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145 on a Z1 Kaw at night - spooky! Only once, i was cured.
140 in a 72 Plymouth Road Runner
Air - nothing very special
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Land - 151 mph
Water - 116 mph
Air - however fast a SST Concorde goes.
Presently enjoying life in the slow lane,,,,,,,, with one exception.
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Land , BMW 635 130+mph; Kawasaki Triple 750 2 stroke; 110mph
Water; 1987 Skeeter 175 Starfire; Merc 150 Black Max, 70mph
Air: what ever the crusing speed of a G3 corporate jet is?
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Land - 130 mph in my 96 Corvette - it still wanted to go faster but the power poles were going by too quick for me to see just where it would quit.
Water - I don't do boats.
Air - Mach 1.2 F-16 at 50,000 ft. If it had not been for the mach indicator I would have never known it because it did not feel any different than any other speed at that altitude.
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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.
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Air...........From NYC to Barcelona last year the monitor in front of me read 645 mph ground speed. Had a good tail wind. Time of that flight was 6:31.
Land.......140 mph driving a Challenger Hellcat Red Eye.
Boat.......Maybe 20 knots on a cruise from New Zealand to Sydney a few years back. Did not ask the captain.
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Two wheels- 140+ at the controls, 155 passenger
Four Wheels- 125-130
Water- 55-60? big block jet boat
Air- whatever a DC10 or 737 does.
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I40 mph on the Autobahn between Frankfurt and Nurnberg.
160 mphon the Ford test track in Michigan - but I was not at the wheel.
Air-? 515 mph or whatever intercontinental commercial airlines go.
Water - probably 70 mph. That was enough.
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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Land: Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo to Hiroshima Japan...around 170 mph
Water: Glastron speedboat GM big block, 75 mph
Air: Intercontinental Airliner as others mentioned.
That bullet train was one pretty impressive piece of engineering. The N700 series shinkansen I was on was a conventional rail (not MAGLEV) and was powered with a pantograph & catenary wire!
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Have to chuckle at some of the speeds posted for the muscle car era........lets say mid 60's to early 70's. Most of those cars were not capable of those speeds due to stock gearing and aerodynamics.
Does this .405 Winchester make my butt look big?
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200 indicated on a Hayabusa (probably 188ish actual) 160 in the Quarter on 4 wheels
65 in a Glastron V-Hull Pleasure Boat
180 knots in a private plane (Not the pilot)
Sat down a Wheelie on my 03 R1 at over 153 one time out near Cambellton and Fashing Texas (middle of nowhere if you wad it up). Looked down and saw the speed and had a Oh [bleep] moment. Just got a hold of the right headwind and balance. I thought "man this is a smooth good one". Best part was it was in front of two of my friends!
Passed three bikes on the back straight on one wheel at Texas World Speedway. Me and that bike were great friends until the day it spit me off in Turn 13 at TWS. A couple of Clavicle surgeries later and our lust cooled a little!
Always liked going fast on a bike with decent aerodynamics. How did the Busa feel at those speeds? One of these days I want to pick up a used ZX14R.
Does this .405 Winchester make my butt look big?
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Some of those 60-70 cars run strong. My 69 Chevelle with a375 hp 396 would bury the speedometer in 3rd gear and pull over 7000 rpm in 4 th gear. 3.08 gears and G70 15 tires. You figure out top speed. Edk
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Have to chuckle at some of the speeds posted for the muscle car era........lets say mid 60's to early 70's. Most of those cars were not capable of those speeds due to stock gearing and aerodynamics. Some spoofing on some of the water ones too. Takes a lot of HP to go fast on water. I've been chasing it for a long time.
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Some of those 60-70 cars run strong. My 69 Chevelle with a375 hp 396 would bury the speedometer in 3rd gear and pull over 7000 rpm in 4 th gear. 3.08 gears and G70 15 tires. You figure out top speed. Edk Thats puts you at 187 mph for the gearing you posted and the 7000 rpms in 4th gear and the size of your tires (27 inches tall) https://www.tremec.com/calculadora.phpFor comparison purposes the C7 Corvette coupe has a top speed of 187.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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Some of those 60-70 cars run strong. My 69 Chevelle with a375 hp 396 would bury the speedometer in 3rd gear and pull over 7000 rpm in 4 th gear. 3.08 gears and G70 15 tires. You figure out top speed. Edk Thats puts you at 187 mph for the gearing you posted and the 7000 rpms in 4th gear and the size of your tires (27 inches tall) https://www.tremec.com/calculadora.phpFor comparison purposes the C7 Corvette coupe has a top speed of 187. Lol . . . . . . . . Crickets 😁
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Snow I know the car wasn’t that fast. For every thousand rpm in high it showed 20 mph. At 6000 rpm it read 120 so I always figured 140 at 7000. According to tickets the speedo was correct. Edk
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160 mph in a Euro spec VW Phateon in Germany
As fast as American Airlines flys
70ish in a boat
103 mph in late 70s on a John Deere snowmobile on ice and radared. 2 stroke about 50 hp, not today’s monsters. Wild ride for a 17 year old...
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168 in a Porsche on the street
Buddy had a experimental bass boat. State trooper clocked us on radar at 92mph
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200 indicated on a Hayabusa (probably 188ish actual) 160 in the Quarter on 4 wheels
65 in a Glastron V-Hull Pleasure Boat
180 knots in a private plane (Not the pilot)
Sat down a Wheelie on my 03 R1 at over 153 one time out near Cambellton and Fashing Texas (middle of nowhere if you wad it up). Looked down and saw the speed and had a Oh [bleep] moment. Just got a hold of the right headwind and balance. I thought "man this is a smooth good one". Best part was it was in front of two of my friends!
Passed three bikes on the back straight on one wheel at Texas World Speedway. Me and that bike were great friends until the day it spit me off in Turn 13 at TWS. A couple of Clavicle surgeries later and our lust cooled a little!
Always liked going fast on a bike with decent aerodynamics. How did the Busa feel at those speeds? One of these days I want to pick up a used ZX14R. Tucked in behind the screen, trying to get under the paint on the gas tank...It didn't take long and I didn't keep it there for long. The answer to your question...smooth and strangely quiet aside from the engine growl and air intake. A friend of mine went 207.93 in the Texas Mile on a Busa with a Turbo kit built in his garage. You know that was a rush!
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people that text all day get on my nerves
just knowing that people are out there with that ability,....just makes me wanna punch myself in the balls
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130 in my cuz’s 69 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum
120 on a 85 Yamaha V-Max, scary quick as hell!
75 in a Sanger flat bottom V shaft drive 454 Chevy/Bassetts
500+ commercial flight Had a 1986 Yamaha Fazer - the inline 4 cylinder, 5 valve per cylinder 700cc version of the V-max. 147mph top end - would stretch your arms up to 120 then click it in 6th and it took a bit to get the rest. around 50 on the water and 650 or so in a commercial airliner.
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150 knots (172 mph) piloting an MD500E helicopter with a tail wind.
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