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posted October 29, 2006 11:39 PM
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I've done 205mph on the street with an '03 gixxer 1000 .... It was in the court papers, clocked from the helicopter.
you mean on an RC51 right?
   
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posted October 30, 2006 12:00 AM
Jeez , freek now ya done it gone and spoiled his story with all them facts! Seem to remember this story from about 18 months ago, it was as improbable then as it is now, about the only Honda I know that will do 205 raced in the GP last night.
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posted October 30, 2006 12:17 AM
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I'm talking with an ama rider that also trains other ama riders, Spies has been one of them. I do my homework before I jump right into the mix.
I had a RC51 a sp2, missd the sh*t out of that bike. 
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posted October 30, 2006 12:48 AM
u mean hayes? yah i used to ride with him way back. nice guy. we lost touch when he decided to stay in teh US and coach AMA and i went to europe to coach motogp. it's awesome to see both our work has paid off so well, him with spies and me with nicky.
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posted October 30, 2006 03:39 AM
I want a 205 MPH Gixxer...I need one to try and catch my 206MPH ZX13.5 
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posted October 30, 2006 04:02 AM
Bkny-31, do you understand your getting shit for the 205 mph on a gsxr1000, they plain ass don't go that fast without alot of work done to them, your as bad as the guy at my local drag strip that thinks he went 9.32 at 157 on a stock gsxr 750 when something blew thriugh the timing lights. basically you got the shaft. you never said it was modded so I take it it was stock.
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posted October 30, 2006 04:47 AM
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I save it for track days and possibly I will enter ama events in the future. I'm making more conections in GA than I did in NY. Just working up some experience so I can possibly get a few sponsers.
If not I still enjoy the sport and there's nothing like it.
So if you are riding tracks like Road Atlanta, what are your times? Where are the transponder printouts?
If you are going to enter AMA events, I assume you mean roadracing, what club level stuff have you dont, or are you dissillusioned enough to really think you can ride with the likes of Maladin and Tommy on the track? What makes you think the AMA would give you a liscence? They dont give those to any Joe Schmo...
What have you dont that any sponsor would even know your name let alone give you money or products?
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If not I still enjoy the sport and there's nothing like it.
This is the first thing you have said in this thread that makes any sense what so ever
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posted October 30, 2006 05:16 AM
even modded you're pushing the limits of common sense...
describe to us in detail the feeling of going 205 mph on your gixxer..
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posted October 30, 2006 05:31 AM
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even modded you're pushing the limits of common sense...
describe to us in detail the feeling of going 205 mph on your gixxer..
Lemme step in for the boy,........................"It was great,....shat myself proper like, but what a rush it was."
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posted October 30, 2006 07:46 AM
This fella is hilarious.
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posted October 30, 2006 08:45 AM
The heads had race cams,were ported and polished and the motor was blueprinted and balanced. Ohlins internals up front and a Ohlins out back. Still had the oem damper and the whole brake setup was still oem. 520 vortex set-up -1 up front and a gb520 gxw x-ring chain rivet master to hold it together. It had a fresh pair of pirelli's super soft in the front and soft in the back. Ixil underseat exhaust with micron hdyro formed headers. Tre, pair valve mod and ran without a filter in the box. Race fairings with a single halogen mounted in the front and led's out back (mounted in the fairing for brakes and drilled in to the passeneger pegs for signals). I put a little over 4k into the motor alone but I lost that bike because of that incident.
Never said I was ama material. whenever I set out to do something if I don't put my all into it, it wasn't worth doing. I don't do track days just to parade around with idiots that just watched a moto gp event or the ama and think they can emulate what they seen on the tube.
You guys got me f*cked up with assumptions, one after the other. I am learning, which means when you don't know something you ask a question. Say what you want about my wreckless behavior on the road and endangering countless pedestrians and innocent drivers. Whatever you can say or think of wouldn't compare to the punishment I endured when I took myself away from my 2 daughters for 4th of july, halloween, my birthday, thanksgiving, christmas, new years and valentine's day.
Like I said in the beginning I don't take anything away from racers, but I wanted to know what was considered a good rider. I have encountered alot of racers that have done it for years and I have spanked a few and also had to take my beating like a man when I couldn't see some of them after the first turn. If you do not know what losing feels like you would never appreciate fully what winning is like.
To me 205 was just another number, I didn't set it out as a goal and did not get to enjoy it. Reaching 205 that day cost me $2,500 for bail, $6,500 for a liar, and a bike that ran me almost $16.5.
I din't think this was a forum for asshole stunts you regret.
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posted October 30, 2006 09:25 AM
A good rider would be someone who doesn't do 205 on the street when he has 2 daughters at home. You think it was punishment for you to be away from them for a while? What kind of punishment are you doling out to them when they don't have you around forever when a car jumps out on front of you at 205? I have 2 daughters too, I take my serious speed to a track.
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posted October 30, 2006 09:44 AM
Where to do 205 all depends on where you do it. I have had my 12 pinned in 6th. But I was on a road that went straight for miles and there is literally no traffic, and if there was, one could see it miles away. So call me an idiot.
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posted October 30, 2006 09:45 AM
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A good rider would be someone who doesn't do 205 on the street when he has 2 daughters at home. You think it was punishment for you to be away from them for a while? What kind of punishment are you doling out to them when they don't have you around forever when a car jumps out on front of you at 205? I have 2 daughters too, I take my serious speed to a track.
I had just enough time to know it was a mistake. I only raised the bar when I realized I was being chased instead of stopping. I did 187 on my 10 because I wanted to, the 205 came and went because I did not want to be caught. I seen cars posted up at every exit and a helicopter appeared overhead. I figured if I pinned it and made it to the airport it will all go away.
A$$hole sh*t you regret,, I know I am not the only one that would take some sh*t back if they could.
I have been taking honing my track skills seriously, and yeah ama is a way off but no one can't say I can't do it but me.
You still have a good point Otis, one I learned the hard way. 
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posted October 30, 2006 10:08 AM
All I know is when my daughters were born, I stopped doing the really dumb shit. We dont ride nearly as stupid as we did at the Gap, no more 140mph weaving through traffic, I-40 TT run's. I went the the track the 1st time this year, after 30 years of riding motorcycles, the last 18 of them on sportbikes. I wish I'd have done it sooner, but now I know where I need to be riding fast, and it's not the street. l will never be forgiven if I abandon my daughters because of my stupidity. They deserve me to be around for them, after all, they didn't have a choice in coming to this party, my wife and I brought them.
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posted October 30, 2006 10:21 AM
Edited By: GUNNER on 30 Oct 2006 10:36
I usually get my joys by the time I reach 150 or 160 and then I back her down.. Thta's why I gear my bikes to perform better at lesser speeds. I spend far more time below a hundred than I do over a hundred on the street.. It's the quickness that we all crave NOT the speed.. Learning that will pay off big for everyone..
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posted October 30, 2006 10:32 AM
Damn straight brother.
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posted October 30, 2006 11:14 AM
If the claim of 205 on a 1000 is true then you were going faster then the fastest 1000 ever. Lee shierts went 202-203 on a gixxer setting the record and iceman from ace performance broke it with a 205 this weekend at Maxton, I know I was there racing with these guys. Not saying you didnt do it, but might have to call bs on this one. I got pulled for doing 110 over the limit in sc and got 10 days for the same charges, not proud of it but the police were off by 10 mph and your speedo is prob off by 15%. About anyone who knows racing would call bs on that, and anyone whos gone 175 plus would nt do it in traffic. If someone is a good racer they are usually smart enough to not ride so erratic in traffic, not because of their own skill, but because of the other clowns piloting 4 wheels.
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posted October 30, 2006 11:17 AM
Good advice, Gunner.
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posted October 30, 2006 11:21 AM
I have a pinto that runs high 7's in the quarter
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posted October 30, 2006 11:22 AM
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If the claim of 205 on a 1000 is true then you were going faster then the fastest 1000 ever. Lee shierts went 202-203 on a gixxer setting the record and iceman from ace performance broke it with a 205 this weekend at Maxton, I know I was there racing with these guys. Not saying you didnt do it, but might have to call bs on this one. I got pulled for doing 110 over the limit in sc and got 10 days for the same charges, not proud of it but the police were off by 10 mph and your speedo is prob off by 15%. About anyone who knows racing would call bs on that, and anyone whos gone 175 plus would nt do it in traffic. If someone is a good racer they are usually smart enough to not ride so erratic in traffic, not because of their own skill, but because of the other clowns piloting 4 wheels.
If you were paying attention, I said the bird in the sky clocked me not me looking at my speedo. My liar questioned the calibration and it was up to date. I don't want recognition or pity for my claims, I just want to be better at what I do in a safer enviroment.
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posted October 30, 2006 01:06 PM
You're right Chris, we've cooled our jets a little on the DG trips. I think it's just a sign of maturing a bit, and thinking a little more about our safety and others on the road as well. Will I still hoist a triple digit wheelie???
Yep, ..... but at least I'm not doing it as I'm blowing past tourist buses, and mini vans packed with families. We've all had people blow past us on a bike when we were just tooling along. A piped bike at full song is pretty damned loud, and if you don't know someone is coming, it can scare the shit out of you. So I'm trying to be a little more courteous to others. Oh we will still roll no doubt, but we pick and choose our places and times now.
We still have just as much fun as we always did, maybe even more. Of course even now, most people would think we were crazy if the hooked up with us on the Cherohala, or the Foothills. You, Harry and I have done some crazy shit, but we're making progress IMHO.
Gunner, I agree totally on the gearing.
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posted October 30, 2006 02:19 PM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cmotor23oct23,0,457920.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
Coconut Creek woman hit and killed by biker at Daytona Beach festival
Nora Cardona and her husband, Boris, took a rare half-day ride on their beloved Harley-Davidson to look at custom-built choppers on display at Biketoberfest in Daytona Beach Saturday.
It was difficult for the Coconut Creek couple, she a resort locker room attendant and he a plumber, on separate work schedules, to find time to take trips alone. Cardona talked to her two young sons in the morning as the couple pulled off Interstate 95 just before they reached Daytona Beach.
"My mom told me it was really cold up there," Jason, 10, said on Sunday. "She sounded really excited."
Less than two hours after their conversation, a motorcyclist hit and killed Nora Cardona, 39, as she and her husband were on their way to lunch. They crossed a street holding hands, Cardona walking behind her husband, when Kreso F. Orlic, 22, hit and dragged Cardona about 162 feet, killing her, police said.
"All of a sudden there's this guy on a motorcycle," Boris Cardona said. "I don't know what happened -- if he jumped the red light or was showing off, popping wheelies. I think maybe this guy can pass us, go between us."
So he let go of her hand. The next thing Boris Cardona saw was an unconscious Orlic on the ground and his Ninja-style bike traveling riderless down the road.
"I didn't see the bike hit her. I was so mad and I was calling him all kinds of names, but I stopped and said, 'Where is my wife?' I didn't see her."
Cardona went running down the busy roadway to where the sports bike lay. His wife of 16 years was pinned underneath, bleeding profusely and not responding to her name. It took her husband and two other men to lift the motorcycle. Paramedics arrived in less than a minute and tried to revive the woman, but couldn't.
"The next thing, I look and she was cold in the white sheet," Cardona said.
Orlic, who is charged with vehicular homicide and driving on a suspended license, was racing with two friends on a street across from the speedway and had stopped at a red light when the Cardonas started across the street outside the crosswalk, according to a police report. Orlic accelerated to about 60 mph in 200 feet before he hit Cardona, said Daytona Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Jimmie Flynt. "When the light turned green, he gunned it," Flynt said.
Three other people died during the annual weekend event that draws bikers from around the country. Two of the fatalities occurred during races and all the victims but Cardona were riding motorcycles, Flynt said.
Orlic, who was injured in the accident, was in a Volusia County jail Sunday night. He told police that he received five careless driving citations and one for reckless driving since he bought his 2001 Suzuki GSXR a year ago, according to a police report.
"It's a good thing he's alive because now we're going to press charges on him," Cardona said. "I'm going to make sure he goes to jail for a long time."
Both Orlic and the Cardonas, who were married in their native Colombia, have ties to New Jersey. Orlic's license was issued there and the Cardonas moved to South Florida from New Jersey a year ago to be closer to family in Miami.
Cardona, who rushed home to see his sons after the accident, worries about how they'll cope, what arrangements he should make and how he will pay the bills on one salary.
He will sell the couple's Harley-Davidson Fatboy, which is worth more than $10,000, because he can't bear to ride it without his wife. He hopes that money from the sale will help cover funeral expenses and support his family.
His mother-in-law is arriving today from Colombia. Nora Cardona is survived by 11 brothers and sisters, her husband said.
Cardona and his boys spent a somber Sunday together. Joseph, 12, played video games while Jason stuck to his dad's side in their condo decorated with his mother's glass butterfly collection. Cardona said his wife should be remembered as a sweet, good, hardworking person who made everyone laugh and cared immensely for her sons.
He also hopes to make Orlic an example for other motorcyclists, many of whom, he says, speed down roadways and interstates, driving recklessly and popping wheelies.
"This guy doesn't know what he did," Boris Cardona said. "He destroyed a good family."
A rare occurrence? Maybe not. Not the same as buzzing traffic? Really? To think, "the only person I'm putting in danger, is myself," is not only ignorant, but arogant as well. How many here have read something similar in their hometown paper?
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posted October 30, 2006 02:20 PM
If you where -1 in the front on your gearing you were doing in the 170's more then likely. With all your knowledge you should never even post you went 205, you should no better.
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posted October 30, 2006 02:47 PM
The only leg I have to stand on about the mileage is the radar from the copter. Other people may make outrageous claims, I did time for my stupidity. If I was clocked in the 170's my sentencing would not have been so strictly enforced.
Maybe I should have started a thread just for stupid acts you wish you took back. I don't do that sh*t anymore, that is in my past. I am glad I lived to talk about it. I ride hard anytime I turn that key, I am always on the offensive.
I've seen my friend cut in half in front of me by a light pole after being cut off by a motorist. Another died the other day after flying head first at the curb after losing control going through a pothole. I got tragic stories all day Sherm that I've seen first hand. I know a million more from my brother that is an EMT in NY.
Doesn't mean I am going to give up riding, just made me more responsible for my actions.
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