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Top Speed?
Being as bored as I am at work, and in the interest in general stupidity....
...how fast have you ever gone in your svx? (or how fast have you ever been in a car?) |
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129mph.
117 in an accord 118 in a neon 135 in a mercedes 500sl |
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I believe the speedometer is quite inacurate at high speeds as I have had my spedometer reading ~152. It is my understanding that the 95's are limited to 143.
Mike |
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I think we already did this thread a month or two ago. Search the archives and you'll find a long thread on the same exact topic
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my speedo read 135, I think that one was right tho
108 in my Olds (hit the governor like a brick wall ) 100 in 4runner 95 in '80 volvo 240 (down hill) 120 acura tl type s I actually drive slow for the most part, but every once in a while it's nice to go nuts |
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I'll bite
I had the pearlie up to 138 on the speedo....on the Pacific Coast Highway last spring.... then I backed down... still had plenty of pedal left and I got scared.... even more so when I found the bent link arm on my rear suspension
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165 on a Honda VFR 1000
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Motorcycles are scary. - Ca$h |
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94 L - 132ish (I got scared -- it was raining)
92 LS-L 120 94 - LSi 115
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Speedo Reading of 140....coming home from the drag-strip of all things!
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Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances. -- Albert Einstein, The Reporter, November 18 1954 |
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Previous owner of the Princess Pearlie "Dimples" as of 8/6/03 1992 LS-L Pearl 124k "Yeah, that thingy!" owner of the new 1992 LS-L Pearl "Susie" I am a pessimistic optimistic. I think the worst is going to happen, that way when it does, i don't feel as bad, but if the best happens, i am twice as happy. |
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Fastest in a car Formula Firebird 144MPH
Fastest in a SVX 107MPH (not as into the top speed as I used to be) Fastest on a bike 137MPH on Super Magna (a lot tougher on a crusier with no windshield than on a sport bike )
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VFR Thou
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The guy who did my bearing and cam belt recently has one. Real neat. Hardly a mark on it, except for a few spots of drool. He loves it, keeps it pristine. I only got to 145 on my VFR 750. Did 130 in the R5 Turbo. Incidentally, I always used fully synthetic with the turbo. The turbocharger heat killed the oil very quickly. I found if you wanted to do high speed runs, you could lose as much as 5 mph with fresh oil. The new oil was more viscous. However, it thinned out a lot after 4-5 thousand miles. Naturally, if you kept thrashing it with worn out oil you run the risk of bearing damage or worse. But 5 mph is not to be sneezed at Joe
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