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Offline Jaxter

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Speed
« on: March 23, 2013, 05:10:27 PM »
How fast have you had your Connie?
Fastest speed
What year Connie
Which gear were you in (4th, 5th, or O.D.)
« Last Edit: March 23, 2013, 08:34:53 PM by Jaxter »
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Re: Speed
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2013, 06:05:58 PM »
Sounds like a trap... Are you a LEO JXTR?  :-\
 

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Re: Speed
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2013, 06:42:13 PM »
They got an app for that? 

Ok, I'll bite.

Quick rip today, doing 135 in 5th still accelerating, ran out of road  :( .... Figured I had made enough noise heading out of town, so I took'r back to the garage.  ;D

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Re: Speed
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2013, 08:34:35 PM »
not a LEO...just curious. (I am not brave enough to find the top speed)
I have a 2010, hit 140 in 5th
OK I took out the where...no point in letting LEO know where to hang out
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Re: Speed
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 10:02:04 AM »
147 GPS at Pacific Raceways.  I know it was faster but the GPS lag let me down.  Ran out of track long before I ran out of motor.
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Re: Speed
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2013, 10:34:19 AM »
'08, 150, 4th gear, on a hill appropriately named "horsepower hill". Sans bags it's easier to get to that speed. Don't do it often, and never for any length of time.

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Re: Speed
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2013, 01:48:35 PM »
09 125mph in 6th... early AM on a deserted 2 lane farm road in far east CO up to I-70... trying to make up time from moving a Tag on the way to Moonshine.
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Re: Speed
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2013, 02:06:13 PM »
I ran out of balls at 130 a couple of times. It still had plenty of gitty up at that speed but I was also concerned about breaking the windshield mechanism with my CB Ultra Tour on it. I put it all the way down and tucked in behind it but if it breaks with an OEM at high speed, it must be really vulnerable with a barn door on it. I had Ghul disable the 155 limiter on my ECM but I don't ever expect to use it.

Er... I mean I heard about someone doing this, it wasn't me ;)

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Re: Speed
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2013, 02:08:17 PM »
BTW: That was 130 on the speedo so probably less than 125 in reality.

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Re: Speed
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2013, 12:22:29 AM »
166mph on GPS with the bags on ran out of pavement

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Re: Speed
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2013, 08:23:47 AM »
166mph on GPS with the bags on ran out of pavement

That's moving right along! Which windshield and did you have it all the way down?

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Re: Speed
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2013, 08:42:56 AM »
How fast have you had your Connie?
Fastest speed
What year Connie
Which gear were you in (4th, 5th, or O.D.)
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Re: Speed
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2013, 07:59:04 PM »
127 MPH
2003 Fully loaded flat highway.
Top Gear.
Started a high speed wobble.
Almost crapp*d my pants till It smoothed out at 121.
Haven't been over 80 Since.

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Re: Speed
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2013, 08:54:06 PM »
127 MPH
2003 Fully loaded flat highway.
Top Gear.
Started a high speed wobble.
Almost crapp*d my pants till It smoothed out at 121.
Haven't been over 80 Since.

:yikes: been in triple digits countless times. Never experienced that.

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Re: Speed
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2013, 02:20:06 PM »
137 GPS

Black '09 bags on, CB Eurotour

OD

Lots of rpm left on the table.  Didn't see the need to push further since I was alone.  ;)
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Re: Speed
« Reply #15 on: March 29, 2013, 09:51:20 PM »
1987, speedo indicated 140 so probably 130.  This was back around 1991 on remote paved road.  Had all the gear on, good tires, tire pressure checked, shocks pumped up, damper on 4, and drove back and forth on road 3-4 times scouting for potential hazards before making a few runs.  No bags, stock shield I believe (or maybe my Targa) and I don't recall if I had the mirrors folded in.  Only time I've ever run it up that high.
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Re: Speed
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2013, 11:37:51 PM »
That's moving right along! Which windshield and did you have it all the way down?

Cee Bailys Euro tinted and yes all the way down and so was I...

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Re: Speed
« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2013, 07:18:07 AM »
145 in 5th on a remote back road with soybean fields all around, so no critter surprises, no driveways or cross roads. I backed off with throttle to spare because the road surface wasn't real nice and the front end was getting squirrely. I've done 120-130 a lot, winding out 3rd gear into 4th. Again, on remote back roads. Never on a highway or where there is traffic around.

On I95 in NC last Tuesday, I'm humming along around 85 and this sport bike buzzes me out of nowhere. He had to be doing 150. Gone in a flash. If I had decided to change lanes, even with a head check and signal, it would have been ugly. I wouldn't have seen him because he came up so fast. It was moderate traffic and he was zipping around everyone. Stupid.

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Re: Speed
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2013, 08:29:28 AM »
Just heading down on a Friday night on US 501 to Myrtle Beach to visit mom.  This road is loaded with radar so I just eased up and eased back down.  Wasn't the fastest ever, but it's real.  1987 Concours, no special mods, 6th gear.
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Re: Speed
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2013, 10:47:17 AM »
Some what related to the OP question, but when people find out that I do track days...their first question is how fast have you gone??

While I may have 100+ something on the track, I enjoy the corners far more by a mile. In fact I'd be happy with no straight at all.

But bracking into a corner, hanging off the C14 getting max grip, max speed through it and then acceleration on the exit is my ultimate high.

As for high speed on the road..no comment.
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