riding buddies couldnt make it for a late night ride, i couldnt let a weekend go by without a little ride but as long as cagers are out and about i wont ride.
watched 2 movies and at about 2:30am decieded it would be alright to ride and i was right the road was all to myself...almost, drove to dads place, rolled out the busa, geared up and off i went, cruising away gently getting the tires warmed up, a slow 70mph cruise down to the capital "Manama" and then headed for the BIC "Bahrain International Circuit" where formula1, drag racing and other motoring events are held.
heres where things got interesting, i use the gps on my Nokia E75 to measure my speed, when i came to fill up gas and grab a coffee i checked up my cell phone to see what it has measured, a heart fluttering 187mph!!!!, a first for me, the fastest speed measured on my gps prior to this was 172mph on my zx12r
I dont recall the owner telling me he had a TRE installed! and the big four have their bikes limited to 186mph, which makes me question the accuracy of gps on cell phones.
during my run did not check my speedo reading but it was close to full tilt, i had checked the same gps on my car and it showed 60mph while the cars speedo was indicating the same.
187 or not, today is the fastest i have ever been on two wheels, hope you enjoy the pics
watched 2 movies and at about 2:30am decieded it would be alright to ride and i was right the road was all to myself...almost, drove to dads place, rolled out the busa, geared up and off i went, cruising away gently getting the tires warmed up, a slow 70mph cruise down to the capital "Manama" and then headed for the BIC "Bahrain International Circuit" where formula1, drag racing and other motoring events are held.
heres where things got interesting, i use the gps on my Nokia E75 to measure my speed, when i came to fill up gas and grab a coffee i checked up my cell phone to see what it has measured, a heart fluttering 187mph!!!!, a first for me, the fastest speed measured on my gps prior to this was 172mph on my zx12r
I dont recall the owner telling me he had a TRE installed! and the big four have their bikes limited to 186mph, which makes me question the accuracy of gps on cell phones.
during my run did not check my speedo reading but it was close to full tilt, i had checked the same gps on my car and it showed 60mph while the cars speedo was indicating the same.
187 or not, today is the fastest i have ever been on two wheels, hope you enjoy the pics
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I would love to visit that area someday
Make sure you go see the "Tree of Life" while you are there. I took pictures of it
in broad day light...tell me why all the pics came out as though I took the pictures at 0300am????
