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145 in a Chevelle SS.

100 mph was fast enough for me on a friends Kawasaki 350.

Drove my 70 Mustang to about 135 as estimated by the friend I passed who was cruising at 120 in a Torino.

Rode to about 140 with a friend in a 70 Camaro.

140-150 probably a dozen times on two wheels, scariest was 145 with the girlfriend on back behind me one time with the wind gusting around 30mph. Crazy back in those days, that bike felt like it was hydroplaning - I think I'm old enough not to do that again....I hope.

140+
Mercedes 500 Roadster on the back road at Bragg heading towards Southern Pines.

161.2 mph

About 135 on the Autobahn between Frankfort and Munich. Got passed many times!

Threads makes me wish Andy Green posted on here!

Would you be happy with 135 MPH for 40/ 50 mile runs on US interstates. Never blew a motor in any of my American branded cruisers. Glad I wasn't paying for the gas as you could see the gauge hand fall running at those speeds late sixties and early seventies. Only thing I ever had to smoke me was a Super Bee. Little bugger would run. GW

Same for me. A 1979 T/A 6.6. I did it on a city road too! Never come close to that since.

Around 170 in a 1965 Chrysler 300L with special order 1964 Stage III 426 Max Wedge with cross ram intake with dual Carter AFB's and factory headers and high flow exhaust. White with red interior. What a ride!! I oughta be shot for not still having that car.

175-180 in a 1970 Plymouth Superbird with balanced/blueprinted/tweaked 440 Six Pack and other goodies. This one belonged to a friend. I could have bought it for around 10-Grand at one time. I oughta be kicked for that one too.

God-only-knows how fast (140-150? Maybe more?) in Pappy's 1958 Chrysler New Yorker with built and tweaked 392 Fire Power Hemi with dual-quad intake, carbs and headers off a 300. It was black and all us kids called it the "Bat-Mobile". Had a lot of good times with Pappy (my Grandfather) in that car. After he passed away in '63, my uncle Bill got the car and kept it. He wasn't afraid to occasionally run Hell out of it either. Loved to dust off late 60's/early 70's muscle cars with it. He sold it in early 80's and I wasn't in a position to buy it then.

145-150 on my 1980 Kawasaki KZ1000 Shaft with Vetter Quicksilver fairing. It would supposedly go 160+ in this configuration, but I didn't have the cojones to take it there.

158 (by radar) in my '99 Honda Civic Si that I had tuned on some. Damn fun little car.

A little over 140 (RPM limited) in my 2000 Ford F250 Super Duty with the good ol' 7.3L Diesel with the Bully Dog chip set on "Performance". It got there way quicker than I'd have ever imagined. It would even do it in the "Towing" position, just took longer to get there.

152 (by radar) and still climbing in the last Mopar I built, in 2001. A '69 Plymouth Satellite. I yanked the 383 and put in a hot 440 Six Pack I built and a reworked 727 TorqueFlite. A friend owns this car. I did the engine/drivetrain and he did all the body/paint/interior. We've had a lot of fun with this one.

I got to ride in this car once, in the middle of the night. We made a lap around Atlanta, Georgia, on the I-285 loop. I sat on a couple of wooden Coca Cola crates turned upside down on the floorboard on the passenger side. This is a Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB4. It was owned and raced by my uncle Jim Baker. This pic was taken during a pit-stop at Watkins Glen in '74. The car was HOT, LOUD, and FAST! Gives me a woody remembering that ride. In the pic below, that's Uncle Jim, on the left, with the silver hair leaning over. The text below the pic appeared in an article in Hemmings Motor News about the Ferrari 365 GTB4 racers.


Image 3 of 7: ''Chuck Reynolds is in the Baker Motor Company Daytona as it makes a pit stop during the Watkins Glen Six Hours in July 1974. Jim Baker was the big sports car dealer in Atlanta, and was actually my next-door neighbor when I first moved there. Chuck was Jim's sales manager. I bought a couple of cars from him. Tony DeLorenzo co-drove with Chuck at the Glen. The car had a Ferrari engine that was built by Holman Moody, the NASCAR Ford specialists, or so Tony told me. They finished 13th, but it was so hot that only 10 cars were classified as having actually finished the race. Tony told me, 'That was the hottest and loudest car I ever drove. It burned off the right side of my right driving shoe. But what a beautiful sound. The Ferrari ran like Jack the Bear, but it also handled and stopped like the Queen Mary.' ''

bout 125ish on pushaw lake in maine
then dumbass willy howe spun the steering wheel and let go of it and we did donuts for about 2 miles before we finally stopped

140 in my '57 Chevy, felt like the front tires weren't even touching the ground. A few seconds later, I was going backwards at about 120 or 130, down an embankment. Didn't hurt me or the car a bit, other than the s#!t on the drivers seat.

Here's an interesting one...

Jessi Combs...




On October 9, 2013, Combs drove the North American Eagle (NaE) Supersonic Speed Challenger at the Alvord desert, claiming the women's land speed record with an official run of 392.954 mph (632 km/h) and a top speed of 440.709 mph (709 km/h). In doing so, she broke the 48-year-old women's land speed record, a 308.51 mph run average, set by Lee Breedlove in 1965.

Girl's got her stuff together..



I haven't had my 2013 Mustang GT (420 hp) over 98 mph..... yet

155-160,several times on a motorcycle.

Wow!
I liked her before, but she's all kinds of extra cool now.

And to answer the OP:

150 on a Yamaha R6
145 in a '10 Charger
160+ (speedo pegged) in '96 Z28 Camero

Not done anything of merit, but I got a kick out of Leno one evening when he was discussing a jet powered bike in his stable. He never mentioned top end, but said the real rush was simply getting off and realizing that one was still alive.

If one wants accuracy for their measures, use a GPS unit. Very accurate, and they will have the details available for download.

My Uncle-in-Law lost his car salesman job when he un-authorized took turbo stealth street racing. Blew a timing belt and a 10k engine went up in smoke (at the time). Why do the damn valves have to make contact with pistons HAHA

45 on a bicycle going down hill.

Had a 72 Challenger pegged when the blacktop turned to gravel road.

Spooky both...

I chickened out at 100. Even though the suspension and steering is all new, it still gets a little "wishy washy" at higher speeds.