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How’d ya guess????? His first real ride out on his new toy he says the needle hit 155 before he backed off… I left him to it!
Right then, Isle of Man 2003 TT.Went for a lap with my mate Keith and the girls, nice an steady till we started up the mountain, hit 140ish up the mountain mile still accellerating on the ZX11 before I got a few thumps in the back,I think it means slow down, so steady eddy back to the grandstand. Parked up and the Ladies said why don’t you two go for a lap on your own. We were gone in 10secs maybe less, steady where we needed to and quicker on the fast bits, so, hit the mountain again (its my favorit bit)swapped places with my mate on his Busa a few times till we hit Kates Cottage (its downhill from here)Passed the busa on the drop to Creg ny Baa, its a bit of a roller coaster and the front wheel leaves the ground when you cant open the throttle any more, slow down to about 40mph for the right hander at the Creg then balls out allmost redline in top, didn’t look at the speedo, didn’t blink. Top speed is 170plus on a ZX11, best of all my mate didn’t get past me on the Busa. I was still buzzin hours later and it was all legal cos theres no speed limit in the Isle of Man.Gonna do it all again soon, what a ride.
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Originally posted by KezzrRight then, Isle of Man 2003 TT.Went for a lap with my mate Keith and the girls, nice an steady till we started up the mountain, hit 140ish up the mountain mile still accellerating on the ZX11 before I got a few thumps in the back,I think it means slow down, so steady eddy back to the grandstand. Parked up and the Ladies said why don’t you two go for a lap on your own. We were gone in 10secs maybe less, steady where we needed to and quicker on the fast bits, so, hit the mountain again (its my favorit bit)swapped places with my mate on his Busa a few times till we hit Kates Cottage (its downhill from here)Passed the busa on the drop to Creg ny Baa, its a bit of a roller coaster and the front wheel leaves the ground when you cant open the throttle any more, slow down to about 40mph for the right hander at the Creg then balls out allmost redline in top, didn’t look at the speedo, didn’t blink. Top speed is 170plus on a ZX11, best of all my mate didn’t get past me on the Busa. I was still buzzin hours later and it was all legal cos theres no speed limit in the Isle of Man.Gonna do it all again soon, what a ride.
Fantastic experience Kezzr! I went to the Manx in 1987 and watched the racing from Creg ny Baa. Superb, must go back one day…
Indicated 172mph not long after getting the thousand, my paddock jacket filled with air and was worried I was going to lift clean of the bike so eased off….[:o)] all on a private road of course….[
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Originally posted by KezzrRight then, Isle of Man 2003 TT.Went for a lap with my mate Keith and the girls, nice an steady till we started up the mountain, hit 140ish up the mountain mile still accellerating on the ZX11 before I got a few thumps in the back,I think it means slow down, so steady eddy back to the grandstand. Parked up and the Ladies said why don’t you two go for a lap on your own. We were gone in 10secs maybe less, steady where we needed to and quicker on the fast bits, so, hit the mountain again (its my favorit bit)swapped places with my mate on his Busa a few times till we hit Kates Cottage (its downhill from here)Passed the busa on the drop to Creg ny Baa, its a bit of a roller coaster and the front wheel leaves the ground when you cant open the throttle any more, slow down to about 40mph for the right hander at the Creg then balls out allmost redline in top, didn’t look at the speedo, didn’t blink. Top speed is 170plus on a ZX11, best of all my mate didn’t get past me on the Busa. I was still buzzin hours later and it was all legal cos theres no speed limit in the Isle of Man.Gonna do it all again soon, what a ride.
Fantastic experience Kezzr! I went to the Manx in 1987 and watched the racing from Creg ny Baa. Superb, must go back one day…
Yeh Radar it was a real memorable moment for me along with lots of others on the Island. Its the TT’s 100th anniversary next year, I gonna try to get there it should be a real good bash.
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Originally posted by KezzrYeh Radar it was a real memorable moment for me along with lots of others on the Island. Its the TT’s 100th anniversary next year, I gonna try to get there it should be a real good bash.
Would be great to go again I had a wild time in 1987 and I was only riding a Suzuki GS550E at the time!
Digger.. when did you join the snot-squad???
Just got new black stuff on my ninja.. so I wont have to be quite so cautious
Still have not done more than 145mph, but I have done that on R1 and ZX9R too! It would seem I have a built in speed limiter!
Obviously 70 in a 70 [
] (plus a bit for speedo error [:p])… well the satnav always shows 67 at indicated 70my gps read 160mph last time we were in Germany, just before that sodding lorry pulled out! Why don’t they look more than half a mile behind them before pulling out.
My brakes worked though so thats good.
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] (plus a bit for speedo error [:p])… well the satnav always shows 67 at indicated 70
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