OH DOC/SETH.....you need to speed up

[dave01]

Copied from the Texas Mile site. Look at Roland Freeman on the list number 14

http://www.texasmile.net/pdf/200MPHClubMotorcycles2003-2009.xls

[Roger]

Sorry Dave tried to open it and only got a blank graph page. :dontknow:

[2spyders]

202 mph? :dontknow: I think I need some video...

[Tom in NM]

Must be a Full Moon SE5. :D

Tom

[bone crusher]

202 mph? :dontknow: I think I need some video...

Try 202 Km/hr for a Spyder...the fastest on that list is over 250mph...for a busa...no surprise there!

[GaryTheBadger]

I agree 202.22 in KPH is reasonable, but the spreadsheet does say MPH and that the Spyder has no power added. I don't see how its possible. Even if the gearing was altered, I would think air and three-tire resistance would be a big problem. So, who will be the first to find photos and Mr. Roland Freedman? See also: http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2400841

[QNSPYDER]

I agree I would have to see it on video

[docdoru]

OH DOC/SETH.....you need to speed up
Copied from the Texas Mile site. Look at Roland Freeman on the list number 14 http://www.texasmile.net/pdf/200MPHClubMotorcycles2003-2009.xls
Both Seth and me are trying our best here in Florida...:roflblack:

[retread]

Matbe he had a RATO bottle - well hidden.:joke:

john

[NancysToy]

"No power assist" does not mean the engine isn't modified. It merely means that the engine does not run nitrous or a blower/turbo.

[musicarcade]

Must be a Full Moon SE5. :D

Tom
It was YELLOW:ohyea::ohyea::ohyea:
:roflblack:

[Tom in NM]

Must be a Full Moon SE5. :D

Tom


It was YELLOW:ohyea::ohyea::ohyea:
:roflblack:

. . . . yeah, if it had been a Full Moon SE5, it would have been 225 mph. I stand corrected. :roflblack:

Tom

[ameobe]

It was YELLOW:ohyea::ohyea::ohyea:
:roflblack:

Yes it was,:thumbup:
Here is another link with all 6 of his runs. I agree, it was in kilometers.
http://www.texasmile.net/results/2009TXMILEMARCHFinal.pdf

[NancysToy]

Yes it was,:thumbup:
Here is another link with all 6 of his runs. I agree, it was in kilometers.
http://www.texasmile.net/results/2009TXMILEMARCHFinal.pdf
Looks like a typo to me.

[ameobe]

Looks like a typo to me.
:agree: Getting worse as the day went by?:dontknow:

[Tom in NM]

. . . . and it confirms it was Yellow, too.

(he should have bought Full Moon)

Tom

[NancysToy]

:agree: Getting worse as the day went by?:dontknow:
That can be common, as the day warms.

[bone crusher]

Yes it was,:thumbup:
Here is another link with all 6 of his runs. I agree, it was in kilometers.
http://www.texasmile.net/results/2009TXMILEMARCHFinal.pdf

Ahhhh...thought so...amazing that some cannot read a speedometer...no way a spyder is going 200 mph...you're more likely to flip it over than go 200...think about the air getting under the front and lifting it up!

[NancysToy]

Ahhhh...thought so...amazing that some cannot read a speedometer...no way a spyder is going 200 mph...you're more likely to flip it over than go 200...think about the air getting under the front and lifting it up!
The clocks at the Texas Mile read in MPH. This is an apparent typo or an error recording the run. The clocks are photocells set up across the end of the course. There is no speedometer involved.

[BajaRon]

There is no way that Spyder did 200 mph. Someone needs to recalibrate their crack pipe.

Top actual speed (not Speedo) on a mildly enhanced Spyder (intake, exhaust & JB) might be as high as 130 mph and I think that may be generous.

Without running numbers my guess is you'd need about twice the HP to go another 70 mph with the frontal area of the Spyder.

With 200 kph = about 125 mph, this is the the only reasonable explination I can come to. But that throws everything else out of whack as a Busa will certainly do better than 250 kph = 155 mph.

Something is way off but it's for sure that Spyder didn't do 200 mph with anything approaching a stock motor.

[NancysToy]

There is no way that Spyder did 200 mph. Someone needs to recalibrate their crack pipe.

Top actual speed (not Speedo) on a mildly enhanced Spyder (intake, exhaust & JB) might be as high as 130 mph and I think that may be generous.

Without running numbers my guess is you'd need about twice the HP to go another 70 mph with the frontal area of the Spyder.

With 200 kph = about 125 mph, this is the the only reasonable explination I can come to. But that throws everything else out of whack as a Busa will certainly do better than 250 kph = 155 mph.

Something is way off but it's for sure that Spyder didn't do 200 mph with anything approaching a stock motor.
Easy explanation is that someone typed a two where the one should be, either from a 102 mph bad run, or transposing numbers from a 122 mph run, or something similar. Either way, it is not a record unless it is backed up. Try typing these numbers into a spreadsheet with machines running down the course every minute or so. Easy for some poor volunteer to make a typo. :yikes:

[bone crusher]

Easy explanation is that someone typed a two where the one should be, either from a 102 mph bad run, or transposing numbers from a 122 mph run, or something similar. Either way, it is not a record unless it is backed up. Try typing these numbers into a spreadsheet with machines running down the course every minute or so. Easy for some poor volunteer to make a typo. :yikes:

I think the Spyder would simply flip over at anything near that speed...the air would lift it up...ever hit a bump in the highway at a high speed??...you can feel the air getting under the bike!