160. north bound between Hua Hin and Cha Am in the afternoon. 

 

crazy. 

9 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

 

I understand the temptation to drive fast but I wonder if you think about the reduced control over the bike you have and the danger you impose on all other motorists and pedestrians.

 

You always have to exercise common sense. Most speed runs are short burst & should be at a spot that you know is relatively safe & not prone to pedestrians .And the occasional soi dog charging out in front of you. The worst would be the drivers that never learned to ride or drive proper & decide to pull out from the left all the way to the right without a head check or right to left. If you are doing a speed run you need to be very aware of everything as stated before even with a 1/2 a second reaction time the bike at speed is going to take some time ABS or not to slow down & a car is way more because of the weight. 40 years no wrecks on a bike. I have been down before when younger but have taken many courses & raced on track days to keep up with my skills.Common sense & being aware is the key....But this is Thailand so luck does come into the equation. 

1 minute ago, Beardog said:

You always have to exercise common sense. Most speed runs are short burst & should be at a spot that you know is relatively safe & not prone to pedestrians .And the occasional soi dog charging out in front of you. The worst would be the drivers that never learned to ride or drive proper & decide to pull out from the left all the way to the right without a head check or right to left. If you are doing a speed run you need to be very aware of everything as stated before even with a 1/2 a second reaction time the bike at speed is going to take some time ABS or not to slow down & a car is way more because of the weight. $0 years no wrecks on a bike. I have been down before when younger but have taken many courses & raced on track days to keep up with my skills.Common sense & being aware is the key....But this is Thailand so luck does come into the equation. 

 

 

Sorry, Mate.    You reply fully confirms my post.

 

Speed kills and its better to use good judgment and caution, especially in a country such as Thailand with all  that you post above.

 

I know no body who enjoys speed cares about my opinion but it is what it is.

20 minutes ago, Beardog said:

Ya 130 KPH shifting to 3rd gear. What is the sense in having a road bike & going scooter speeds? 160 usual for me but my 650 Kawi is punched out to a 833 with 800 gears & all new hot electrics used in the Kawasaki Brazilian's race team over 180KPH I am at the track. <deleted> my Yamalube 80 back in 1977 went over 120KPH...But not for too long it would overheat & shut down. Personally7 being a mechanic I would stay far away from any bike that is over 600 cc that never seen over 120 or 130 KPH as it will probably be a grandma motor that does not have any Boogie to it & has never been rappe4d out to high RPMS in the begging to lap the valves properly.Not ran full time but 3 short hot bursts to seat the valves as a high performance engine opposed to a slow ass motor that lasts forever.

How did the bottle of Yamalube 80 oil get over 120kph. ????

A bike engine even if used gently can be abused again.

19 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

 

I understand the temptation to drive fast but I wonder if you think about the reduced control over the bike you have and the danger you impose on all other motorists and pedestrians.

 

I wondered when a prim and proper holier than now Falangie from the health and safety brigade would turn up.

21 minutes ago, Beardog said:

You always have to exercise common sense. Most speed runs are short burst & should be at a spot that you know is relatively safe & not prone to pedestrians .And the occasional soi dog charging out in front of you. The worst would be the drivers that never learned to ride or drive proper & decide to pull out from the left all the way to the right without a head check or right to left. If you are doing a speed run you need to be very aware of everything as stated before even with a 1/2 a second reaction time the bike at speed is going to take some time ABS or not to slow down & a car is way more because of the weight. 40 years no wrecks on a bike. I have been down before when younger but have taken many courses & raced on track days to keep up with my skills.Common sense & being aware is the key....But this is Thailand so luck does come into the equation. 

Wasting your good sense people like that will never understand the luv of motorcycles.

32 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

160. north bound between Hua Hin and Cha Am in the afternoon. 

 

crazy. 

1st gear on a R1. ????

Not quite on my old Blade but close.

I think high speed, Thailand and getting older would be a recipe for disaster for me. When I was a young bloke I had a Ducati 900ss, wound it out to 150mph once. On later track days on many a bike would do well over 100mph. Got a ticket for that speed once in a 35 zone lost license 3 months, lost license many times. Most recent bike was a Monster 1000, it had some chip in it, incredible mid range but could never get it to 150. Doing 135 on it once a mate passed me on his 600 Honda, later I said how fast were you going, he said 150

I guess most of you bikers saw this already. It's still amazing - and no, I would never want to try it.

 

9 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I guess most of you bikers saw this already. It's still amazing - and no, I would never want to try it.

 

Nothing big nor clever in that for me that was/is shear lunacy !

Each to their own.????

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

Nothing big nor clever in that for me that was/is shear lunacy !

Each to their own.????

He survived it. And he did a couple of videos like that.

It's definitely one of those things with the warning "don't do that at home".

The guy definitely knows how to ride and he has balls to ride like that.

Reading this thread makes me very nostalgic for my riding days.  Now, at 75, the reflexes and peripheral vision are just not dependable enough.

  

I used to volunteer marshal at motorcycle events at New Hampshire International Speedway where 2 yearly NASCAR races are held.  There is a decent road course set-up along with the oval and they would host a yearly Pro as well as a lot of regional amateur motorcycle racing events along with occasional track days. 

As a reward for my volunteer marshaling, I would get free track time on track days and if I got there early enough, I'd pretty much have the track to myself.  I was no racer but I had taken several racing school programs just to enhance my riding skills so I knew how to handle a bike on the track.  I had a beautiful Yamaha RD-400 2 stroke that was a total screamer and was really nicely set-up for the track.

 

Anyway, one of the joys of closed course riding is you don't have to worry about vehicles entering the roadway or coming at you from the opposite direction.  You can let it rip and take corners following the racing line, using all of the road.

So one day, I was about 3 laps in, tires warmed-up and getting on the throttle pretty good.  I was just about to crest a hill that turns sharply left downside when I caught a quick flash of something flying by me, almost close enough to touch...going the opposite direction! 

Talk about soiled leathers.   Turned out this Korean dude on a Dukati had a get-off that had rung his bell pretty good. He had gotten back on his bike while still disorientated and took off going the wrong direction before marshals could get to him. How we didn't join and become one big messy blob was nothing but incredibly good luck.  I was shaking so much I couldn't ride any more that day and it actually kind of stayed with me.  I never had that total confidence of a clear track ahead of me again...I'd find myself involuntarily hedging speed on blind corners and hill crests.

I kept marshaling and track riding for a few more years but it just wasn't the wide open fun it had been before that amazingly close call.

13 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

He survived it. And he did a couple of videos like that.

It's definitely one of those things with the warning "don't do that at home".

The guy definitely knows how to ride and he has balls to ride like that.

Appreciate your point of view, but I cant see beyond the clear and present danger.

 

Slightest bit of debris on the road and he's finished at that speed. Same for the movement of other vehicles who dont see him in the rear view at 300k move erratically etc and its over.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Andy from Kent said:

Speed kills

Lack of Skill and poor Judgment kills

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

He survived it. And he did a couple of videos like that.

It's definitely one of those things with the warning "don't do that at home".

The guy definitely knows how to ride and he has balls to ride like that.

That's tame compared to the guy in Russia on an R1. ????

2 hours ago, dddave said:

Now, at 75, the reflexes and peripheral vision are just not dependable enough.

Well that's a shame not riding a bike for a long time will do that to older people.

Reminds of a guy I met and want to be like in Germany 20 years ago, I have just come off the motorway and followed him as he was pulling into a place for refreshment.

To cut a long story, I said hello and commented on his BM a R1100S he spoke English, saying still he still luved speed, he was 84 years old.

7 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

How did the bottle of Yamalube 80 oil get over 120kph. 

Was looking at a can of fully synthetic MA Yamalube today at the Yamaha dealer.

Maybe if dropped out of an aircraft?

6 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

That's tame compared to the guy in Russia on an R1. ????

 

This is the Black Devil looks to me faster that ghost rider..

 

 

9 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

 

This is the Black Devil looks to me faster that ghost rider..

 

 

I wonder why he has mirrors. Does he expect someone faster behind him?

19 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I guess most of you bikers saw this already. It's still amazing - and no, I would never want to try it.

 

what? no soi dogs, u turns, Thai drivers or pavement that abruptly ends? 

this guy is a pussy. 

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I wonder why he has mirrors. Does he expect someone faster behind him?

Maybe his been to Thailand and likes to see himself in the mirror as Thais do. 

 

my scooter, below pic, won't let me do over 78 kph.

Dammit

 

 

On 4/17/2020 at 11:48 PM, Kwasaki said:

I've pretty much been all over Thailand on motorcycle, the good road far out way the bad I have found.

Potholes everywhere I find that an exaggeration really, where do you live.

Anywhere in thailand, no where is without pot holes etc. If its not that then its tractors, pickups pulling out onto the road without even bothering to look to see if its good to do so. Or scooters with women on their phone not looking in their mirrors , only to see  if their makeup is still on.

So. 130kph suddenly some how looks a more wiser / live longer stratergy!   But on roads you know and can deal with the other previously noted you could be good for a short gun  to what your  nerves are set at

 

3 hours ago, moose7117 said:

my scooter, below pic, won't let me do over 78 kph.

Dammit

 

 

You do know you have another 5 gears. ????

3 hours ago, sparticus1 said:

Anywhere in thailand, no where is without pot holes etc. If its not that then its tractors, pickups pulling out onto the road without even bothering to look to see if its good to do so. Or scooters with women on their phone not looking in their mirrors , only to see  if their makeup is still on.

So. 130kph suddenly some how looks a more wiser / live longer stratergy!   But on roads you know and can deal with the other previously noted you could be good for a short gun  to what your  nerves are set at

 

Find and ride roads without potholes I have found many,  there many roads that bad and many not. 

Many off main routes road really good. 

If you know Thailand well enough you would know and get use tractors and trucks pulling out on bikes because it's a bike they see so they know you can get around them. 

Yeah 130 kph is a nice cruising speed where possible but I like getting to 130 kph in 2nd for fun. 

11 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

tractors and trucks pulling out on bikes because it's a bike they see so they know you can get around them

Do you really think the tractor drivers think about that?

It's more like: My vehicle is bigger than yours, I don't give a f$#%.

On 4/22/2020 at 11:45 PM, Kwasaki said:

 

This is the Black Devil looks to me faster that ghost rider..

 

 

Not a hope.....Ghostrider sh1ts all over this guy 

4 hours ago, moose7117 said:

my scooter, below pic, won't let me do over 78 kph.

Dammit

 

 

Did you bring that airhawk over with you?? 

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Do you really think the tractor drivers think about that?

It's more like: My vehicle is bigger than yours, I don't give a f$#%.

I'd like to think so do as I have be waved on by them, maybe some do think as you say,  no different to what cars do in the UK IMHO. 

7 minutes ago, cranki said:

Not a hope.....Ghostrider sh1ts all over this guy 

Not from what I have watched of him,  what bike does ghosty have ?.