What's it like to do 150 mph on a bike?

[shoestring7]

VidalBaboon said:

Has anyone done 150mph naked?

Rollie Free: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free

SS7

[sly(si)]

Indicated 180 on GPS on the blade, this year on the autobahn in Germany. Great for a bit, and a right laugh, but very tiring after a while, and nearly went into the central reservation as I was giggling my tits off.

Here's my mate following ( or trying to) on his 2009 r6. The bike just scuppered into the distance




http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gk664VC3VnU

[996 sps]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujI1l0W06J0&fea...

[srobBNaB]

shoestring7 said:

VidalBaboon said:

Has anyone done 150mph naked?

Rollie Free: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free

SS7

Celebrated on the back of my car

[gradderszx10r]

VidalBaboon said:

Has anyone done 150mph naked?

surely thats alot of ''slapping'' about?

[Tuscan Rat]

At Millbrook on a Lamborghini day I did 0mph -180mph - 0mph in a mile in an LP640 with the most flamboyant Italian test driver in the passenger seat.

As for bikes at speed, when at high speed and the instructor offers you a polo that's funny !!

[Globs]

Tuscan Rat said:

At Millbrook on a Lamborghini day I did 0mph -180mph - 0mph in a mile in an LP640 with the most flamboyant Italian test driver in the passenger seat.

As for bikes at speed, when at high speed and the instructor offers you a polo that's funny !!

A VW Polo?

[Petrolhead95]

What's it like doing 150mph? Well, it hurt my neck when I did it on a bike.

When I went that speed in a Radical SR3 race car, it was quite normal, bar the loud wind noise.

[996 sps]

Bike I feel safe comfortable in control, most of my cars felt unsafe and although M Division claim great sporting pedigree in the real world don't provide, sort your R & D out for us consumers. Slightly off topic I know!

[the stigs dad]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

First thing I did when I passed my test was jump on my bike and wind the throttle open - indicated 160+ on the speedo with no real effort at all. How easy is it to do 150 on a bike? - Very!!

This. Just do a recky first to check for greed cameras and potencial hazards. Get caught and expect bum rapeage behind bars!

[Globs]

Also check your tyres, bike and clothing, best to stay on the bike at that speed but you'll be in for a slide if you fall off so make sure it's a long comfortable one..

[jp-sr71]

30 miles in 10 mins is my record.

ZX12R A1.

[muon]

At 150 there is very little you can do if a hazard rears its ugly head. I wonder what a stone feels like!

[croyde]

1988 and dressed in a nylon bomber jacket, jeans, trainers but a decent helmet, a Simpson RX I believe. I had opened the throttle wide on my GPZ900R and everything went hyper-drive.

The cars on my side of the 3 lane highway appeared to be coming at me in streaks of light. I gloried in it for mere seconds before the first bend hove to, well a bend at that speed anyway, and took a quick peek at the speedo which was coming down and past an indicated 160.

Funny to think that I clad my self in thousands of pounds worth of protective gear these days just for the commute into work where I rarely top 30

[Yazza54]

jp-sr71 said:

30 miles in 10 mins is my record.

ZX12R A1.

Hmm... Autobahn?

[Yazza54]

muon said:

At 150 there is very little you can do if a hazard rears its ugly head. I wonder what a stone feels like!

Don't be a big girls blouse

[The_Burg]

Pretty boring TBH. Was many years ago now when roads were a lot quieter.
I suspect now unless it was stupid o'clock in the morning much more scary.

Not proud but have done it without appropriate apparall.

[LiamB]

Find me a massive hill, a tornado and longer gearing and I'll let you know.

[Herman Toothrot]

On the right bike a non event I'd say, naked bike ~133 felt like someone was leaning on my forehead and was really rather uncomfortable. On faired bike on test ride I went up to ~120 by complete accident as being use to the naked bike it felt no more than ~80.