What's it like to do 186 mph?

[chain]

Read the last section of this busa review, "Sooo, what's it like to do 300?" to find out. Hugely entertaining AFAIC.

http://bikepoint.ninemsn.com.au/portal....lt.aspx



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[shimmyz]

very cool story

 

[gsteve]

Hahaha.... all sounds very familiar. It leaves out the feeling that you just got away with doing something very uncivilized. sj

 

[Rycardo]

Beautiful text.

 

[Pipefighter248]

Nice.

 

[Creekboy]

I have done 202 on my bike and I can say is you better have your azzzzzzzzz tucked in and dont raise up until you get back down to about 140mph....what an adrenial rush......

 

[justintime2]

Nice read but full of innacuracies. As I understand the limiter, the bike does not cut one injector to limit the speed nor does it kick in at 10,800rpm. Also the rear tire is not a 240mm but rather a 198mm.

 

[PONCHO]

may be those are euraopeon differences

 

[bronc3]

Mine on the limiter was very subtle, but we don't have to worry about that anymore.........



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[justintime2]

may be those are euraopeon differences

There is no factory available Busa in any country with a 240 rear tire that I am aware of. It wouldn't make sense anyway. The guy in the article doesn't have a clue what he is talking about. Wonder if he actually went that fast either.

 

[#cruncherbusa]

Nice read!

 

[BA BUSA]

Nice read but full of innacuracies. As I understand the limiter, the bike does not cut one injector to limit the speed nor does it kick in at 10,800rpm. Also the rear tire is not a 240mm but rather a 198mm.

The 240 rear that they are talking about is the rear BRAKE rotor diameter.

 

[justintime2]

Nice read but full of innacuracies. As I understand the limiter, the bike does not cut one injector to limit the speed nor does it kick in at 10,800rpm. Also the rear tire is not a 240mm but rather a 198mm.

The 240 rear that they are talking about is the rear BRAKE rotor diameter.  

This makes more sense!

 

[stkr00]

Very good description

That pretty much what is was like going down the main straight at Road America on Thursday. I got this bright idea (not!) to wave at the people along pit wall, and as soon as my hand came off the grip, I thought the wind was going to tear my arm off. Needless to say...That thought never crossed my mind for the rest of the day.

...and that was only at ~170 indicated.

 

[BentValve]

Hey stkr00 , I assume Road America is some sort of track? How long is that main straight?

 

[AZIROC]

i topped my bike out last night..well.. sunday morning around 3:45am.

  i will say this..besides being somewhat nervous  

 , when i thought about if for a sec, the bike was really smooth.. like, if felt like it was ment 2 go this fast.  

 when i had my R6, and i topped it out, 184 indicated, prob 165 for real, the front end was shaking like crazy

 , the busa.. just felt fine. but DAMN!!  this bike is fun!!  haha. what sucked though is i had my vents open on the top of my helmet.. and the wind would come down over the windscreen and try 2 lift my head/helmet up.



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[tedbiele]

I can tell you that the rev limiter is fun. Just ask Joe and Steve whom I was riding with late last wednesday night when I passed them at 170 on their two 750's..... LOL! Yeah..... 186 is f-ing fun.....

 

[shenoyp]

nice...

 

[stkr00]

Hey stkr00 , I assume Road America is some sort of track?  How long is that main straight?

I'm not sure about the actual length of the straight. People said it was almost a mile. Here's a link to our thread about the track day. It has links to a video and the track website. The track is 4.2 miles overall.

 

[IL_BusaBoy]

I can honestly say that I haven't hit the limiter yet. Would like to, but just can't seem to find the right roads here in IL. They are not very straight.