Topic: breaking 100 mph

[ofreen]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

[robvangulik]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

Running at 100mph you'll probably come up short some 40 miles on that gasstation 

[RandomOrbit]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

Running at 100mph you'll probably come up short some 40 miles on that gasstation 

I assume that's the reason for the red jug bungeed to the back.

[aminemed]

Does anyone knows how what's the CB 750 time on a 0 to 60 ? It seems that we all agree that it can reach 110 mph but how much time it takes to reach that ?

[PeWe]

Does anyone knows how what's the CB 750 time on a 0 to 60 ? It seems that we all agree that it can reach 110 mph but how much time it takes to reach that ?

I need to make 2 CB750 videos next year, on my K2 build stock look and power and K6 modified with more power.

[robvangulik]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

Running at 100mph you'll probably come up short some 40 miles on that gasstation 

I assume that's the reason for the red jug bungeed to the back.

Who says it's gas? Could be booze   

[BomberMann650]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

Running at 100mph you'll probably come up short some 40 miles on that gasstation 

I assume that's the reason for the red jug bungeed to the back.

Who says it's gas? Could be booze   

A little white lightning in the tank would up the hp

[ekpent]

Does anyone knows how what's the CB 750 time on a 0 to 60 ? It seems that we all agree that it can reach 110 mph but how much time it takes to reach that ?

Back in the day if a bike could do 0-60 at around 6 seconds that was pretty fast unlike today where it is half that. So without trying to find an old road test around 5- 6 seconds would be my guess. Nowadays my big Suzuki can do 0-100 in around 8 seconds,my how far we have come !

[RandomOrbit]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

Running at 100mph you'll probably come up short some 40 miles on that gasstation 

I assume that's the reason for the red jug bungeed to the back.

Who says it's gas? Could be booze   

A little white lightning in the tank would up the hp

And me driving out of my way to find a gas station that WON'T put "white lightning" in my tank.

[BobbyR]

Does anyone knows how what's the CB 750 time on a 0 to 60 ? It seems that we all agree that it can reach 110 mph but how much time it takes to reach that ?

I have done 0-60 in about 5 -5 1/2 seconds.

[evinrude7]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

i would do the ton tomorrow on a road like that.  nashville roads are crap. 

[BomberMann650]

Isn’t tail of the dragon somewhere tennesee?
Wouldn’t need a ton up patch if you can brag about riding the dragon!

[Stev-o]

Isn’t tail of the dragon somewhere tennesee?

Yes, on the border of TN/NC.   

[evinrude7]

Isn’t tail of the dragon somewhere tennesee?
Wouldn’t need a ton up patch if you can brag about riding the dragon!

it's in east tn.  bragging no.  personal satisfaction yes. 

[PeWe]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

i would do the ton tomorrow on a road like that.  nashville roads are crap. 

I did the ton with a car north of Nashville 3 months ago, road was OK a little bit too straight for a bike. Had to try the car and kicked down, shortly after the speedo showed 110 something.  Road between Nashville and Bowling Green. A CB need more curves.

[Bailgang]

Isn’t tail of the dragon somewhere tennesee?
Wouldn’t need a ton up patch if you can brag about riding the dragon!

I've done the ton a few times and rode the dragon ...... not at the same time of course. The dragon is definitely not the kind of road you should be showing off on or trying to impress anyone with. If you stay well withing your riding abilities which in my case is nice and easy then you'll be fine on the dragon. My avatar pic is my wife and I on the dragon with my 750 few years back.

[przjohn]

We go to The Dragon every year in May for The Annual 2 Stroke Meet, definitely not a 100 MPH road, or even a 100 MPH area. We ride The Dragon itself maybe once or twice now on our trips, the place has gotten very touristy. You can work the road into a few loops but for the most part it is a "Ride to the Overlook and Back" ride.

There are tons of other great roads in the area that are far less busy and can be formed into loops for excellent day trips. Lots of maps and info on the internet on them. We take the maps and enter them into Garmin Base Camp and then download onto our Garmin GPS Devises. We can put on 300 mile days through the mountains very efficiently this way. We also make sure to plan in our favorite part of the day too, Lunch 

[Bailgang]

There are tons of other great roads in the area that are far less busy and can be formed into loops for excellent day trips. Lots of maps and info on the internet on them. We take the maps and enter them into Garmin Base Camp and then download onto our Garmin GPS Devises. We can put on 300 mile days through the mountains very efficiently this way. We also make sure to plan in our favorite part of the day too, Lunch 

+1 to that, the 3 times we've been down there we put well over 1k miles on the bikes each trip and still have yet to ride all the roads. I just have to figure out how to use the Garmin Base Camp program.

[evinrude7]

didn't mean to open a can of worms here.  never planned on doing this while there is traffic on the road. 

Find a road like this and you probably won't even feel guilty about your irresponsible behavior -

i would do the ton tomorrow on a road like that.  nashville roads are crap. 

I did the ton with a car north of Nashville 3 months ago, road was OK a little bit too straight for a bike. Had to try the car and kicked down, shortly after the speedo showed 110 something.  Road between Nashville and Bowling Green. A CB need more curves.

65 north of town is probably the best road around as far as condition.  i swear these mid south folk can't seam two pieces of pavement together worth a damn.  also they do road construction during the day.  every place else i've lived they work at night.   

[PeWe]

Have you done 100 mph yet?

Back in early 80's when my K6 was stock I rather often could not stop at my highway exit late evenings/nights since the cooler air was really good for better power which I felt, bike wanted to run! Speedo slowly closing 190kmh.

Today, +30kg rider more but compensated with more cc, bike accelerate very stable passing 190kmh it can hold with ease. No wobble or other issues. It's more about the focus on the road, bumps, animals and other people on the road that make me to reduce.

Curves are thrown into my face way too quick in that speed too!

I can not see any use of a modern bike making 250-300kmh on a normal road.

Most fun on a SOHC CB750 is between 70-150kmh with occasional accelerations to 190kmh for a km or 2

[Deltarider]

It's all about contrast. On boring Autobahns I maintained 140 km/h (90 miles) for hours. On curvy mountain roads, 60 km/h (40 miles) is much more exciting.

[MauiK3]

The desert highway photo
US 95 north of Winnemucca Nevada? Seems familiar.

[Don R]

 I took the sandcast to to 95 a couple years ago, thought about how dumb that was and maybe bluing the then new 4-4's and slowed my ass down. I was on a downhill road with no intersections and a clear view of the fields on both sides and straight ahead.   

[Spanner 1]

The traffic on I-24 coming into Nashville travels at 80- 85mph. If your not doing that speed you will get rear ended ! There are long, lonely stretches of I-840 here that a quick blip from the  80 your already doing would be no problem IMHO.

[ekpent]

Never really push the old 750's that hard but have to be careful on my big Suzuki's. My 1200 Bandit can push around a hundred in third pretty quick if I wind her up,4th for sure.