How fast has everyone gone??

[strkngfang]

THis could be on the SH or any other scooter or motorcycle? I'm still a little timid so I've only gone 57mph on both the Elite and the SH.

[SilverBolt]

I had my new (at the time) 1986 Yamaha Fazer up to 140mph but that was when I was young and didn't always make the wisest decisions. With the scooter, about 70mph.

[strkngfang]

Can I ask where you were doing 140mph? I'm glad you're older and wiser. Our area has lost two young 20 yr olds recently, on sportbikes exceeding 100mph, hitting a car in the rear, catching fire and you can guess the rest, of course no helmet etc. Too many "young guns" die needlessly on crotch rockets.

[calwalker]

Only about 55. That's the speed limit where I've ridden. I haven't had the nerve to go on the freeway, even though the SH150 is freeway legal in CA.

[SilverBolt]

Can I ask where you were doing 140mph? I'm glad you're older and wiser. Our area has lost two young 20 yr olds recently, on sportbikes exceeding 100mph, hitting a car in the rear, catching fire and you can guess the rest, of course no helmet etc. Too many "young guns" die needlessly on crotch rockets.

A nearby bypass was our testing ground. You have to remember when I was a kid there was only 25% of the traffic around here compared to now. It was a completely different time. Even as a kid, I always wore a helmet. Yes it's true with age comes wisdom. My wife tells me I drive too slow now. Go figure...

[strkngfang]

Pappy, you must be part cat and have 9 lives. How did you survive a 156mph crash????