(Assuming he had a clear lane the entire way, didn’t run out of gas, and didn’t hit a deer.)
ht/ woody
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A 400 meter race between a motorcycle (Kawasaki H2R), a Formula 1 race car and an F16 jet. Who wins?
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So, I’m blocked from viewing Boob Tube at this time and can’t watch.
Without watching and knowing somebody who has ridden these these things at the drag strip I’ve always wondered.
How is it possible to ride one of those things with balls as big as they have? Just a little rise and you’re blown off the bike.
165 mph plus or minus 5 (speedo error) between Lincoln, Illinois and
Bloomington…Mirrors folded flat on their own accord…Flat ass
Illinois..no traffic..89 Kawasaki ZR-7…(New at the time)
I was temporarily deaf after that…Oh to be 26 again…and smarter.
I think he’s lost his way… from the TT on the Isle of Man.
That might have been my husband except he would have been on a Motoguzzi.
that is why the phrase ‘stupid on steroids’ was created. Ok on a closed circuit but public highway? Must’ve just came from feeding octopus’ses.
My Beemer topped out at about 135, my Kawi 500 Triple maybe a tad faster. I wouldn’t care to contemplate an accident at those speeds.
kawasaki triple? cough* cough* got caught in their exhaust too often. two wheeled undertaker special
I’ve been riding since ’69. Been down a time or two and had countless close calls. But this ride freaks me out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgnbsip7ZHI
I doubt this guy will live to be my age…
An F-16, F-1 car and a KW, but I noticed John Force wasn’t in the mix. He’d hit 300 mph by the 400 meter mark.
Had 86 Yamaha FJ1200 would peg speedo at 165. I had the slow bike. Dumped it at 110. Last bike I owned.
@Charlie- I loved the smell of Bean Oil. But the only people who really got a good whiff were behind me.
reminds me of the sprinter that beats a race horse in the 100 yard dash
… but I wouldn’t bet him in a furlong
186 on my cop brothers Hayabusa.
Now I want to buy it and make it go faster.
That’s called an “Organ donor”
@Pinko
By the time everything stops moving there won’t be any organs.
Just a stain.
At these speeds, it’s over before you even know it. You’re going too fast to react to anything. So why worry? Just twist the throttle and let the bike do what it wants to.
I did 150 on my BMW and slowed down after thinking I am dead if anything goes wrong. Young and mostly stupid.
Had a Honda CBX late 70’s bike scary fast, had to stand up and lean over the handle bars to keep it on the ground when you opened it up.
A future, “Clean up on lane 2”
I test rode a Kawa once and had it up to 100mph on the freeway without realizing it. It felt like 60.