Motorcycle Mike Posted July 17, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 17, 2011 I keep hearing you guys with the first gen's bragging about how fast they are. Well, heres proof that my second gen is not only fast but handels very well also. This was done on Ga hwy 348 (Richard B. Russell Scenic Hwy.) which cuts through the mtn's of north Ga at some of ga's highest elevations. I never felt like I was doing more than 70mph. http://venturerider.org/forum/picture.php?pictureid=5687&albumid=517&dl=1310929526&thumb=1 I don't want to hear anything else about the speed of first gen's. :no-no-no::rasberry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted July 17, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 17, 2011 I don't do the twisties as well as I used to. Being beat up so many times has taken something out of me. But off the line and go "Brown Sugar' is hard to deal with I don't care what you are on. Can only go so fast without loosing traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted July 17, 2011 Share #3 Posted July 17, 2011 Next time turn the GPS off when you take it on an airplane........ Or the handling is not as good as you think since it went off a high cliff....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted July 17, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 17, 2011 Thats what I thought. Took 5 min to fall 900 ft?? Yep its a 2nd Gen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twigg Posted July 17, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 17, 2011 Dang! I was wondering where my GPS had gone! The real irony is that GPS units only do this when they are stationary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcycle Mike Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted July 17, 2011 The land speed record is 376.363605 mph on a highly modified suzuki. I think I'm going to put on an air kit, some pipes, cut down the windshield and head to Bonneville. I may just have a shot at this. 25 September 2010Bonneville, U.S.Rocky Robinson U.S.ATop Oil-Ack Attack streamliner2,600 cc (160 cu in)376.363605.697twin Suzuki engines [18] First record over 600 km/h (373 mph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted July 18, 2011 Share #7 Posted July 18, 2011 The land speed record is 376.363605 mph on a highly modified suzuki. I think I'm going to put on an air kit, some pipes, cut down the windshield and head to Bonneville. I may just have a shot at this. 25 September 2010Bonneville, U.S.Rocky Robinson U.S.ATop Oil-Ack Attack streamliner2,600 cc (160 cu in)376.363605.697twin Suzuki engines [18] First record over 600 km/h (373 mph) If you can find a tall enough tree..... :rotfl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozlander Posted July 18, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 18, 2011 It took you 5 hours to go 224 miles? That's what 40 mph..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TearlessTom Posted July 18, 2011 Share #9 Posted July 18, 2011 Can't find the photo but my GPS once showed over 1,500 mph. I live pretty much directly between 2 airports and a near by Naval Air Station. so I was thinking maybe some planes were flying over head and interferring with my signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted July 18, 2011 Share #10 Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) Mine told me to turn left just as I entered a tunnel??? I've never paid much attention to the speed thing. Edited July 18, 2011 by Yammer Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcycle Mike Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted July 18, 2011 It took you 5 hours to go 224 miles? That's what 40 mph..... This thing showed me doing 334 mph, off road, flying over 3000 foot mtn tops. I don't think I'd put alot of confidance in miles traveled. I stopped at an overlook for about 5 minuts. It still showed I was doing 135 mph and that I was 30 miles from where I really was. It's never told me to turn left in a tunnel, but it has tried to get me to turn left off the side of a mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phertwo Posted July 18, 2011 Share #12 Posted July 18, 2011 My GPS max. speed is 854 km/hr (530 mph). I was riding my 2nd Gen over the Atlantic to Paris. What a nice trip that was, but my gas mileage wasn't so good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muaymendez1 Posted July 18, 2011 Share #13 Posted July 18, 2011 How did you keep the camera so still while riding so fast. or is it that you flew jinto the swet spot where no vibration was felt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcycle Mike Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share #14 Posted July 18, 2011 Shirley stood up, leaned over me and held the bars so I could hold the camera with both hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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