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    Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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    Anders Molin
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    Suzuki GSX 750F, 240kph (spedo reading 268kph) In a car I think the fastest I have driven is about 210 which I have done in both a Nissan 350Z and in a Skoda Octavia RS :) - Anders My Photos

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      This summer I had my Fuji[^] racing bike up to 63 kph. Trust me, that was scarier than when I drove an F2000 car at 180 kph. And I regularly drive my '92 Jetta diesel at around 120 kph. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Gently arching his fishing rod back he moves the tip forward in a gentle arch releasing the line.... kersplunk [Doug Goulden]

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      Paul Watson
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      >This summer I had my Fuji[^] racing bike up to 63 kph X| Bloody scary indeed. Durban, where I used to live as a kid, is well known for it's insane hills and while tailing my mom's car one morning on the way to school I got my mountain bike up to 50kph. I arrived at the traffic lights with white knuckles and a screaming mom. Glad I didn't stain my school uniform. Fun but scary, never again. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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        Suzuki GSX 750F, 240kph (spedo reading 268kph) In a car I think the fastest I have driven is about 210 which I have done in both a Nissan 350Z and in a Skoda Octavia RS :) - Anders My Photos

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        Anders Molin wrote: Nissan 350Z My parents just bought one of these :). Nice car, both I'm not allowed to drive it :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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          Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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          Gary Thom
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          Porche 911 Carerra 4 - 267 kph on Milbrooke proving grounds (outside London). Renault 5 Turbo - 228 kph on the M8 in England. Gary While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.' - Dilbert

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            Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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            Dave S
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            Heh. Mach 1.03 during Pilot training in my T-38 Supersonic trainer. 1984 (20 years ago, last July). Yes, I was at the controls. Boy, did it feel undramatic. Not even a ripple or anything approaching what happened in "The Right Stuff". Controls felt a quite sluggish compared to the snappy turns we could make below Mach. "It takes a minimum of redesign to turn a crucifix into a pogo stick"

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              Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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              Roger Wright
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              217 +/- 10 kph (the speedometer had already topped out at 130 mph) driving a Mazda RX-7 in 1973. My 18th birthday, on the highway to Las Vegas at 1 AM. What the heck, we're all indestructible at that age, right?;) "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City

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                This summer I had my Fuji[^] racing bike up to 63 kph. Trust me, that was scarier than when I drove an F2000 car at 180 kph. And I regularly drive my '92 Jetta diesel at around 120 kph. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Gently arching his fishing rod back he moves the tip forward in a gentle arch releasing the line.... kersplunk [Doug Goulden]

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                Stuart Dootson
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                I think I've had almost 70kph (46mph) out of a racing bike - slipstreaming a bus down a hill - not overly scary until I exited the slipstream and hit the turbulence from the bus X| Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'

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                  Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                  Shog9 0
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                  ...I was being all wide-eyed impressed by this thread... ...then i looked up the kph->mph conversion. i'm going back to bed. :rolleyes:
                  "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things..."

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                    About 250 kph (over 155mph) on my daytona (triumph motorcycle) On a normal UK A road. The speed limit for the road was 96 kph or 60 mph as we like to say in the UK so it was a bit naughty. to be honest once you get over 100mph things get really scary so i wont be doing that again. Jon ;P

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                    Ted Ferenc
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                    I was on a quiet Roman road near Litchfield, I first checked it was clear though! The main problem I had was stopping, it took a long time.


                    "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Neils Bohr

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                      ...I was being all wide-eyed impressed by this thread... ...then i looked up the kph->mph conversion. i'm going back to bed. :rolleyes:
                      "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things..."

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                      Shog9 wrote: i'm going back to bed After you get up, remember to take some speed. It'll help you get through the rest of the day. ;P:) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Gently arching his fishing rod back he moves the tip forward in a gentle arch releasing the line.... kersplunk [Doug Goulden]

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                        Porche 911 Carerra 4 - 267 kph on Milbrooke proving grounds (outside London). Renault 5 Turbo - 228 kph on the M8 in England. Gary While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.' - Dilbert

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                        netclectic
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                        I beg your pardon but the M8 is not in England! It runs between Glasgow and Edinburgh which are most definitly in Scotland ;) Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.

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                          I beg your pardon but the M8 is not in England! It runs between Glasgow and Edinburgh which are most definitly in Scotland ;) Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.

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                          :doh: You are of course correct, I meant (I think, it was about 14 years ago) it was the M6, I was heading home to Scotland from London, and was heading towards Carlisle. There is a stretch of the road, must be about 10 miles long between a couple of hills, straight as an arrow, as you come down one you have a clear view of the road, and at 5am it was empty. :) Gary While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.' - Dilbert

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                            I think I've had almost 70kph (46mph) out of a racing bike - slipstreaming a bus down a hill - not overly scary until I exited the slipstream and hit the turbulence from the bus X| Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'

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                            Justin Cooke
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                            I was wondering when the top bike speeds would start posting: I sprinted down a very steep hill and got up to 55mph (88.5kph) on my road bike. This was NOT SAFE as I'd been in a few crashes and my frame was misaligned. A very strong vibration started to grow in the front wheel/fork/bars before I slowed it down. It WAS fun, though :) -Justin

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                              Anders Molin wrote: Nissan 350Z My parents just bought one of these :). Nice car, both I'm not allowed to drive it :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                              Anders Molin
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                              Yeah, it's a great car, but where I live it costs as much as a normal house :(( - Anders My Photos

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                                Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                brianwelsch
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                                202 kph on Autobahn between Bonn and koeln in an Opal Vectra (i think). I dropped back to 175-180 for cruising speed. BW The Biggest Loser


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                                  :doh: You are of course correct, I meant (I think, it was about 14 years ago) it was the M6, I was heading home to Scotland from London, and was heading towards Carlisle. There is a stretch of the road, must be about 10 miles long between a couple of hills, straight as an arrow, as you come down one you have a clear view of the road, and at 5am it was empty. :) Gary While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.' - Dilbert

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                                  Ok, i forgive you ;) Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.

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                                    Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                    Matt Newman
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                                    In a car: 110 mph (177kph) in a Chevy Cavalier (2.2L inline four) On snowmobile I can really only guess as it gets a bit hard to read the speedometer since its all "off-road" but I would guess its probably between 105-110 mph (168-177 mph) on a 700cc snowmobile. Matt Newman
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                                      Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                      Dave Kreskowiak
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                                      About 220Kph in my '77 Chevy Malibu POS back in '86. That's when the door windows were pulled out of their seals. One broken in half and vanished into the night. Then, in 1991, about 260-270Kph in a friends MINT condition 1969 Shelby Cobra GT500 (no, I didn't drive!) The entire drive train was anything but stock - 428ci, 6-pack, NOS, ... He "stole" the car from a little old lady in Port Huron, MI for $13,500 and then dropped anther $30,000 in restoration and build-up. He was offered $65,000 for the car back in 1992 at an auto show in Detroit, but wouldn't sell. Can't really blame him! RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

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                                        Car, bike, motorcycle whatever as long as you where on the controls!! (airplane passengers do not count :-D) Don't forget mph/kph (1 mph ~= 1,6kph) MY PERSONAL TOP SPEED: 196 kph (or 197 ;)) MEDIUM: Car: Audi A3 (it was the max speed :(( "If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... and don't be late." ~ Jimi Hendrix

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                                        Luis Alonso Ramos
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                                        I did 238 kph in a BMW 330Ci this last summer on a highway going from Chihuahua to Monterrey (in Mexico in case you're wondering). I even have a picture[^]! ;P -- LuisR


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                                          Shog9 wrote: i'm going back to bed After you get up, remember to take some speed. It'll help you get through the rest of the day. ;P:) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Gently arching his fishing rod back he moves the tip forward in a gentle arch releasing the line.... kersplunk [Doug Goulden]

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                                          Coffee seems to be working well enough for now. :)
                                          "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things..."

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