Buell Top Speed :-)

[DruAdams]

i must be getting old, that high speed flying low stuff just doenst hold my interest anymore. I am happy putting along at around highway speeds (+ 5-10) I just cant see the need(desire) to do 130+ on a bike with a 52 inch wheelbase. Maybe on a custom bike with a L-O-N-G wheelbase it would be ok, but the Buells are twisty bikes not designed for balls to the walls straight shots, but then a 'busa wont corner like a buell or stop like one either.

 

[DruAdams]

years ago i used to work on airplanes, and i find the sticker comment funny. some of the plane designers came up with small stick on vortex generators, which acually disrupted the airflow and gave you an extra few knots of air speed. I say stickers, but i think they were actually stuck inplace then either rivited or bonded on the wing some other way, either way they made the plane look faster and they actually improved the aircraft top speed and made it look kinda cool too.

 

[tbramich]

the vortex generators were 'stuck on' because that was the only way the stc would pass. riveting would compromise structural integrity. - been around a bit also

 

[XB12R Buelligan]

When I first started trash talking this guy, I had only gotten about 115. Now I know he's right. I smoked a Busa
at 212, Just kidding! I got about 133 with about 150 rpm's to go. 05' XB12R bone stock.(other than new pirelli diablo's. Damn these tires really do kick the shit outa' the stock 208's!)

 

[midlifecrisis]

When you pass someone doing 120 while your going 120 it's a relative 240 MPH!!!! It sounds like your on a Moto GP bike too.

 

[xtremelow]

135mph yesterday. Not sure how much more it had but it had a little more not much though.

Brandon

 

[buelltool]

Hey Buellers....thought I'd chirp in a bit here. Have a 9 and 135 is about it. Up here in the north eh...that's like 215/220 or so kph..(kilometres per hour) Started a "pulley swap" blog....see if anyone's experimented with their final drives. Would love to lower highway revs. Might try a 12 primary engine sprocket.....comments......anyone done this?

 

[NL90]

03'XB9S 140 on rev

 

[devildog3042]

well today i tapped the rev limiter at 135-ish before i slowed down for a corner and got pulled over by state highway patrol.

 

[05xb12r]

hit 140 yet again. easy...

 

[XBear9S]

OOOH!
A pissing contest!
I love pissing contests...

Top on my '03XB9S was 135- cold, clear, night, 3 mile dead run.
Fully loaded into a 30mph wind just outsida Ft.Davis, Tx, I held 120 for over 30 miles.
I was SOOO proud of her that day.

I know my buds on their mildly modified XB12s have topped 142.
150 doesn't seem too impractical under the right circumstances.
Would like to see the vid of that...

Robtk! a.k.a. "SpecialK!"

 

[black_xb12r]

he just doesnt understant especially because im a huge quad freak and do TONS of flat track racing on ice and clay.... on flattrack power is everything and i know for a fact that on a YFZ450 you cant hit rev limiter with a stock pipe.... unless your in neitral or have the clutch in which then whats the point? to sounds like a dumbass? and unless you changed some major gearing on your 450 theres no way you did 70-72 and then 80-82 after a pipe... i have a dyno in the shop where i build quad motors and quad exhaust for a living and ive seen the numbers so you can bullshit all you want but i know the facts i have then on paper!
checkout the some of the stuff for yourself www.rossiereng.com

 

[xb12r05]

ive had my stock xb12r flat out several times a day @ max speed downhill even is 220km on the speedo.anyway i have just had exsaust put on and am still waiting for my race ecm,also k@m airfilter put t piece on oil breather hoses n blocked the holes where tey went into air filter now where i live is a fair way away to get it dyno tuned (80km)should my bike b able to b ridden there without doin any damage to the motor or anything else i need to do before i run the bike any advice since theres not many if any blokes that know much about buells around these parts

 

[robk]

Ive had my 05 XB9R to about 140 at around 6k in a straight line with hardly any wind, and around 125-130 in a corner with moderate head winds.

robk
2005 Buell XB9R

 

[shortyxb12r]

I've had my 04xb12r to 120.My old bike 05xb9r was at 140.

 

[robk]

Your old bike never saw that speed with you on it tho LOL. Sup man

XB12r05 I rode my bike for over a week or with my race kit w/o the race ECM in it, and it ran fine. We're talkin almost 100 miles that week.

robk
05 XB9R

 

[PAIRTBOW]

stock, set up, tuned, n runnin good, my 04 12r tops out the speedo around 160 on the interstate splittin cars i kno im a sicko/moron but dont care haha fast is fun but not for buells. buells r for corners

 

[mrdozer2you]

my 04 12r tops out the speedo around 160 on the interstate splittin cars i kno im a sicko/moron

Well at least the moron part is correct...160mph? NOT A CHANCE!!!

 

[PAIRTBOW]

Dear, MRDOZER2YOU, u r more then welcome to come run with the big dogs partener. if the speedo is correct then ya 160ish. n the moron part is cuz i have a 1yr old son n i do not so safe things on my bike, splittin cars at top speeds, wheelies, n other random stunts, hand stands, n standin on the seat n shit not from lack of intelligence such as liein. is it baby balls or a miniture erection?

 

[mrdozer2you]

Well the speedo on my 06 Grand Cherokee says 140mph but it wont come close to that. The speedo on my CBR says 190mph....again..it won't come close. If you hit 140mph on your Buell thats pretty believeable and nobody will call you a liar. But 160mph..thats just plain laughable

u r more then welcome to come run with the big dogs partener.

Sweet..maybe if we ride side by side we can get our bikes up to 320mph....I mean if theres 2 of us going 160 well 160 x 2 = 320mph [cool]

I'm done arguing this

Strap a camera to your dash focused on your speedo and hit 160....then again doens't the wind resistance from your big head affect your speed?