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entwisi · 28-09-2004, 08:37

The bike is an SP1 and is capable of about 165mph. The copper was in a plane above and 'timed' him on a manual stopwatch between two marks on the road. Independant dyno testing of the bike proved it was impossible for that bike to do 205 and it was far more likely that the copper was 'trigger happy' with his stopwatch.

There are bikes that will touch that sort of speed. Suzuki Hayabusa would just about do it when it was first launced as will a deristriced ZX12R . However all the jap manufacturers now have a gentlemans agreement to restrict bikes to 186mph(300kph)

So yes it is possible for bikes to do that sort of speed but they are few and far between.

Ian

28-09-2004, 08:37	#5
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Do you belive this? The bike is an SP1 and is capable of about 165mph. The copper was in a plane above and 'timed' him on a manual stopwatch between two marks on the road. Independant dyno testing of the bike proved it was impossible for that bike to do 205 and it was far more likely that the copper was 'trigger happy' with his stopwatch. There are bikes that will touch that sort of speed. Suzuki Hayabusa would just about do it when it was first launced as will a deristriced ZX12R . However all the jap manufacturers now have a gentlemans agreement to restrict bikes to 186mph(300kph) So yes it is possible for bikes to do that sort of speed but they are few and far between. Ian