Originally Posted by jadmt

one of my buddies bought two new Honda CBR XX's and he asked if I wanted to go do a top speed run with him..sea level tests had these going over 170mph the time (this was around 2003). We were over 3000 feet and did not quite get that but speedos were indicating around 165.... the crazy thing is they were really relaxed going that fast..I started riding at 12 and was 15 or 16 the first time I was over 100mph on a motorcycle. I used to joke that when I was about 13 or 14 my folks did not want me to drive a car so they let me buy a Kawasaki h2 750 and took out a life insurance policy on me....