100 HP on the street...why?

[He Man]

make the beast with two backs im in NYC and im doing 80/85. even though the speed limit is 55 state wide here, ive never seen a cop give u shit on 6 lane highway.

[sbrguy]

finally rode a friends 06 cbr1000rr with 145hp stock bike, and i have to say i completely don't understand why people buy sport bikes if you live in a congested dc area or suburbs.

the position is not what i would say is conducive to comfort, for the track its great but for everyday riding it sucks, eithe rthat or i'm getting too old.  lol

and the power of an inline 4 with that hp is completely useless i was going 80 and it was simple and the bike was only in 2nd or 3rd gear out of 6 and it wasn't even going above 7k rpm and peak hp is at 12k.. wtf?

wow is all i can say if you have the roads to actually use this thing more power to you, i personally don't see how its very useful at all except in very sparse areas if even there and the track. 

taht being said i see why the monsters and naked bikes are so popular they are just comfortable for everyday use.

[Scotzman]

Oh really? In what country and on what roads? I don't see how that's possible anywhere in California. Not for any extended period time anyway.

Up and down I15 through San Diego and Riverside counties I set the cruise around 85.

[derby]

Oh really? In what country and on what roads? I don't see how that's possible anywhere in California. Not for any extended period time anyway.

seriously? just about every freeway in the los angeles area "cruises" at 80-85mph (when it's not rush hour).

[derby]

I think 100hp is a pretty arbitrary place to draw the line, and says more about how our brains are centered around base-10 finger counting than anything about bikes.

you're right.. and since we're just being arbitrary, gimme 200hp. 

[ducpainter]

seriously? just about every freeway in the los angeles area "cruises" at 80-85mph (when it's not rush hour).

pretty similar on the interstates out this way too.

[Veloce-Fino]

pretty similar on the interstates out this way too.

I think the speed limits needs to be raised (maybe just for bikes  ). On I-81 in some areas posted limit is 55 and traffic is moving at 80-85 because 55 is just too damn low for a major highway. Doing 85 in a 55 would be a mandatory license suspension and 6+ points on driving record.

Though, I wonder if the limits were raised to 80mph would people cruise 100+, in which case having 100+ horsepower would be warranted, if not necessary. 

[NorDog]

When the traffic does flow on the highways here in LA it is often traffic averaging at least 70mph regardless of the actual speed limit and regardless of the level of congestion.

I may not be able to run a wide open throttle in 6th gear, but that power is such that it delivers a sufficient burst of speed while in 3rd or 4th gear while trying to dodge asshat drivers who would otherwise run over me without knowing.

It's not like you can look at a dyno chart and say, "Yeah all this in the middle is good, but all this power beyond here is too much.  Cut the power at the top, but leave it in the middle."

[Desmo Demon]

Since the conversation has slid in the direction of superslabbing it on the Interstate.....if you want to have fun on a bike on the Interstate, ride I-40 between Knoxville, TN and Asheville, NC. You don't even have to speed that much to have some fun.

[Buckethead]

...and then hop off at Asheville and continue north on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

[ducatiz]

It's not like you can look at a dyno chart and say, "Yeah all this in the middle is good, but all this power beyond here is too much.  Cut the power at the top, but leave it in the middle."

governor.

ahem.

[Buckethead]

cam.

ahem.

Fixed. 

[NorDog]

governor.

ahem.

Well yeah, there are artificial ways to impose speed restrictions, if you're into that sort of thing.

[Preisker]

Have you ever ridden a ZX-10 or R-1 or CBR1000RR?   Can you say, "150 mph roll on?"   I know you can.   Those things will do 100 in first. 

But why you ask?    It's like cocaine.   A little is good.   More is better.   Too much is just right.

Oh yeah, Carlin at SB Ducati let me ride a Multi 1200S.    Probably the most fun I've ever had on a streetbike.     After all, you don't have to ride it wide open.   You just motor along and pull wheelies at will, without much effort at all.

[poseur]

I have lots of roads in S.C and S. Eastern , Ohio where I can cruise 85 mph

Seriously? That's unbelievable. Well, good luck with that. And be careful.