Top Speed Limitiations?

[SweetLou]

So I got to thinking...

Is there a governor on our bikes? I am really curious because with the 1100 engine, I am wondering if my top speed will cut out or not. If I go WOT all the way, will it stop going when it gets to its limit, or is there something there to stop me from going to its limit?

[MIBagentQ]

i think after 2002 it became a rule-of-thumb that bikes should be able to go faster than 300 km/h, reasons why pre-2002 hayabusa's are desired more than current ones.

somehow i dont think the 1100 will go 300 km/h though ...

[AkBigN]

how fast has everybody gotten their bikes? My little 600 about topped out at about 140.

[Black_peter]

I've only dared 130... so far
I'd like to check the speedo with my GPS though

[MIBagentQ]

Backcalculated to 222km/h indicated

[Anonymous]

me no likey metric..... and there is a rev limiter...ask Jimmy

[WildKat]

yeah, there's definately a rev limiter, Ive hit it a time or 2 Top speed, not figuring in speedo error, Ive hit 160 ! and yes it was in a controlled environment

[The CyberPoet]

Re: Top Speed Limitiations?

Is there a governor on our bikes?

No governor, just a rev-limiter. It doesn't care what speed you're at.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

[trinc]

how fast has everybody gotten their bikes? My little 600 about topped out at about 140.

speedo's are very inaccurate

my 99 600 will a speedo correction device ( and a top speed recall button )
shows 121. it's geared 15-50. i forgot to look at the rpms - but i may need to be in montana or kansas to go any further.

tim

[md86]

I guess it'll depend on whatever electrical parts you got in there . Once you hit the rev-limiter , whatever THAT may be in your monster , you're done . Where's the rev-limiter at anyway ? Something to do with the coils , but is it a PART of them ? :scracth :-k

[The CyberPoet]

I guess it'll depend on whatever electrical parts you got in there . Once you hit the rev-limiter , whatever THAT may be in your monster , you're done . Where's the rev-limiter at anyway ? Something to do with the coils , but is it a PART of them ? :scracth :-k

The CDI cuts power to the two inner cylinders by denying the signal to the coils at the appropriate time.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

[SweetLou]

I guess it'll depend on whatever electrical parts you got in there . Once you hit the rev-limiter , whatever THAT may be in your monster , you're done . Where's the rev-limiter at anyway ? Something to do with the coils , but is it a PART of them ? :scracth :-k

The CDI cuts power to the two inner cylinders by denying the signal to the coils at the appropriate time.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

That wouldn't change at all if I upgraded to Super Coils, would it?

[trinc]

anybody have an old cdi ? i could take it apart and figure out how to bypass the rev limiter - we could then take our bike to 16k like everybody else !

tim

[The CyberPoet]

I guess it'll depend on whatever electrical parts you got in there . Once you hit the rev-limiter , whatever THAT may be in your monster , you're done . Where's the rev-limiter at anyway ? Something to do with the coils , but is it a PART of them ? :scracth :-k

The CDI cuts power to the two inner cylinders by denying the signal to the coils at the appropriate time.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

That wouldn't change at all if I upgraded to Super Coils, would it?

Nope. Not as long as they still use the same CDI.

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet