Motorcycle question from a newbie...

[shiphteey]

I can only say from personal experience (on fully faired bikes) that I have no problem standing on the front pegs of my 12 on the street @ around 170 mph indicated.....keeping it pinned I note the bike can not pull much more because my entire torso, arms, neck and head are out in the wind and above the windscreen.  I make sure to have a strong trip on the grips of course....

...I only do this while toying with dellusional literbike guys     I'm 5'6 125 lbs.

A.

[joea]

I thought you were coming to the salt..?

you can "toy with dellusional literbike guys".....there...

Joe

[Freud]

Bring generous quantities of anal lubricant that you can self apply when you challenge the " dellusional literbike guys" at B'ville.

It may ease the pain.

If you can find Goodies Headache powder in two pound containers I would advise several of those also.

Read the history of 998 cc at Bonneville.

FREUD

[Nortonist 592]

Nobody seems to have asked this so I will.  
Why the hell do you want to ride a 180 mph bike sitting bolt upright?

[dwarner]

It appears that "dellusional" is working both ways now.

DW

[tortoise]

I'd forgotten (or never knew) the cube law and had been assuming a square. I guess that's a killer for those last few mph hey.

Actually, you assumed correctly. Aero drag is proportional to the square of speed. Hotrod was probably thinking of power required to overcome aero drag, which is proportional to the cube of speed.

[Super Kaz]

Watch the MotoGP guys and they sit up to help breaking at 200 mph.

On the other hand, Ron Cook sat up at 200 mph at El Mirage and was blown off the bike.

Accelerating up to speed while sitting up, and sitting up at speed are two different things.

Going 180+ while sitting up is gonna take some real horsepower!

Uh, Ron Cook never went 200mph nor did he "sit up" while running his KZ1000, however he was and is sill an inspiration of mine that I think of everytime I make a top speed run....

Rons website is  www.pureguts.com

J

PS, sat up well over 200 with no problem, place feet firmly on the pegs, open up knee area to aissist in air braking, sit up with a firm hold on the bars and I have stopped at the 6.5mile with no brakes after running over 250+

Jason has run over 240 on gps on an open bike with no front bodywork at last years Bub's meet so hanging on is possible..

J

W/F,
That was 1 of the Coolest Passes I've ever seen! The Flash Flood & Your FIM World Record was The BEST Though!!!!! I sure Learned allot from  watching Jason and You! Thanks again Worlds Fastest !!!!!
S/K.....