I can fully understand that...:) I ride for the fun... that's it...:D
I don't bother about anybody else...

FWIW;

6th gear and rev limiter.

I'm probably a little better at math than hard riding. Redline in 6th with original sprockets would be about 169 mph if it could pull it, but with 15/43 sprockets it's about 150 mph.

I've read that the rev limiter is either 10,100 or 10,300. That would be 160-162 mph.

My guess is a well running VTR so geared will pull that.

I can say from experience that a bone stock VTR will have a hard time reaching it atleast... I tried on a dragstrip... flat, no wind... I ran out of road about the time I got a hairswidth above the redline (smooth start, not gunning it from the line...)... But by then it had a hard time going further anyways... it was barely creeping up on the speedo...

And the limiter on my 97 atleast is 10,300... I have unintentionally confirmed that a couple of times as I'm not running stock gearing anymore...

Assuming "bone stock" includes stock sprockets, there's no way a VTR will pull redline (169 mph) in 6th let alone hit the rev limiter at 10,300 (183 mph!).

Well, maybe going down a VERY steep VERY long straight with hurricane strength tailwind!

What do you consider hard riding?

um...300 miles and a bottle of viagra?

[QUOTE=fuzzuki;193322]I've been riding for 36 years. Is that long enough?

I took the chicken strips off in the first 15 minutes to get rid of the slippery covering on the tire. Not because I was riding fast around corners.

I don't think the bike will hit red in 6th gear.

I would love to have you out on one of my rides.

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Yeah, me, too.

bone stock engine and I think 16/43 at the time... Very, very long straight... No wind, perfect conditions and 4 tries I managed redline in 6th just barely (if memory serves it's around 160)... Nothing left for going to the limiter... So hence my point... No way a stock vtr will ever hit the limiter in 6th...

I didn't think the bike had a limiter on it.
I've been close to 2,000rpm past red line and it still wanted to keep going.

I always have to look down to cut the throttle near red line.

Are you all sure the VTR has a rev limiter?

Oh. I'm running bone stock as well. I have never tried to hit red in 6th......Yet.

Mine hits the limiter hard around 10,000 or slightly before. It's not subtle.

all hawks have limiters, I have never heard of anyone disabling one either, nor would that be a good idea. And like above post its not subtle.

One more thing. A stock one will not come close to pulling redline or hitting the limiter in 6th gear.

Nope... it took me 5km of runway and a gear change to reach redline... And that was just barely... So forget the limiter...

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When she stops breathing... but that's just me. :banana::rotf::banana::rotf::banana::rotf:

A video of my son and I doing Deals Gap,

http://www.gotcanyons.net/empiregp.htm


Making a mistake on the street and paying the price

http://www.gotcanyons.net/egp06.htm

I am almost 50 34 years of riding some where between 36 and 40 crashes between stunting, racing and riding on the street, while some are always quick to say take it to the track the only place my son an I have gotten injured is at the track.

Russ and I at Summit Point this summer

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What was left of Russ's R6 after he passed his old man in turn 4 at Summit in the rain


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gritten teeth and draggin knees