General Cycling Discussion - Post Your Speed Machines!

This thread is for people who love speed. Cars, bikes, boats, motorcycles... whatever you got that moves you... post a pic here!

Here are mine! I'll start it off.

My 2005 Sti : 370HP, 400lb Torque. 0-60 in under 5 seconds.
My Bike : Under 1HP, 0-60... maybe down a mountainside, with a wind.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e178/ranger5oh/P1010536.jpg
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And here is my old car.. 2003 350Z, 19" Volks. (please disregard the tree that fell on my house!)
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e178/ranger5oh/P7070165.jpg

Ah a fellow missourian. I don't have a good bike so I can't post pictures of it. Its just a modified mountain bike.

I own a Sunfire... I guess I lose :D (In my defense, it's going bye bye soon!)


Anyways, I like the Z more simply because they're sex. However, I still admire the Sti for its beastliness ;)

Yeah, I always said the Z was a sexier car. BUT, I can now transport 4 adults and luggage, and 2 bikes. My Z couldnt even handle half of that. Not to mention the Z had a million problems, but thats what I get for buying a first model year car like that. The Sti is more fun to drive, its faster, and it is bulletproof. However, it is kinda ugly... but you grow to love them :) I appreciate it for its muscle, not its beauty.

For a while I was considering on an 06 Impreza myself... I know what you mean about the 'grow on you' thing. In the end I decided it was too small for my needs, which sucks... because they are fun :)

Yep, its definitley a tiny car. The suspension is stiff as hell too... if you gotta pee, you wont make it very far!

I'm too stupid for that STi, not interested in a Z. I'd love to get something like that, but I know what I would do. I don't need a crotch rocket either. I'd be dead, in jail, or covered in tickets.

Youd be surprised.. I think people with slow cars tend to push theirs more. When your car is fast, you respect it more and drive more sanely. Just an observation.

This is my raison d'etre (http://homepage.mac.com/sakura2004/PhotoAlbum7.html). Speed is relative. These boats are in their element a couple miles offshore on a downwind run, with a 20kt breeze and big seas. Its exhilarating to launch off a big swell, accelerating down its face while paddling on the edge of control because the boat is moving so fast, while at the same time manuvering to overtake the next swell in front and launching off that one, etc., etc., etc. In a matter of seconds you can literally gain a 50 yd. advantage on a competitor who missed the initial swell. This one will be replaced later this year with a new ski 2'-6" longer (21'-6"), with a faster and more advanced hull. Of course faster means more unstable, or tippy. The way these boats move through the water is sublime. Both are vacuum-bagged carbon fiber.

This is my raison d'etre (http://homepage.mac.com/sakura2004/PhotoAlbum7.html). Speed is relative. These boats are in their element a couple miles offshore on a downwind run, with a 20kt breeze and big seas. Its exhilarating to launch off a big swell, accelerating down its face while paddling on the edge of control because the boat is moving so fast, while at the same time manuvering to overtake the next swell in front and launching off that one, etc., etc., etc. In a matter of seconds you can literally gain a 50 yd. advantage on a competitor who missed the initial swell. This one will be replaced later this year with a new ski 2'-6" longer (21'-6"), with a faster and more advanced hull. Of course faster means more unstable, or tippy. The way these boats move through the water is sublime. Both are vacuum-bagged carbon fiber.

Looks really interesting! Do you have any pics of this thing in action?

Not with me in it. Here's some pics of South African Oscar Chalupsky on his way to winning the Molokai Race.

Wow.. thats a pretty cool sport. Never really seen that before!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/P1010018.jpg

Here's mine. I'm not particularly fast but it is with a fast rider.

http://www.foodieforums.com/otherimages/litespeed.jpg

Youd be surprised.. I think people with slow cars tend to push theirs more. When your car is fast, you respect it more and drive more sanely. Just an observation.

Absolutely. Police watch hot cars more expecting them to have more violations. Red car too. And little pickups. My cousin Brooksie was getting tickets when he was going 5 MPH under the sleed limit. Goofball had flames painted on the car, fat rear tires, and a de-tuned engine to make it rumble. That his dad was a major competitor with the downtown merchants was not relavant :rolleyes: .

That Litespeed is gorgeous!

Seems to me the idiots who are hauling ass around town and weaving through rush hour traffic are the "ricers" with their civics and their extensive modifications (read neons and a muffler).

i've been a Human Powered pursuit person for a long time, but i threw in one gas aided thrill ride, just to show i mix it up a little bit....( I am a total speed demon, used to be a luger, and trained and lived in Lake Placid at the Olympic Training Center the winter of 1984, but no good pictures of that laying around :( )


....the fastest 15 kilogram road bike in town...... 5,000 more vertical feet to go, on the fourth of July 2006..... and bodyboarding Lake Superior (closed out inshore photo, sorry!) a chilly October, decades ago....

hanging out of the bottom hatch of a Chinook twin rotor chopper, mountain rescue exercises, Mount Rainier, 2001...... my sea kayak approaching great arch still hanging with ice, Lake Superior, early 90's....and my bike-n-ski combo, good for 40 miles per hour downhill with nary a shimmy, June of this year (I couldn't get it rolling any faster but i was trying my darndest!)

The bike has a low powered electric motor running through the derailier, combined with my legs (you have to pedal with the motor, and the very low height of the bike (the seat only comes up to my knee) it cruises at 40 kph on the flat and will easily hold a sprint into the 50kph's, really upsets roadies.
The velomobile is human powered only, it is fast on the flats and bloody fast on any kind of slope, and the wind from any angle except bang on the nose makes it faster, and on the nose is barely noticeable.
The slightest shallow slope will allow speeds in excess of 60 kph and hills are a case of how fast do you want to go.

Id love to try one of those "velomobiles".. thing looks awesome. How much does that thing weigh?

This thread is for people who love speed. Cars, bikes, boats, motorcycles... whatever you got that moves you... post a pic here!


Love your old Fairlady BTW....

This is my brother's Datsun 1200; 9.57 1/4 mile and 139.71 it's best mph.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/stefbrn55/stray%20pics/winternationalssaturday.jpg

My bike (yes been posted many times before sorry, and I appologise for the explicit wheel stickers)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/giantcfr1/BIKES%20My%20Bikes/My%20ORBEA%20Mitis%202%20Plus%20Carbon/kyoto03July06001.jpg
Steve.

cars suck.
that litespeed on the other hand is very nicely done.

Gary Fisher Cake 4DLX (dang car gets in the way...)


http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h319/SiuBlueWind/car2.jpg<br>
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My car, its not fast at all
0-60: yes
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/free_pizza/Racing/DSC03077Large.jpg


and my bike, its not fast either.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/free_pizza/Racing/saskcup3-6.jpg

almost forgot the kona... its my commuter.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g157/free_pizza/The%20Kona/kona13.jpg


I might have a Trek 2100 in my stable soon.

That Datsun is the ultimate sleeper! Wow!

Siu.. your bike is as hot as you :)

That civic might not be fast stock... but if you put a muffler and neons on it, it sure will be!!!!

but if you put a muffler and neons on it, it sure will be!!!!
The neons will do the trick ;)

Yeah like Fast and Furious. One time these little wannabes tried to race me in the Trans Am. Of course at the end, I asked them if they were furious because I was fast! :lol: But the joke would have been more effective if they could just speak English..........:rolleyes:

its the opposite with me, lots of chumps egg me on at intersections thinking im going to race, then i laugh knowing i just have a pissy 1.7l that my dog could out-accelerate. Maybe i shoudl strap some neons and a muffler to him!

What's an "Sti"? And does your bike have a small engine or motor mounted on it to produce the "under 1HP"?

Id love to try one of those "velomobiles".. thing looks awesome. How much does that thing weigh?
About 20 kgs, would be do able at around 16 kg with the right trike as a starting point, the shell and frame are about 3 kgs

Re: NEONs being faster there is a blue ground effect neon under the chopper in the pick.:D

What's an "Sti"? And does your bike have a small engine or motor mounted on it to produce the "under 1HP"?

An Sti is a Subaru WRX STi model. Its 300HP, 300lb/ft stock with driver controllable all wheel drive. Its a 4cyl turbo. Ive done some modifications to it to get it up to 400lb/ft and 370hp. Its a fast little beast.

lol.. the bike.. no motor... I was commenting on ME being under 1HP. However, there are probably some people on this forum that can produce 1HP if pushed.

About 20 kgs, would be do able at around 16 kg with the right trike as a starting point, the shell and frame are about 3 kgs

Re: NEONs being faster there is a blue ground effect neon under the chopper in the pick.:D


I heard Neon lights add like 20HP and will lower your 0-60 time to under 4 seconds.

not mine, but the fastest thing i've driven lately:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/jhota42/P1010022.jpg

Yeah like Fast and Furious. One time these little wannabes tried to race me in the Trans Am. Of course at the end, I asked them if they were furious because I was fast! :lol: But the joke would have been more effective if they could just speak English..........:rolleyes:
Those transams can go. :D

hey siu, that car is hot, my dad had the same one but in blue with white raceing stripes...sweeeeeet

Well thank you for noticing "The Green Hole":)

I don't own a car and I hated driving when I did (it was a 1986 VW Jetta)...but here are my not so fast 2 wheeled speed machines. The Raleigh is my commuter/rain bike.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/tourmaletguy/eadd76f8.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/tourmaletguy/7ed43b14.jpg

I always did like that Lemond. Didn't you have same color water bottles? I mean to match the bike.

Love that LeMond... Very nice!

I also love the very classy way you hang your clothes on doorknobs ;) lol!

Love that LeMond... Very nice!

I also love the very classy way you hang your clothes on doorknobs ;) lol!

LOL!!! Thanks (I think). That closet is a pain in the neck. Those doors need to be replaced. Everytime I open them they fall off of their sliders. I just moved in here a couple of months ago and they are not on the priority list....right now here in New Jersey airconditioning sure is though.

Cheers, Brian....PS: I love the bike too:D

I always did like that Lemond. Didn't you have same color water bottles? I mean to match the bike.

Thank you....yes I do. You can see them in the pic of the bike below that. I took them off when I was posting a pic in the bottle cages thread, talking about those cages I got at 2 for $5.99 from my LBS.

Cheers,

Brian

edit: My Bike with its bottles
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/tourmaletguy/MyLeMond.jpg

My bike

http://www.ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/bike/bike1.jpg

My car

http://www.ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/newmustang/m3.jpg

My other "go fast machine"

http://www.ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/skates/s.jpg

My old car:

http://www.ctrl-alt-l33t.com/pics/wrx1/1.jpg

Last REALLY fast car I built (http://www.ctrl-alt-l33t.com/video/winsett.mpg)

Quest 164

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Hmmm fast....

This will be fast someday... maybe - or maybe a screaming 36hp!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/my58vw/1959vw5.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/my58vw/1959vw3-1.jpg

1959 Sedan, with quite a unique history - I used to have a nice 1958 with a quite fast turbo FI motor - can you say "rice cooker"!

This is my go fast machiene...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/my58vw/cervelo.jpg

My '02 VW GTi would have given your STi a run for its money (sold it earlier this year).

Here are my rides now...

Fun (low) car:
http://www.krautfed.com/pics/2_0L/lowered/joes-car-003.jpg

Daily Driver:
http://www.krautfed.com/pics/2_0L/DSCN2350.jpg

Jay C - My roommate has a new Mustang like that.. except not convertible. Nice car, but do you think the interior looks really cheapy? I think the plastic they chose is awful. Love the old Scoob.. nice not many of those yellow ones around!

That Cervelo looks awesome! Bike looks waaaaay more expensive than your car! lol. Faster too!

'85 Mustang GT. The real goodies are out of sight.
http://www.geocities.com/carbedstangs/dforcier/dforcier09.jpg

Sorry, don't have a better image of the bike. Raleigh Professional with Ultegra.
http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/61/07/df_1.JPG

And here is my old car.. 2003 350Z, 19" Volks. (please disregard the tree that fell on my house!)
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e178/ranger5oh/P7070165.jpg

Man the wind vortex created by all that speed must have made the tree fall.

Jay C - My roommate has a new Mustang like that.. except not convertible. Nice car, but do you think the interior looks really cheapy? I think the plastic they chose is awful. Love the old Scoob.. nice not many of those yellow ones around!

That Cervelo looks awesome! Bike looks waaaaay more expensive than your car! lol. Faster too!

I dunno.. I kind of like the interior.. it's pretty retro, which is what attracted me to it.

They only made 500 of the Subarus in yellow and 250 of them went to Canada. They're kind of rare. I used to live in Dallas and Subarus were common there. Here in NC, you rarely see them.