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My old Suzuki GSR-1 with kunis and and a handformed yoshi etc would get in the high 150s

My later triple bored GPZ with all the trimmings possible would push 170 or so...she did 10.6 ETs all day long.

But...at speeds of over 130 or so I avoided curves like the one this gent is approaching at 148 in the vidcap.

Things actually seem sort of slow motion in a wierd way at those speeds if you're curled behind the faring and hugging the clip-ons over yer tank with yer feet planted in some rear sets...you can even talk to someone right next to you unless your pipes are uncapped.

I had nitrous on the GPZ too. These guys today have much lighter and nimble bikes and the tires are Star trek compared to my circa stone age 1979-1983 Dunlops or Michelins....I think Z-rated had just come out back then....now they have soft rubber compound stuff that will hold traction till your crankcase sides scrap.

I was in a Porsche RUF 928 S-4 on the Autobahn once with the preggers ex between Munich and Stuttgart and clipped about 180 or so out of her....when I hit a drifting wide turn....I felt like she was gonna go airborne...my ex woke up and tore my head off....I slowed down to respectable 130 or so...lol

I was only 29 or so.

Oh well....my 9 year old Land Rover will do about 95 downhill at low altitude with high humidity...she's all about torque.

I really was "Kenny Roberts" once...my first scooter was an H2 with all the go fast shite you could do to it. That was a real bike....nothing feels like a GP style 2 stroker on the power band...and the sound...wow....sort like multiple outboards on an import boat.