Vince - I hear ya 100%. Sometimes when the road clears and there is nobody around it's nice to burn off the carbon buildup on the valves.

Best in the X is only 120 or so (indicated)...but that is a rare occurrence.

I had a 2004 zx-10R which I saw 106 indicated in 1st gear but that thing used to vibrate so much at speed that I never looked down over 160 (indicated).

I still have my zx-12R, which I rode out in Wyoming (where you could see the future and the past its such a long vista), and that bike saw an indicated 190+. I hit the rev limiter on the top of 6th and held it just shy for a few miles or so. It was AMAZINGLY CALM at that speed. Like an air pressure bubble forms around you and everything just smoothes out. All you hear is the wind. Did it, loved it and still have the T-shirt.

Something happened in the past three or four years and I just don't get the rush anymore. I find myself sitting on the cruise control at 75 or so.

I know what you mean and remember the high.

Be safe.