How fast have you gone on your XJ?

'Bout a year after I bought my '85, I gave her a good handful. It started floating pretty good and I backed off at 110. Once you've done it, there's no need to do it again. To me, the thrill is the acceleration, not the top end.

 

Totally unrelated, as I haven't had a chance to ride my Maxim yet, but.....Try doing 300km/h + on a Busa... :wink: Or if accelerations your taste........Have a couple buddy's with Turbo's GSXR1000's...... That's a feel like no other when the Turbo spools up 8O

 

Now that it's running, I got it up to 45 mph!!!

(BTW.. that translates to warp speed in the land of no shocks, no rear brakes, a little front brake and 24 year old tires!)

 

Yay, engine braking! I feel for ya, man. Took me a while to get my front brakes working, and they still aren't quite up to par. Makes for a thrilling ride, though! :wink:

 

I have no Idea what top speed I have been to..Registers 80....After that..who knows...

 

70 MPH,

ohhh, wait you said ON my XJ. Guess it being in the back of my truck doesn't count huh?

 

Ludacris speed! haha (Spaceballs fans??)

90ish. After about that fast I don't have a whole lot of desire to push it over a buck. Not thats its jittery, I just don't like either being pulled over, or becoming someones brand new bumper sticker.

 

On the 82 650 Maxim I used to have I hit 120. I was laying down on the bike and was scared s***less. I just wanted to see what it would do. The original speedo was on of those 85mph ones, but I had replaced it with a different one that read 140. At 120 I still had throttle left and decided that the prudent thing would be back it down rather than run the risk of becoming part of the roadside scenery.
I think my current 650 Seca could probably do the same thing, based on the few test runs I have had on it, but I'm not real antsy to try it again. Age seems to increase common sense somtimes.

Dave
Ace of Clubs

 

Long ago I was taught,

If you are going that fast,
you shouldn't be looking down at the speedometer

Marc the Librarian

 

You rang? Being non-native, my wife just doesn't get it but my daughter and I enjoy it (still).

 

old thread I know but I thought I'd contribute. Me and buddy with an '03 GSXR600 were fooling around and I had her to about 120 or 125ish. Not exactly sure I try not to stare at the speedo when I'm going that fast.

Of course this was done in a closed course.

 

off subject but does anyone know who makes a stunt cage for a 2002 buell m2

 

I bought an 81 XJ650 new in August of 1980. I rode that one like a 22 year old would and had the speedo pegged on 85 quite a few times. I have pegged the needle maybe once on my XJ650 Midnight. I'm older and want to take care of this rare bird.

Anyway, if I wanna go fast, I'll ride my VMax. I've had it to 135 (and got there quick!). But at that speed, that thing wiggles like a slinky toy! With such powerful engines, VMaxes have always had a weak frame and have never been lauded for their handling. They're just dragsters. Run 'em up in the triples quickly and then back'em back down to about 100 or get ready to be bucked off.

My Maxim likes it around 72 mph.

Rusty

 

I've gone up to 185km/h a few times (115mph) briefly, not sure if it would go much quicker than that if I held it open for a bit.. it gets rather loud and windy at those speeds :|

 

i was on the 110 freeway at 9:00 at night with no traffic and pegged it doing 85 side stepped it back into fifth and kept going till i reached the end of the freeway so id say around the 105 mile an hour range.

 

i got my 1982 seca xj650rj up to 138 mph on the interstate between the exits in my little town i couldn't see it on my speedo it only reads 85, but i had the high speed monitor set on my gps. the ride was smooth my bike was topped out in 5th gear. it was awesome

 

3 M.P.H.

Mine doesn't run yet and I was being pushed into the garage!

 

fun fun fun

 

my speedo only reads up to 85
the r6 running next to me read 110


warning to all of you
110 has a bad habit of snapping the spedo cable
so if your gonna drive that fast disconect the cable first
mine is zip tied to the fork so i can just unthread it and drop it an inch or so

no i do not make it a habit of driving this fast
only when i need to catch my brother on his r6 (he loves drivin stupid fast)

 

What mods have you done?
Was this down hill with a tail wind?
Factory says this bike will do 120 mph.
Not doubting you, just curious.