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Tainui · #1 06-24-2008, 01:38 PM

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.

Tainui · #2 06-24-2008, 01:40 PM

FWIW - my best friend lived in New Rochelle (off 95 exit 16) and I made it (thanks to the ZX-10R built in lap timer) from his house to my apartment in Manhattan on 79th/York in 16 minutes.

That's how we used to roll and damn it was fun.

Vincenzo Veyron · #3 06-24-2008, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tainui

FWIW - my best friend lived in New Rochelle (off 95 exit 16) and I made it (thanks to the ZX-10R built in lap timer) from his house to my apartment in Manhattan on 79th/York in 16 minutes.

That's how we used to roll and damn it was fun.

Wow, Nice! i live in new rochelle now off the same exit. my buddy lives in an apartment at 61st and 3rd. fastest ive ever been able to do it is 20 mins. the FDR is always the bottleneck...

Vincenzo Veyron · #4 06-24-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tainui

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.

thx for posting. earlier this morning i was feeling like a freak or something. i knew there were other people that enjoy speed. my only 2 cars have been a 911 and the x5. i didnt buy either so that i would look "cool" i bought both them because i was impressed by the performance of each.

B-Line · #5 06-24-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Vincenzo Veyron

thx for posting. earlier this morning i was feeling like a freak or something. i knew there were other people that enjoy speed. my only 2 cars have been a 911 and the x5. i didnt buy either so that i would look "cool" i bought both them because i was impressed by the performance of each.

Ha! That's a joke... You don't have a clue what either car is capable of. As I said, any moron can drive a car straight with their foot to the floor.

You want to see the performance of a 911 and an X5, try this Einstein:

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