Dan Michaels wrote:
>
> Roman Black wrote:
> >Dan Michaels wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Speaking of 141.6 klicks, this is really [OT], but I was just
> >> wondering how fast you guys can "legally" drive on the roads
> >> down there in woolley OZland? One of my fondest memories is the
> >> year [94-95] I lived in Germany, and commuted each day for
> >> about 105 klicks at 160 kph. What fun. Not in america, baby.
> >>
> >> live fast, play hard, die young,
> >> - danM
> >
> >
> >Hee hee! Those of us with modern sportbikes have difficulty here with
> >the speed laws... I do 260kph on the racetrack on ride days, and
> >normally never go over about 160kph on the deserted country roads.
> >Occasionally squirted it up to about 230 on the road, all too easy to
> >forget when you're chasing your friend and you are both riding 150hp
> >motorbikes. :o)
>
> That's 260 on a drag straightaway, or road circuit?
> [guy like you needs a scenix, not a pic].
>
> There were a few Audis, Beemers, and Merks that would do
> about 250 on the autobahns - mainly late at nite after dark
> and little traffic. You're sitting there doing 160, guy comes
> outa the dark in 2 seconds from nowheres, and goes by in 2
> more seconds with an incredible doppler shift - like a jet,
> eeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuwwwwwwwwwwwwww :-)
>
> - danM


Sounds like fun (the autobahn), that was 260kph on the
main straight of the local racetrack, then you have to slow to about
170kph for the first turn. On the road sometimes I squirt past
sportscars, guys think 300hp in a 1500kg porshe is fast, doesn't
compare to 150hp in a 200kg bike! :o)
-Roman

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