Nice wheels...err...wheelie

[Mark R]

Check out this video clip: Bike ride

Oh, and those numbers on the speedo - they're miles (not kilometers)

Don't try this at home kids!

 

[HOWITIS]

HOLY SH(@&#


is that you?

 

[navyrn]

Are we sure this isn't altered video? I may be wrong but a wheelie at 160 MPH? Watch at the end the nose dips (deceleration) and a second later the speedometer starts dropping. Should be a faster response, right?

 

[isekii]

<< Check out this video clip: Bike ride

Oh, and those numbers on the speedo - they're miles (not kilometers)

Don't try this at home kids! >>




If you look at it

it's in Kilo not Miles..

The inside numbers are miles~~

Read the LCD .. that barely comes out..

He topped out I believe at 160mph~

 

[HOWITIS]

i'm hoping the inside track was not miles, because if they were he was doing 360

 

[HOWITIS]

and the lcd starts out at 157 (before he even starts going), its probably heat.

 

[Haircut]

The outside numbers are in mph, if you look at 100mph, it is around 160 on the inside.
It is a Fscking fast bike, if it is real.

There is something about it that just doesn't look right though, towards the end of the video when he is slowing down he is still doing over 100 mph and the scenery looks like it is inching by.
Maybe it's just the video, but bike looks to be going a lot slower than the speedo indicates. It certainly doesn't look like 240mph.

 

[HOWITIS]

it probably is altered somewhat, but hes still kicking some major ass.

 

[Mark R]

If you think the bike doesn't look like it is going very fast, take a look at the scenery on the right hand side. It gives a better indication of speed.

About the delay in the speedo navyrn mentioned. The reason there is a delay is because the speedo maxed out at 220MPH but the bike was doing approx 250 (you can see the rev counter continue to rise after the speedo).

Don't forget you can see the reflection of the scenery and the biker in the speedo. That would be rather tricky to fake.

I have no idea what the bike is. I have heard of a few capable of speeds like this though.

 

[tigerbait]

I have heard someone say on another forum that he could have put a fake gauge cluster which would change the scale of the speedometer. While it says 220, it may be only like 180 or something.

 

[DaiShan]

dear lord that is fast!

 

[MichaelD]

This video is old. It was posted (and argued about, intensely ) a few months ago. The bike is a Turbocharged Suzuki Hyabusa. The bike's gearing has been changed, he IS going FAST, but not as fast as the speedo indicates.

Depending on the year (newer 'Busas are electronically neutered) this bike will do 190-200MPH stock. Newer models are "limited" to 183MPH.

 

[Transition]

250mph?

Yea right. At those speeds the speedo is terribly inaccurate. I'd venture to say it's about 190-200.

 

[Derango]

<< 250mph?

Yea right. At those speeds the speedo is terribly inaccurate. I'd venture to say it's about 190-200. >>



Its still very fast though

 

[Alienwho]

Yeah I posted this video a few months ago, there was a very large debate on its authenticity.

 

[silverpig]

I also posted this vid a while ago, along with a GSX-R 600 Turbo vid. Here's the story:

The bike in this, as already said, is a turbo hayabusa. The outside numbers are in MILES, not km. It is very easy to tell this because you can see that the inside numbers go to 3 digits when the outside ones hit ~60. As 100 km/h ~62 mph, it's easy to determine that. Also, as to the question of why he slows down and then the speedo drops, the answer is very simple. If you watch, you can see that when the speedo maxes out, he's only hitting 10k rpm on the tach. He keeps accelerating to 11k rpm, which would make his speed also 10% higher than read, or ~242 mph.

In reality though, the guy changed the gearing on his bike, and corrected the speedo ratio so he can read off his correct speed, but left some kind of switch so the speedo will read what he WOULD be going with the stock gears and the rpm off the tach. I think his final top speed in this video was about 202 mph. Still hella fast, but not quite as impressive as what we are led to believe

(I loved the 50 mph to 140 mph wheelie in ~4 seconds )

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

I just wanted to stick my head in here and say hello. That cluster has the standard busa speedo. I think the new ones are only up to 185, because of EU castration, but except for the color it is the same as mine.

 

[silverpig]

Hey hayabusarider, what do you know about akrapovic titanium exhausts? A bike I'm lookin at has one...

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

<< Hey hayabusarider, what do you know about akrapovic titanium exhausts? A bike I'm lookin at has one... >>



Make obeisance to them. People who know will follow you around asking to kiss your ring. That tell you how good they are? Seriously, I have stock pipes, but if I went the titanium route, that is how I would go.

 

[toant103]

that's crazy fast for a wheelie

 

[IJump]

people do incredibly stupid things...

This video proves it.

 

[silverpig]

Sweetness. Thanks man. That makes the deal even better then.

 

[GooberPHX420]

Hayabusarider...about how much does one of these bikes cost stock?

 

[GooberPHX420]

<< people do incredibly stupid things...

This video proves it. >>



Well, at least he doesnt live a boring life....to each their own, my friend.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

<< Hayabusarider...about how much does one of these bikes cost stock? >>




Bout 12k. Adding a turbo kit will set you back about 5-10k more though. Depends on who makes it, labor to install etc. Not much has to be done to the engine to get 340 to 400 hp out of a 'busa engine with a turbo. Things are really hard to kill. There is speculation among the 'busa riders that this was going to be the basis for a 200+ hp engine before the EU ban. Never will know now.