Desert Spyder
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You may not believe this. Someone else did this: http://www.westcoastspyder.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1569
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How fast have you driven you Spyder and under what conditions?
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GaryTheBadger
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Can't see the photo on the forum in your link, can someone post it here? Is it 183 MPH or KPM? Is it believable...he says he exceeded redline...does the Spyder have a rev limiter?
docdoru
Doru the Destroyer-Spyder Photo Investigator
Firefly
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Can't see the photo--- not sure I would believe it if I could--- 183 mph??
Seems to me he would have to pull the clutch in and be coasting to hit that speed going downhill as running wide open in 5th gear at redline under such conditions would most likely cause engine braking.
Someone needs to do the math here and see the max possible speed with the engine and drivetrain engaged. There is a physical maximum that cannot be exceeded no matter if you're going downhill or not.
The only way I could see hitting 183 is top things out on a downhill and then 'coast' up to 183.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
:helpsmilie:
:agree: The theoretical speed at 10,000 rpm is 145.675 mph. To go 183 you would have to exceed the rev limiter and twist 12,500 rpm, or you would have to pull the clutch in and coast.
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RoadHammer
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i'l believe it when i get to see the picture
Ken5517 / Wish Again
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what you trying to say doc?
docdoru
Doru the Destroyer-Spyder Photo Investigator
Theoretical yes aerodynamically no,
At that speed it's like an out house on wheels. :yikes:
Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
Seeing it's mathematically imposable for the Spyder to do a 183 mph I'll have to say that the top speed in this photo was registered because there was a time that the satellite reception was loss momentarily and then locked back in. This happens all the time with GPS and it will give you an inacurate reading.:yikes:
http://www.bigbikeriders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2773&highlight=garmin
aubierules
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100 mph...crosswinds...too chicken to go faster
aubierules
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Seeing it's mathematically imposable for the Spyder to do a 183 mph I'll have to say that the top speed in this photo was registered because there was a time that the satellite reception was loss momentarily and then locked back in. This happens all the time with GPS and it will give you an inacurate reading.
http://www.bigbikeriders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2773&highlight=garmin
that or photoshop
Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
It's not Photoshoped, did you read the post?
Like I said, this happens all the time with GPS. The fact is the Spyder will not do 183 mph, I don't care what your GPS says. Take it to the salt flats and see what they clock or just ask SethO.
Lamonster
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effgjamis
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Hey Doc.... the thread is about SPEED,, not :cus:????????:joke:
aubierules
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yes i did read the post...and i re- read it...still dont see where anything was said about it not being photoshopped...and if i did miss it...xcuse me
Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
You didn't miss it, it didn't say it was or wasn't. You didn't ask if the 183 was photoshopped.
Just for the record do you think that was real, photoshopped or maybe a GPS error? :dontknow:
aubierules
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no i didnt ask if it was photoshopped or not, why would i? ...i was simply saying that it could be....and for the record, i think what u said was absolutely correct....i do gis for a living which includes gps's...so the gps losing the signal is most likely the cause....
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