170mph in 4th gear at Red Line

[OB_Booker]

Last night I...I mean a friend of mine told me that he put his BUSA in 4th gear and pinned the throttle until it reached red line. The speedo indicated approximately 170mph.

You gotta love that with 2 gears to spare.

If I'm not mistaken this same friend told me that 3rd gear on his BUSA was good for 150mph at red line.

I think I'm...I mean my friend is going to do a little test on 5th and 6th gear tonight or this weekend.

I've been faster...I mean my friend told me that he's been faster, but he didn't take a look at the tach. I've seen...I mean my friend told me that he has seen the bike indicate 205mph.

He's crazy

 

[OB_Booker]

huh?

 

[OB_Factory]

This past weekend while riding 2 up - I had my busa up to 185, in 5th gear, still pulling hard with 5 grand to spare on the tach!

 

[OB_Booker]

Your passenger must be hating you.

My wife and I went out one day and I took it up to 130mph and she started pinching me. I told her we were doing 130mph and she told me that 20mph was just fine with her.

She's a chicken.

 

[OB_busagringo]

I see you guys like doing high-speed runs on the busa. What do you usually do to minimize wind turbulence - crouch down as much as possible behind the windshield?

 

[OB_Factory]

Actually it was my best riding buds 14 year old son. I offered to let him ride with me on the trip from Dallas to Oklahoma City - rather than stick him on the back of my buds Ducati 996.

He loved every minute of it!

 

[OB_Factory]

It can be tough with any kind of a tank bag. I've got the double bubble and that helps, but in general, I kind of point the top of my head into the wind.... High speeds are MUCH easier w/o a tank bag!

 

[OB_Booker]

I push my *** back against the hump and pin my arms to the tank. (I mean that's what my friend told me he does )

My eyes are just above the wind screen (I mean that's what my friend told me he does )

 

[OB_Earl]

Mathamatically, 4th gear at 10,500 with a 41 tooth rear sprocket equals a little over 151 mph.

 

[Guest]

MY friend chickened out at 180 in fifth...

 

[OB_Booker]

Lantabusa,

I can understand that, but it doesn't mean that you are a chicken. It just mean that I'm crazier than you are...I mean my friends crazier than you are .

Things get very scary at 180+mph. My helmet seems to want to seperate from my head when doing 180+mph. I mean that's what my friend tells me . I need...I mean my friend needs to strap that helment on a little tighter for those warp speed runs.

 

[OB_BusaWon]

4th gear two up 165mph not even redline. sure the speedo off alittle after 100 or so.

 

[OB_THE MOTORHEAD]

around 220-225 in 6th on the limiter!!!!!around 196 in the real world.