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Yet Another Darwin Award... sportbike related
- Thread starter halik
- Start date
The Stigenator
Lifer
another one bites the dust....
I feel more sorry for the people stuck in traffic while they mopped him off the road than I do for him. He was cocky and had more machine than he could handle. It happens.
bmacd, what is the top speed on the bike then? I had one friend with a street bike and if you went all out it could hit 300 km/h.
bmacd, what is the top speed on the bike then? I had one friend with a street bike and if you went all out it could hit 300 km/h.
IamElectro
Golden Member
if you do your research, 1998 was the last year of unrestricted 'busa's. it was to follow the mandate in europe to stop the high-speed wars between manufacturers. the mandate stated that no stock motorcycle should exceed 300km/h (186mph). the united states figured that this was a good idea and followed suit.
First, on the gixxer 1000 and 'busa, there is a speed governor that prevents the speedo from going past 186mph. The reality that anybody will ever see 186 is slim to none. The speedometer has been proven to have a 10% error on most all motorcycles. For example, my gixxer 600 won't go past 160mph on the speedo, but in reality, i was only going 152mph (on a closed racing course). The chances that his bike was modded enough to see past 186 again, is slim to none.
-=bmacd=-
edit: the speedo restriction can be overridden with a series of resistors, or what's known as the TRE (timing retard eliminator). However, just b/c you remove the restrictor, doesn't mean that your bike is capable of going that fast. He still would have had to of done some more "upgrades" to the bike to achieve that speed. A system full exhaust (Yoshi) system alone would not be enough ponies to pull it off.
GagHalfrunt
Lifer
Good riddance, one less idiot in the world. Some people are too stupid to live and he certainly sounds like one of them. We can all be thankful that the only person he killed was himself. Hopefully all the other complete troglodytes follow his example and off themselves without killing those that don't deserve it.
Krazy4Real
Lifer
That was just an estimate... but regardless he was just being an idiot.
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