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Any thoughts on this subject?
Vic
Any thoughts on this subject?
Vic
One might not think its worth it until the horsepower pulls you away from a potential accident scene! 0 - 60 m.p.h in 4 seconds has proven handy more than once. Ive avoided many potential freeway accidents while on entrance ramps bygoing from 35 to80 mph before they know what happened. Also useful to minimise the effect of air gust passing large vehicles (lorries).
Once you get up to those speeds it doesn't seem that the difference between 100 and 150 would make much difference if something's around the bend. Been more than once I've come around a curve and found a truck or car stopped on the road. Have to be a pretty broad curve to be able to see all the way around for such high speed hi-jinks. I like to wind things up too, but to do it in anyway that can harm some innocent bystander is beyond stupid. Wiping oneself out having fun isn't the same, if there's no risk to someone else, push it as hard as you like. I do every once in awhile when I can get my hands on an aerobatic airplane. But I sure as hell don't do it over a town!During my sportsbike days, I spent many a Sunday cranked over on Scottish twisties at 100mph, only to be over taken by others doing 150mph. The main reason I didn't compete with them was due to being afraid of what might be round the bend eg. a cow, a tractor, a deer or a camper ( trailler ) van.
Craig