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by drook
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9/12/12 9:46:18 PM
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New Did that on a Kawasaki 750 turbo
I looked down to see how fast I was going and I couldn't see the needle. And it was still pulling.
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Drew
Post #362,542
by folkert
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9/13/12 9:28:20 AM
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New While in the Marine Corps...
had a GSXR1100. I spent an additional $3000 on the motor and trans and suspension and accessories, including a new Tach that went to 20,000 (redline was like 18K) and a speedo that was supposed to be certified to 200MPH.

It could do 100 in 2nd without trying. I had it up there in the high 170s and decided it was fast enough. It could have still gone more. I had another gear, besides RPMs left in 5th. The rush of the wind was something, the blur of the landscape, the tunnel vision, every nerve alive... its all very real.

This was in my foolish years, before I had my car-motorcycle accident.

I'm now in my foolish years again.
     Two-wheeled Segway - (malraux) - (29) - Sept. 10, 2012, 07:41:16 PM EDT
         How many wheels do Segways have in Detroit? -NT - (mvitale) - (2) - Sept. 10, 2012, 09:20:39 PM EDT
             4 of course -NT - (scoenye) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:23:44 PM EDT
             Derp. I meant motorcycle-y, natch -NT - (malraux) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:31:45 PM EDT
         Have you seen the crash test video they talked about? - (drook) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:10:00 PM EDT
             There's a BMW C1 crash test video... - (Another Scott) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:40:32 PM EDT
         Jeremy Clarkson quite a few years ago... - (folkert) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:26:14 PM EDT
             and BMW was there first - (scoenye) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:29:14 PM EDT
         Question is, how do you make it turn? - (scoenye) - (18) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:52:04 PM EDT
             The two gyros move independently - (malraux) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:55:21 PM EDT
             Leaning. The Wired story says +/- 45 degrees. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 10, 2012, 10:55:43 PM EDT
             For any cyclist, I'd think this thing would produce - (Ashton) - (15) - Sept. 11, 2012, 01:28:40 AM EDT
                 Good two-wheeler for non-cyclists though - (malraux) - (14) - Sept. 11, 2012, 12:26:50 PM EDT
                     Not the only thing to be concerned about - (scoenye) - (13) - Sept. 11, 2012, 11:10:42 PM EDT
                         Nah, call it the C4 -NT - (drook) - Sept. 12, 2012, 07:37:23 AM EDT
                         Indeed, a reprise of the Airbus-300 scenario in the Pacific - (Ashton) - (11) - Sept. 12, 2012, 03:35:08 PM EDT
                             Lots of the same could be said of a Segway -NT - (drook) - (10) - Sept. 12, 2012, 05:52:55 PM EDT
                                 Yeahbut . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Sept. 12, 2012, 06:42:18 PM EDT
                                     *120* mph - (malraux) - (8) - Sept. 12, 2012, 07:27:09 PM EDT
                                         That's faster acceleration than most cars... -NT - (static) - Sept. 12, 2012, 07:34:50 PM EDT
                                         Yeah, but you'd have to be nuts to drive that thing . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Sept. 12, 2012, 07:35:34 PM EDT
                                             Re: Yeah, but you'd have to be nuts to drive that thing . . - (malraux) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2012, 08:01:19 PM EDT
                                                 Can assure you, then.. - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2012, 08:55:06 PM EDT
                                                     This car had a 455 - (malraux) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2012, 09:09:52 PM EDT
                                                         Torque is fun. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 12, 2012, 09:37:12 PM EDT
                                                 Did that on a Kawasaki 750 turbo - (drook) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2012, 09:46:18 PM EDT
                                                     While in the Marine Corps... - (folkert) - Sept. 13, 2012, 09:28:20 AM EDT
         Reminds me of Tom Swifts gyro motorcycle - (crazy) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2012, 05:12:53 PM EDT
             I regret that the first series ended before I reached - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2012, 08:31:47 PM EDT
         NYTimes story - (Another Scott) - Oct. 11, 2012, 05:38:12 AM EDT

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