IXXRA......The Home Of The Superblackbird

by **Simon S** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:27 pm

I know this is a stupid question but i have owned the bike for almost a year and only had a pup's 155 mph showing on the speedo

If i had a 5 mile stretch were all the old bill were asleep :sleep:

in there panda cars,what am i likley to see on a 2002

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by **BirdAddict** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:30 pm

I've had 170 on the clock and was still pulling... that's with pillion...Scary but

by **Gizzit** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:33 pm

Been here before, huge can of worms this one :bigshock)

although if I remember correctly, top end figures seemed to be around the 175 - 180 mark. Not that anyone can condone that sort of speed on the public highway, ahem :oops)

by **Shuggie** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 3:45 am

and then there was wobbs .......140 on 1 wheel
forever etched on my mind!!

by **Rolfy Dave** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 4:22 am

an indicated 170 with Jan on the co pilots seat.

Maxed it out in germany on my own at an indicated 195...

I reckon the world changes shape at over 175.... rofl

Enjoy, but be safe,

Rolfy & Jan
(Intercontinental Ballistic Bird Riders)

by **Demontat** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:21 am

I haven't found the "top-speed" on my '03 yet, but I am quite clear in the fact that it does "Zero to Holy-Shit" in about 3.7 seconds!!!

by **steveedgy** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:09 am

well ive been out 2 times only had 140 will soon see what the bird will do its the first thing i want to no usually need the dry roads to play safe

by **TazCBR1100XX** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 11:53 am

I easily got mine up to 165 with a pillion, and it had lots more to give, but unfortuntately the road didn't :bigcry:

by **bov** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:08 pm

Saw 185mph and she was still pulling. Steady as a rock tho'!

by **Bristle Hound** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 11:42 pm

Simon s wrote:what am i likley to see on a 2002 .

No more than 186 coz thats all the speedo will go up too :evil)

This is because all the Japanese manufacturers signed up to the 'Gentlemans agreement' :? of no m/c being able to go faster than 300 kph :roll)

Thats assuming u have a digital dash

by **numb bits** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:17 pm

all i want to say is it's fast enough to kill three R1s flat out and thats just fooooookkkkiiiinnnnn fast, reading speedo only for a mili-nano second as i was clinging on for grim dear life, it was over 190 but everything including me was vibrating so realy hard to get true reading.
Done 180 with the co pilot and full hard luggage

and there was more
left in the old girl.

by **space invader** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:03 am

I can honestly say that I have no idea how fast the 'bird can fly..... I've never looked down to see!!!!

After 160, there is no way I can take my eyes off that point 1/4 mile down the straight which is the only thing in my field of vision moving slowly enough to actually focus on

There just comes a point where you are driving so fast that you can't actually see any more, especially if you are above the screen, which, being 6'4", I can't really avoid!

TSI

by **TazCBR1100XX** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:25 pm

space invader wrote:There just comes a point where you are driving so fast that you can't actually see any more, especially if you are above the screen, which, being 6'4", I can't really avoid

Trust me - it don't make a lot of difference when you are behind the screen at those speeds

But it's fookin good fun innit :mrgreen:

by **Scruffygit** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:10 pm

Dunno about top end but mine does an indicated when it hits the rev limiter in 2nd.

by **fodie13** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:01 am

I've seen 175mph twice on my '98. The old bird was still pullin hard as hell and I think I was turning about 7500 to 8000 rpm. At that speed the exit on the highway comes REALLY fast!

by **BirdAddict** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:08 am

fodie13 wrote:I've seen 175mph twice on my '98. The old bird was still pullin hard as hell and I think I was turning about 7500 to 8000 rpm. At that speed the exit on the highway comes REALLY fast!

That kind of speed on a motorway....no no no, maybe ok in the U.S but we over this end of the pond never go above the leagal limits Officer, now do we boys ? :evil)

by **TazCBR1100XX** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:04 pm

Well, the Red ones don't anyway :mrgreen:

by **numb bits** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:53 pm

At least they reach that speed,not like the white ones :bigcry:

by **TazCBR1100XX** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:28 am

Is that vertically or horizontally on the tarmac

by **numb bits** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:43 am

or on the grass upside down lol

for the verticly challenged

by **Simon S** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:20 pm

Black one's are fastest if your heading towards the sun :-)

White one's are fastest if your heading away from the sun :cry)

It's all to do with reflecting and absorbing photon's you know :stupid)

by **birdcrazy** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:13 am

I havent ventured more than 160 ,but i know she is a DIAMOND my

Still ,who cares?
SHE IS STILL YEARS AHEAD OF HER TIME IN LOOKS AND COMFORT.I simply LOVE MY

SPEED ISNT EVERYTHING

,BUT HELPS SOMETIMES :mrgreen:

Myself and BA (and any1 interested)will still hit the KRAUT roads 1 day and we will put those babies to the test.
BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY ; then there is THE BLACKBIRD :evil)

I wil make a song about it 1 day

by **birdcrazy** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:21 am

Black ones to be ridden in the dark,white in the daytime ,blue when the other "birds"r feeling WET

silver and grey when u r feeling down or u r just a damn right miserable old git

red and pink when you want a taste of the testosterone running through your bloodred veins racing towards that sunset,but cause the fooking thing is so fast ,b4 u know it its sunrise:mrgreen: Yeah the feeling of time is lost on a PROPER PINK

You just ride it and ride it and ride it :evil)

by **TazCBR1100XX** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:03 am

I take it this will be one of your new girlfriends then Numb Nuts :mrgreen:

by **space invader** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:05 am

Simon S.

As anyone who has been watching the Royal Institution Lectures this year would know:

Absorbsion of photons of light on a BLACKbird would increase the molecular weight ever so slightly, (Not much, I'll grant you, but all the same), cause thermal expansion of the molecules in the fairing, causing it to become larger, and more unaerodynamic, and increase the temperature of intake air, making the engine less efficient. (See cold air-fast bike posts)

A WHITEbird travelling towards the sun would by the effect of reflection of photons suffer an equal and opposite reaction and be slowed, but with the added boost of the opposite effect from behind.... (Ooh Errr Missus...)

The pretty boy Blue and girly Pink ones unfortunately, suffer another physical affliction, of everyone they encounter either guffawing out loud, or gasping in astonishment at the audacity of the owners, being seen out in daylight, thus setting up air turbulence which makes them unstable in atmospheric eddys, with the result of slowing terminal velocity.

A Titanium

on the other hand would confuse the photons into leaving it well alone, as they wouldn't be able to decide which colour it was, (Silver, Gold, Grey, Beige???) and to fcuk with something that strange looking would be to unsettle the laws of nature, thus allowing to continue on it's way unhindered.
Titanium

s also enjoy the added bonus of pedestrians going "What the Fuuuu........??" as their heads turn to watch you go by, thereby adding a few extra picopuffs (technical term for a movement of air that I just made up!) of tailwind, again boosting your velocity.

I hope this scientific explaination will finally set this whole topic to rest, and that we don't have to go through all this again.

TSI

P.S. Then again, Titanium 'birds nearly always have a gorgeous girl perched on the back, which makes them considerably slower..... Bastid....

IXXRA......The Home Of The Superblackbird

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