Tonne Up Tommies - the lot of ya!

[flynrider]

Well I must admit I have seen the limiter. 2 maybe 3 times. Honda sold me a slow bike. You guys say you been hitting it at 113-114?
I can only get 111 out of mine.



One of my speeding tickets started:
Cop: Why were you going so fast?
Me: I got the @~*^s and am looking for a bathroom?
Cop: You need new material like I havn't heard that one before.

He takes my DL and registration goes back to his car. Comes back to me after a good 20 minutes with the ticket in his hand:

Cop: Well, did you crap your pants sir?
Me: No I did not officer.
Cop: I didn't think so, have a nice day

I've bounced off the limiter a few times. The first time I was watching pretty closely and although the limiter seemed to kick in at 112, the speedo needle briefly continued to 115 before dropping to 110. It could have been inertia

As far as the limiter is concerned, I don't lose any sleep over it. If it wasn't there, I'd probably try to see what the bike could do just once. I tend to do that with most of my vehicles. My CB750 topped out at 127 mph back in the late 90s and hasn't seen that speed since.

The most hilarious was topping out my '69 Mercury convertible. It was my 1st ragtop and I wasn't fully aware of how the top would expand like a bubble as speeds increased. I got it to 130 mph and the front end was feeling a bit light. Just before letting off the accelerator there was a big "bang!" and things got noisy and windy. I nearly ruined the driver's seat upholstery. Turned out the the top had expanded so much that the glass rear window (which was glued to the fabric) separated from the top and was smashed into the trunk by the 130 mph breeze.