I don't doubt those speeds at all.. If you got the nuts to do it, it can be done...
If my 98' ST2 with a stock motor can pull 130+ as easily and carefree as it does, I'm sure the busa and several other superbikes can do 180+ with no problem at all. Just better pray that you don't need to go anywhere but straight! and hopefully not straight to jail!
Nate
--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Ryan" <ryanr@...> wrote:
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> Sometimes I have to wonder about the stated top speeds on these kinds of
> reports.
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> I mean, don't race teams spend how many millions of dollars building a bike
> that can attain these speeds? Why do they go through all the trouble when
> they can just buy a stock bike from the dealer?
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> And, secondly, I seriously doubt the average Joe can handle a bike at 170
> mph. S&^t happens real fast at that speed.
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> Maybe it's true, but......
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> I don't know.
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> -Bob
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> From: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Allan Stern
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:41 AM
> To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DucatiST] 170 mph joy ride, police say
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> Sometimes, when I read stuff like this, I think about what it would have
> been like to have a Hayabusa.
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> The quick answers are: I'd probably be in the hospital, in jail, or six
> feet under.
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> Probably not the best way to respond when law enforcement pulls you over,
> however.
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> Allan Stern
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> Troy NY
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> '01 ST2 - blue
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> 170 mph joy ride, police say
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> Charlton man arrested after police say he went that fast on NY Thruway
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> Thursday, May 3, 2012
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> One hundred-and-seventy miles per hour.
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> That's how fast Nikkolaus McCarthy
> <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=loca
> l&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Nikkolaus+McCarthy%22> was allegedly
> traveling on his Suzuki motorcycle along the New York Thruway before finally
> being stopped in New Paltz, according to State Police
> <http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=loca
> l&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22State+Police%22> .
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> The 25-year-old McCarthy, of Charlton, was first spotted around 12:45 p.m.
> Wednesday by a trooper while zipping through Ravena at 166 miles per hour.
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> When McCarthy slowed down for traffic, the trooper tried without success to
> pull him over but was able to jot down the license plate number before the
> Saratoga County man sped off again.
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> At that point the trooper abandoned the pursuit because of how fast McCarthy
> was going, but a description of the bike was broadcast over police scanners,
> police said.
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> Troopers along the Thruway clocked him at 150 and 170 mph as maintenance
> workers provided updates on his location, police said.
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> It wasn't until McCarthy stopped for gas 50 miles and 20 minutes later in
> New Paltz that he was arrested and charged with fleeing police, reckless
> driving, speeding and operating out of class because he didn't have a
> motorcycle license.
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> When troopers told him about the excessive speeds, he allegedly told them
> the bike can easily exceed 190 mph. He was sent to the county jail on
> $20,000 bail.
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