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It was a Yamaha fz6, I had one with the same pipes. I had mine up to 145 once in the middle of no where on a straight road I could see a mile ahead. It had more, I did not. It did cruise nicely at 125 the few times I had room to do that.
From reading on the bike sites when I went there they could do 155 if you hugged the tank. It was the same engine as the yamaha r6 just tuned for lower end torque and lost some top speed because of that ( 18 hp to be exact )
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eta on mine the aero was not smooth above 125 you had to hug it as it buffeted in the wind. The steering rake angle also was twitchy at speed as it was not meant for speed but for around town and cruising.
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...on that note.....how the hell did he think that was going to end. I was a bit surprised the cop caught him on the interstate, either the bike was less than 600cc or didn't have any stamina to hold on above 140 MPH for very long.....the moral of the story FAFO.
It was a Yamaha fz6, I had one with the same pipes. I had mine up to 145 once in the middle of no where on a straight road I could see a mile ahead. It had more, I did not. It did cruise nicely at 125 the few times I had room to do that.
From reading on the bike sites when I went there they could do 155 if you hugged the tank. It was the same engine as the yamaha r6 just tuned for lower end torque and lost some top speed because of that ( 18 hp to be exact )
@Scoobysmak
eta on mine the aero was not smooth above 125 you had to hug it as it buffeted in the wind. The steering rake angle also was twitchy at speed as it was not meant for speed but for around town and cruising.
Thanks for the explanation and bike ID, I just wasn't trying to out myself as being a colossal idiot one night....I have an R6. Now granted I was on the FL turnpike in the middle of the night....I think I saw maybe 2 cars on my side of the road from the time I got on around Fort Pierce all the way to Hwy 60 when I got off, not including the vehicles in the rest area parking lot (this is roughly a 40 mile stretch of road with no exits or on ramps). I topped out around 160, probably maintained that for 5 or so minutes, bike had a bit more but I didn't. The bike was much slower to accelerate though, like 1 MPH in 2-3 seconds. I slowed down to around 70 when I past a herd of deer in the road and if they had been standing 3 feet to the left I would have had a really bad day. I didn't see them basically until I passed them up, WAY outran my headlights. I am sure my eyes were like.....
. I took a decent stop at the rest area to clear my head. Anything for me above 120ish wanted me to hug the tank. Below that was smooth sailing. I didn't have any problems with steering or feeling like I was going to loose control but of course many use this as a track bike and meant for high speeds.
Later someone told me the turnpike would give you a ticket knowing when you got on to when you got off and if the times are WAY under you driving the speed limit that it would have been impossible to make unless you were speeding. I don't think it is true but not sure, if so stopping saved me a ticket.