance made.
1st attempt: 5th gear head down below fairing = 175km/h
2nd attempt: 5th gear head just up above fairing height = 172km/h
3rd attemp: 6th gear head just up above fairing height = 170km/h
4th attempt: 6th gear head down below fairing = 180km/h (111.85 mp/h)
*all speeds as indicated by the speedo.
When left in 5th the bike climbed to 170 the fastest but then struggled to achieve much more speed. It took along time to get to 175. The bike was reving to alittle past 10,500rpm.
When in 6th the bike got to 160 fairly swiftly, then slowly creeped its way up to 175, then even slower up to 180. It was still building speed ever so slowly when I ran out of road. This speed was achieved at around nearly 10,000 rpm.
Just having my helmet out from behind the fairings screens slipstream really affected the top speeds, especially when in 6th. The engine just couldn't overcome this extra drag.
Variable Factors.
Now I ensured my tires were at pressure (33 psi front, 36 psi rear) before attempting this and I had full kit of saftey gear on. I weighed in at 81kg with all the gear.
The bike is completely stock. Stock carbs, airfilter, exhaust, tyres, not even a fenderectomy.
The bike had 2600km/s on the odometer. I warmed the bike up with a 30 minute ride before the attempt.
The bikes fuel tank was just alittle over a 1/4 full. The bike's petcock was in the ON position.
The bike was running BP Ultimate 98 octane (RON) fuel.
The bike had Castrol Edge Sport 10W-60 engine oil.
Air temp was 23 degrees celcius and there was no wind.
The bike was suprisingly stable at this speed.
:thumb:
Yesterday on a downhill on I85 i managed 124 indicated.
What gear were you in? Does your bike have any mods?
124mph :o
A friend and I went for a short ride around Enterprie yesterday. I was on the GS o'course and he was on the KAWA Z1000.
HE sure got RREALLY small RReally FAST. the GS was strugglin just to catch up. He topped 174mph on that thing.
Calll me a PUSS but I don't need to go that fast. THe GS is OK by me.
well just once. but I hadd all my gear on and I was prayin the entire time. :cheers: :thumb:
Today I set a new record for my bike, 182 km/h indicated.
I was kissing the tank like no tomorrow to get her to creep past 180 (luckily my bike has a clear front shield).
I'm starting to think that in stock form it doesn't have much more in reserve than this. Maybe 185 - 190 tops if the road is long enough, I used a thinner weight oil (5w-30) and I shed some weight. :icon_rolleyes:
on the real i dont think the bike feels that stable at those speeds. I have taken her up that far and would rather be doing 150 on a sport bike just casue its gonna feel alot more stable. I dunno about you guys but my gs doing 120 felt like i was pushing the bike harder then i should have been. And try saving that stuff for the track, to many factors on the street going againts you.
- 110mph on the GS. Just doesn't seem stable enough to go any faster than that
- 145mph in my Z28.
- 165mph in a C6 Z06. :thumb:
- 100mph+ on various sport and exotic cars.
I was thinking about this old thread today while riding down US 319 to the beach. Doing the math, with stock gearing, the max speed of the bike without over revving the engine is around 116 MPH in 5th gear and 130 in 6th gear. This according to what my speedo indicated at 5500 RPM indicated on my tach with almost-new BT45s (stock tires).
I dunno, I got it up to 120 indicated on Ft. Tejon road today on my way home from the twisties.
one gust of wind and I got the shaZam! scared out of me, over corrected, got the wobbles, had to sit on the side of the road for a few minutes.
I hit 184-185km/h today (indicated on speedo). 6th gear, elbows and knees tucked in tight with helmet resting on the tank while i peered through the windshield. I kept the throttled pinned as i sat up and within seconds i had washed off about 15-20km/h.
We have a lot of long, flat straights around here and on these roads with me as the rider it dosen't seem as though the bike (totally stock) has anything left. But it does try like a little trooper :) .
Quote from: 3imo on April 03, 2006, 01:29:35 PM
This is your brain(http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/gif.i/wba16.gif)
I own two copies of that atlas.
The poor girl doesn't like it uch past 180km/h.
Which is good because if it did, I'd want to find that limit :cookoo:
its a boy thing :icon_twisted:
pics on page 17 members ride in photo gallerey
140 mph - Probe GT :D followed by radar detector going off and me finding out that it doesnt take 90 degree turns at 80+ mph very well
Indicated 171 mph on my friends 2003 GSX-R 600 (slight downgrade on the highway where I was doing it for all you who are going to give me crap about lying or whatever)
Indicated 110 mph on my 1995 GS500E
123 mph in my 1992 Mazda MX-3
135 mph in a SVT Ford Contour (Yeah dude!!!)
If anyone has a 'Busa they want to let me borrow for a day Im looking to break 200 mph
110MPH - 1996 GS500
165MPH - 1998 VTR1000 (I accelerated, and wasn't too scared about going the speed I was going - there wasn't any cars on the road to be seen, so I didn't have a good reference... but when I looked down at the speedo... needless to say, I was a little scared. :cookoo: )
That 89 I slapped a 04 fairing on ... with nothing else done to it ... was slower to 50 and about the same from 50-65 and quicker after that ... and seemed to ahve a good bit extra up top left when I dropped off at over a 100+ ... A full fairing is atleast good for 5-10 mph with all else remaining the same ... the damn headlight and dash guage cups are so areodynamically dirty ... as are the barn door mirrors and heck even the 89-00 tail prolly is dirtier ...
Cool.
Srinath.
I have a 33bhp restrictor on my zxr400 stupid laws because you can still go insanly fast but anyway. The certificate of restriction says 97mph (as though they dyno'd and gave a read out of top speed but im 100% sure that the certificate is standard and all 33bhp restricted bikes should only do 97) but anywhos on the motorway following my dad back from looking at a new fjr1300 i had 110mph indicated on aftermarket digital speedo (very accurate) and 115 on the clocks. So i know it goes faster than 97mph. So just a random question to keep your brains going, why when the restriction is ment to stop you doing 97mph can you do over 110.
x
Hehehe nah i actually know that it is an ex race bike with a pretty well modified engine, however cc is still the same, so im wondering what it is that is letting it go faster. As stock the spec is, 400cc I4 70bhp(ish), carbed. However i know this has race modifications to the engine and has a full micron exhaust system brand new. So why should it go faster, im pretty sure it has more than stock bhp but its still been restricted to 33bhp. Is this just a case of they dynod a shitty zxr400 when they made the standard top speed on the certificate.