Happy Days My Rocket is Done

[EasTexRIII]

He’s not biting. He knows the man is watching........

 

[TriumPhil]

He can watch all he wants, so long as he no catch.

 

[rainman]

Did you have a GPS with you? Just wondering how fast you brought it up to? If you hit 5th you went faster than me, I haven't found enough straight flat road to run out of 4th.

You live in Louisiana and can't find enough straight road
You in the swamp.

 

[Steel]

Yes my phone goes on my bar and shows speed inside the Waze app.

So does it give you the top speed you went? Inquiring minds want to know.

You live in Louisiana and can't find enough straight road
You in the swamp.

You ever seen a straight bayou?

 

[Claviger]

Did you have a GPS with you? Just wondering how fast you brought it up to? If you hit 5th you went faster than me, I haven't found enough straight flat road to run out of 4th.

Thus far I’ve only gotten to “school zone + gauge max” No damper needed, bike felt fantastic! Just randomly decided to roll into 5th for a bit at 80ish and it turned into a “let’s test the Emax grip” session

Haven’t actually gone for any top speed attempts, just looked down out of morbid curiosity mid turn and caught that lol.

I generally go faster round bends than straights, I love strong drive off the corners. Though I do occasional decide to spank it for a mile or two on the freeway (freeways aren’t straight here).

I’ll get a GoPro mounted on the rear looking forward at some point.

 

[Steel]

Thus far I’ve only gotten to “school zone + gauge max” No damper needed, bike felt fantastic! Just randomly decided to roll into 5th for a bit at 80ish and it turned into a “let’s test the Emax grip” session

Haven’t actually gone for any top speed attempts, just looked down out of morbid curiosity mid turn and caught that lol.

I generally go faster round bends than straights, I love strong drive off the corners. Though I do occasional decide to spank it for a mile or two on the freeway (freeways aren’t straight here).

I was just curious, because you mentioned running hard from 3rd to 5th. I've only gotten to 176 mph, and hadn't found the end of 4th.

 

[Claviger]

I only have 8,000 not 9,000, so my shift points are some MPH slower.

9000 gear maxes

8000 gear maxes

 

[TriumPhil]

I believe that you fellas gonna' need to put some Super Glue on your saddles and invest in splitters/ spoilers for your tins ifn's y'all wanna' explore your machines' real top end capability. I believe that the theoretical top speed for fully worked Silverback Rockets is just north of 235 mph.

I must have been reading your mind, Claviger as we put up these last two posts simultaneously.

 

[Claviger]

Yep . Saw 184 on my re-geared Daytona 955 (was cheating, going down hill). The sense of speed is as different between the R3 and the Daytona as it is between a corvette and the Daytona.

The R3 actually feels better at extremes the Daytona, which actually becomes somewhat difficult to turn because of the Aero.

 

[TriumPhil]

Lawdy, Lawdy, Ms. Clauwdy!!! Kings of The Road...

... "So bye, bye, bye, baby
Gal, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye, little darlin'
Down the road I go
Oh, goodbye, bye, bye, baby
Gal, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye, little darlin'
Down the road I go"