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OldRider

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Every vehicle has a technical top speed. Which is the max rpm in highest gear. They can put another 500hp in it but it won’t go faster. I don’t see why anyone would want this. Acceleration is already mega. And by far most riders can’t handle this kind of bike. Another thing in my list of things that are unnecessary…

I’ll stop whining now…
Not so fast there......An engine with 200hp may only be able to turn 10K rpm before it just runs out of torque and can't go any faster, but add another 200hp and it may very well be pulling strong at 12K rpm and going faster.
 

fac191

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Every vehicle has a technical top speed. Which is the max rpm in highest gear. They can put another 500hp in it but it won’t go faster. I don’t see why anyone would want this. Acceleration is already mega. And by far most riders can’t handle this kind of bike. Another thing in my list of things that are unnecessary…

I’ll stop whining now…
Was it you whining,
I thought it was the Supercharger.
 

Sierra1

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Yeah, and in my town they can't line up streets to cross an intersection, and they can see each other. They made that road, and they started at opposite ends, and still met perfectly.
 

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I did a few airplane accidents on mountains and it was always the same. We'd come in with our hiking stuff and super spiffy gear to meet the local guides who would literally run up the slope in beater tennis shoes or old boots and thin clothes while carrying all sorts of mission stuff for us. After the 2019 37 MAXX accident I wanted to see some of the old rock churches so hired a skinny older taxi driver who turned out to be a cool guy who retired from the Ethiopian Air Force as a Captain. He was in street loafers and ran my ass into the ground. Took a while to realize we were at about 9,000 ft elevation and HE was a local. This was coming back down and he's looking back to see if I'm keeping up. I was winded and he never broke a sweat.

When we did an American Airlines 767 on top of a mountain in Columbia it was thick jungle and the locals guiding us were juggling big (4 ft?) chainsaws with a handle at the end of the bar. They just wrapped an old dirty rag around the thing, held the handle, and balanced the power head over their shoulders while climbing. One of them was playing donkey with fuel jugs hanging from a branch he was juggling.

It was always a humbling experience.
 
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fac191

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Wow !. Pure luck to survive that. I dont usually watch bike accidents because i dont want to think about it. If it happens it happens.
 
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