How fast have you gone on you're xj?

The fastest speed I've attained on my 85 Maxim X was almost 207km/h, which is just shy of 130 mph. Once it gets close to 200km/h it's very slow acceleration, but it still keeps on going. My body was laying as flat as possible on the tank and my head was as low as possible, just about eye level with the gauges. I've done that approximately 4 times, but so far I've never gone over 130 (208km/h). I'm sure I'll attain that speed this next riding season. I wonder if a windscreen would help with aerodynamics.

 

I've maxed it out. The speedo on my 550 only goes to 85 til I put the new one on there but I have buried it and kept going faster until it felt like it was leveled out and not gaining anymore.

 

I've had mine up to 130 side by side with a buddy of mine on a vtx1800 on rt. 70 headed to the jersey shore.

 

I don't know, I redlined it in 1st, 2nd & 3rd and I heard a faint squeal and noticed the speedo was bouncing between 0 and the pin at 85, hows bout 7 grand in 5th?

 

I don't know about your 750 seca padre, but 7 grand on my maxim in 5th gear is about 90 mph.

 

yeah, well that's pretty close, my forks start vibrating over 80 when riding over parellel grooves, like on the freeway.

 

max ive gone is 55 hah

 

Let's just say I've seen some postings on the web that say the bike will do ~ 126 mph.

 

Im not sure how fast I was going but it felt like if I were to sit up and let go of the handle bars it would have been like pulling the ripcord on my parachute.

 

Over 160kmh I'm too busy looking out for the cops !!

 

160ish...felt like I was gonna fly off of it..

 

Managed close to 200 on Sunday... That was on purdy new Swedish roads.
Noticed that the speedo needle jumped back and forth between 160 and 200 at excess speeds. My phone was dead, so I couldn't measure with GPS...

 

On my Turbo, from Lake Tahoe, Ca. to Kannapolis, NC in 5 days without riding at night and starting each day at 7:00am. About 2700 miles. My motorcycle and I were always at a "comfortable" speed.

 

I can't remember the fastest I've been over a stretch of road, so I dug out my MaximX folder and found an old time slip from the drag strip. This was done pre Hindle header and carb work, so basically bone stock. Also note the really P*ss poor reaction time, no matter what I tried I could not keep the front end down, and seeing as I was doing this for S**ts and giggles I wasn't going to feather the clutch through first gear.
Also, notice the date!

 

I have my doubts to the accuracy of the aftermarket speedo on my xj but I got it to 115mph late one night with my gf on the back. I regularly take it to 85 and beyond, seems like she's always pullin' hard for more.

 

Can't help it, are you talking about your girl or the bike! :roll: :roll:
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

Lol! Both of them seem to wanna go faster than I have the nerves for.

 

Haha, hey I keep getting these really great emails offering me pills that will sort out your problems, want me to forward them to you? 8O :wink: :wink:
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

I've only had this XJ for maybe a month and clocked somewhere
around 200 miles on it. I pushed it to 85mph indicated and that
was about all I cared to see out of 'er. I'm just not overly trusting
of anything I don't have a lot of time on and with. Maybe after 2k
miles I might roll my wrist for a mile or two stretch..?

Sheez man, You bros be careful out there huh... It ain't so much
you as it is the other rummys bouncin' around.

Be safe man, BE SAFE... I still got more questions to ask of ya'll.

 

70mph on the interstate to work

 

SpeedWorld Orlando - - 1985 on my previous XJ900 (Kerker exhaust)
A best MPH of 107 and a best time of 12.8
It went faster as the evening progressed, until I got the idea of removing the filter for "more power"
It fell on it's face and went 15.5 or so. Too much air.

 

145KPh on the Expressway (~85MPH)... Funny when you get up that fast the revs didn't climb as fast as I figured...

 

Best watch out or you'll get nailed with that stupid "STUNTING" law! The most stupid law on the books as far as I'm concerned. Speeding is speeding and stunting is stunting, sorry, had to vent a little there.
Please continue the discussion. 8)

 

Better than over here where if you are 40KM/H over the limit you are considered street racing... even if there is no one else on the road...

instant license prohabition, 30 day impound, $500 fine... After the tow, license fee, and vehicle storage fees I have been told you are at around $3000...

some places, 110KM/H is 40 over the limit on the Canada 1 Highway

And my top was around 200KM/H on the Sea to Sky highway...

Cheers
Dave

 

Now knowing my speedo is off by 15 MPH (slow) last time I was on I-95 South going the 5 miles over the posted 70 MPH speed limit I was going 90...

 

my custom 750 seca is all stock powertrain. Have had her to 125 according to aftermarket speedo. She's got a ton more to go but i need some tires and to replace a slightly bent rotor, starts to pick up a scary shimmy

 

I don't know.... maybe some of you are just young or something but I got to ask..... WHY? This is something I would have done in my teens because my medulla oblongata hadn't fully developed yet. If you did this on a street it probably isn't the greatest of ideas. If you want to see what your bike can do at least take it to a track to open her up. I know my bike could get up there but I guess I don't find it worth the risk anymore. Don't mean to sound like an Old Biker Dude but I am.

 

I've had my bike up to 42 mph. I'm still riding on my temps LOL.

 

Well, finally took her out on the expressway. Needle was bouncing between 60 and buried (85MPH speedo), but I was still getting passed so I'm guessing about 70MPH. Gotta save up for those 700 gauges I want.

 

All I'm gonna say is that I went fast enough!!
To say otherwise is to invite a visit from someone that I don't wish to speak with!!!
GET IT?

 

I just got a ticket for doing 92 in a 55. Fml

 

55....according to the broken speedo...

 

I think I hit about 2mph as I wheeled her to the curb so she could be taken to the shop. FML

 

Are you just plain stupid, or do you want to be a statistic and a white cross on the side of the road?

Fastest I've ever been on any bike is maybe 80... and that's on the freeway keeping up w/ traffic....

 

I ordered a rocket from ACME strapped it to the bike and did 500 IAS!!!

On the Seca, around 100 mph. I kept accelerating past the peg at 85 so it's just a guess.

On the Connie 105. Completely smooth.

On the XR650, 80 mph, and I only went that fast because I couldn't wait to get off the bike, it's medievel torture riding that thing for long.

 

Hell I'm scared to go on the freeway LOL

 

I got up to 85 on the highway with my XJ700N... Not sure I would ever want to go any faster, on any bike!

 

When I was doing 90 MPH thinking I was doing 75 MPH it didn't bother me at all. The wind however was a different story!

 

pegged the OEM speedo. 5th gear with the seca's 18" rear wheel and the tach showing 11k. that works out to what? roughly 130?
since having put on a nicer speedo (I think from an old XS, tops around 140) I've only briefly done the ton. No salt flats style highspeed bombs. Kinda tough to find that much straight road around this part of the country which is nice. much more fun wandering twisties in my neck of the woods.

To jmilliken and the rest, you can keep the money that'd be spent on a roadside cross and donate it to BACA instead. "quality > quantity" is what I want I my urn.

 

I found JoshWxj video of him doing 145 + on his 550.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5HOtOF0 ... re=related

 

I've done just over 70mph on my bobber on some back country roads. That is fast enough. Feels like I'm going to get blown off this bobber with the ape hangers.

I am sure I will try faster especially if I get it out on a highway. I can't imagine it will be much more due to the aerodynamics and the fact that I don't want to be blown off the bike. I can deffinitely feel that this engine can do a lot more.

 

At least your pits will be aired out and stay fresh

I've only gone up to 75 on mine, and that was only for a short spurt with wide open space on both sides of the road. Seen too many youtube helmet-cam videos of kamikaze deer jumping out from the weeds & trees.

 

Deffinitely on my mind all the time. I knew of a guy who ended that way. I will not be riding at all after September. I hit/was hit by a deer on my way to work and then on my way home (in my car) on the same day. Absolutely no damage, but would have been totally different on a bike.

 

I figure I did about 120 flat out on the fwy. That's measured with the OEM speedo. You run out of gear, is the problem. But it also seems to run out of power about there anyway, if you have bags and things. With another gear I bet you could squeeze out a few more.

 

Well - by the stock speedo I've been up to 210 km/h (130 mph) -- back when I was young and quite a bit lighter than I am now Track days are fun for that - wish I had GPS back then to see if it was any kind of accurate.

 

Many moons ago on my 83 Turbo, I was racing a friend on a GPZ 750 on rte 128 in MA, both wide open, pretty much side by side, came up over a rise and found a Suburu going maybe half as fast in his lane maybe 2 car lengths in front of us, guy pulled in front of me to get out of the way, I assume he saw my friend and not me, I JUST made it around the side of the car without hitting him... when we stopped I asked my friend if he noticed how fast we were going as my 85 mph speedo was buried, he said he saw 125 as we started up the hill....The Turbo was factory rated at 126 top speed...

 

That's a good one, first thing out of my mouth would have been "Did you shit your pants too"? :roll: :roll:

 

LOL, my on going issues with my speedo, anyway installed a 12V adapter and can power my iPhone now. Using my speedo app, I found out that when I though I was going 55 I was going 65. So lately my daily commute I've been going about 80 MPH not the 70 I thought. Also, which means I've gone about 105 by my calculations

 

LOL He didnt s**t himself but he had to sit down on the curb and have a cigarette with very very shaky hands LOL

Ryan

 

according to my vapor gauge, i tapped 99 on a recent trip to the 4 corners area. don't really like speeds above 80 but sometimes you gotta pass!