Thread: Titanium testicles

CBR1000RR (mine), 2008, expensive trued speedo, 285kmh on speedo, nor nor east of Perth. Easy, straights with gentle bends, travelled 15kms in 6th gear @ 13,000rpm.
Gentle bends became sharp, knee down corners. Mate on a Hayabusa, flat chat too, reading 304kmh, left behind.
Jap speedo's are extremely optimistic over 160kmh - wifey's Hornet 900, me riding solo, speedo showing 225kmh, cop's radar gun showed 185kmh.
He thought his radar gun was broken, let me off, as the bike had a Ulysses Club number plate surround.
Current ride here in NZ - BMW R1200RT. Vmax these days is a gentle 140-150kmh solo. With wifey on pillion - 120kmh max.
Had few mates in WA get their speedo's checked on a dyno rolling road - most were 15% over at 160kmh, 45% over at 220kmh.
While not denying that m/cycles are quick, speedo's can lie - a lot.