What are things you will never do again?

[02SE]

Geez....that is incredibly dumb. On a racetrack? Fine. Public roads? Unquestionably risky.

I knew that would raise the tut-tuting...


It's risky on a racetrack too. Which we ride regularly. We're not talking an Interstate at rush hour. Never around any other traffic, or witnesses... Just a spirited ride out in the country. You can't do those speeds for long, as gas mileage plummets, and you risk running out of gas before getting back to civilization.

To give you an idea, it takes a matter of seconds to get from say 70 mph to in this case 168 mph, on any of our bikes.

 

[walterjay]

Blow up a keg of black powder.

 

[DriveHard]

Geez....that is incredibly dumb. On a racetrack? Fine. Public roads? Unquestionably risky.

Been on some roads out west where I have "thought about" doing the same ;-) There was no more risk than doing it at a track...the only risk was blowing tumbleweed or wildlife.

I've never been on a track large enough to hit the speeds mentioned or unmentioned.

 

[02SE]

Been on some roads out west where I have "thought about" doing the same ;-) There was no more risk than doing it at a track...the only risk was blowing tumbleweed or wildlife.

I've never been on a track large enough to hit the speeds mentioned or unmentioned.

Coming onto the front straight at our 'local' track, you're at about 100 mph, by the time you reach your braking marker for turn 1, you're in the vicinity of 180+ mph on either of our hopped-up S1000RR's, the V4 Panigale, or the big-bore stroker 'Busa (Which is actually much quicker accelerating than the liter bikes, but takes more room to slow down). The bone stock 3rd gen 'Busa is a bit slower at the end of the straight in comparison.

 

[DriveHard]

Coming onto the front straight at our 'local' track, you're at about 100 mph, by the time you reach your braking marker for turn 1, you're in the vicinity of 180+ mph on either of our hopped-up S1000RR's, the V4 Panigale, or the big-bore stroker 'Busa (Which is actually much quicker accelerating than the liter bikes, but takes more room to slow down). The bone stock 3rd gen 'Busa is a bit slower at the end of the straight in comparison.

Fastest bike I have been on is a tuned ZZR12, and I would NOT want that on the track. I much prefer track toys small and nimble...the straights are only there to get me to the next set of twisties.

Favorite track toys of two wheels...
CBR600RR
SV1000S
MZ Black Panther
Vitpilen 701

 

[Inked]

Fastest bike I have been on is a tuned ZZR12, and I would NOT want that on the track. I much prefer track toys small and nimble...the straights are only there to get me to the next set of twisties.

Favorite track toys of two wheels...
CBR600RR
SV1000S
MZ Black Panther
Vitpilen 701

Agreed, I had a CBR1100XX, which was great, for a few years but wound up selling it to a neighbor and getting a ZX6R which was much more fun and flickable.

 

[02SE]

Fastest bike I have been on is a tuned ZZR12, and I would NOT want that on the track. I much prefer track toys small and nimble...the straights are only there to get me to the next set of twisties.

Favorite track toys of two wheels...
CBR600RR
SV1000S
MZ Black Panther
Vitpilen 701

I had the ZX-11D (predecessor to the ZZR1200) It was a speed bike in the old school mold, big, heavy, kind of mushy in it's handling. Similar to the '99 CBR1100XX, I had. Although I hated the linked brakes on it. The ZX-12R I had, and the 'Busas, are better on a roadrace track (prefer the 'Busa to the ZX-12R there too), but it's not their ideal element either. One thing I love about the 'Busa is that it does better on track than most people realize it could.

Here's a stock 3rd gen Busa on it's stock tires, at our favorite track. To his credit, Don is a very good rider/journalist.

 

[andrewg]

I knew that would raise the tut-tuting...


It's risky on a racetrack too. Which we ride regularly. We're not talking an Interstate at rush hour. Never around any other traffic, or witnesses... Just a spirited ride out in the country. You can't do those speeds for long, as gas mileage plummets, and you risk running out of gas before getting back to civilization.

To give you an idea, it takes a matter of seconds to get from say 70 mph to in this case 168 mph, on any of our bikes.

On a track...the variables of danger are much better controlled and accounted for. On a public road you involve all kinds of possible dangers....not the least of which you could involve other innocent people..... not expecting a bike to be going well over the speed limit. Sorry, but that's just not being responsible of yourself, your wife, nor other bystanders.

 

[nomas]

Things I will never do again ...
Get married .
Raise kids .
Get a Labrador Retriever puppy .
All of the above will drive you crazy ...

 

[02SE]

On a track...the variables of danger are much better controlled and accounted for. On a public road you involve all kinds of possible dangers....not the least of which you could involve other innocent people..... not expecting a bike to be going well over the speed limit. Sorry, but that's just not being responsible of yourself, your wife, nor other bystanders.

Reading comprehension lacking? Read my posts again. NO ONE is around, other than the wife and I.

This bike is heavily modified. It puts 285 rwhp to the ground. It has the power to pull it's taller-than-stock gearing right to it's raised rev-limiter at 12,250 RPM. I won't tell you how fast that is.

 

[R18Civic]

Bounce up and down on a glass fish tank to see if it would break (early childhood).
Use head gaskets that were bent by the mailman after doing a "spray and pray" with copper gasket spray.

 

[pdl2mtl90]

Ice skating...5 years ago fell on the ice while my left leg was behind me. My full body came and snapped my left tibia/fibia and tore every single tendon in the ankle. Took almost a year before I could walk. Still have pain issues every now and then.

 

[Pablo]

Build a wooden deck in the PNW (I mean the building is fine, maintaining crazy, just not worth the hassle)
Dig sod by hand (enough said)
Ride this place in the wet. I'm 66. It's all tiny nasty trails and all wet slimey roots - https://www.wmbcmtb.org/galbraith
Blow stuff up.
Swap an engine in a modern car.

 

[andrewg]

Reading comprehension lacking? Read my posts again. NO ONE is around, other than the wife and I.

This bike is heavily modified. It puts 285 rwhp to the ground. It has the power to pull it's taller-than-stock gearing right to it's raised rev-limiter at 12,250 RPM. I won't tell you how fast that is.

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Yeah, you're right. There is nothing irresponsible about going 168 plus mph with a motorcycle on a public road. My mistake.

 

[andrewg]

Build a wooden deck in the PNW (I mean the building is fine, maintaining crazy, just not worth the hassle)
Dig sod by hand (enough said)
Ride this place in the wet. I'm 66. It's all tiny nasty trails and all wet slimey roots - https://www.wmbcmtb.org/galbraith
Blow stuff up.
Swap an engine in a modern car.

I hear you about trying to make a wooden deck last in our always wet winters. Always a battle. I've also done the sod thing several times. Talk about back breaking!

 

[Olds394]

Do business with Key Bank.

 

[Nyati]

Drive 209mph at Barbour Racetrack. Wanted to see how fast my Porsche would go. I ran out of talent before the car ran out of speed.

 

[Pablo]

Do business with Key Bank.

Good one.
Wells Fargo, BofA as well.

WECU for us up here is fine.

 

[wings&wheels]

-Eat balut
-Hesitation rolls
-Amusement parks in the hot sun (well, until I'm a Granddad)
-Anything related to Sarbanes Oxley...

 

[andrewg]

-Allow myself to react to road ragers (avoid at all cost).
-Think that my input at work really matters.
-Hunting (just can't kill animals anymore).