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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:21:27 AM EDT
When I first saw this older gentleman at the gas station, I figured he would be at the back of the pack. Well, it turns out he used to be a racer in the 80s and won a few championships so he was actually faster than most of us, myself included! I was blown away to see how fast he was riding on that thing  Old Guy on Touring Bike Goes 100+MPH with Crotch Rockets! |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:24:09 AM EDT
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A friend of mine is a former dirt/ flat track racer. He can ride.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:24:16 AM EDT
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Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:25:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. Fuck, man.  |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:26:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:26:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. That would cost too much for most of us to build. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:27:03 AM EDT
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Smooth is fast, fast is smooth.
Dude had it. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:27:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. Agreed. Fucking morons. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:29:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:29:14 AM EDT
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Edit. Thats a much bigger bike.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:31:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Smooth is fast, fast is smooth. Dude had it. I did nearly drive a kid on a ZX7 to tears once trying to keep up with me on my Buell. On paper he had it all over me. On asphalt, smooth is fast. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:35:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. I don't ride sport bikes any more (not that my KTM 1290 is a slouch) but 100 on modern bikes isn't what most people who only drives cars thinks it is. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:35:49 AM EDT
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He was running a pretty conservative line from what I saw, just rolling out of the corners and holding a steady pace. Rice rocket guy filming was putting too much throttle and and too much brake trying make himself faster, trying to lean as far as he could in the corners... he was plalying around. Old guy was was just out for a nice Sunday drive. It wasn't his speed that made him fast, it was his pace through the corners. Holding a quick pace like that takes some thought and skill.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:37:50 AM EDT
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Was that touring bike a hd bagger type or the adventure touring style like the 1290 ktm I’ve seen discussed here?
Eta: I didn’t see post above before I posted 
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:38:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's how I was taught to ride. No wasted motion. I never really could develop serious speed like some guys. I had some kind of internal limiter that kept me from getting too close to that edge. I did nearly drive a kid on a ZX7 to tears once trying to keep up with me on my Buell. On paper he had it all over me. On asphalt, smooth is fast. Not a Motorcyclist, but as was pointed out, that 'old guy' stayed right in the middle lane, came up after a turn to vertical with no wasted motion...hard to tell from the camera angle, but the rider with the camera seemed to be back and forth across the lane, etc.. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:47:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. This. These are the kinds of things Darwin needs to give out awards for. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:56:22 AM EDT
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Nothing quite like coming around one of those turns and finding a small rock slide.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:57:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Agreed. Fucking morons. Outa my way bitch ! Rules and laws are for republicans and conservatives . 
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:57:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. I bet you are fun to be around Buzz Kill. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:04:17 AM EDT
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I'm by no means fast, but I'm bagger fast. We make several trips a year to deals gap in Tn/Nc and I routinely pass crotch rockets. They get pissed, when that big and slow Road King or Street Glide comes up and around them. Normally the wife is on the back too. If you aint livin life on the edge, you are taking up too much room!
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:06:27 AM EDT
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I had a 1984 interceptor, used to do 100 MPH outside town south of Fairbanks, cops basically said, keep it outside town and we wont ticket you, just bury you. There was a pack of us that would do the 50 miles in 30-40 minutes, gas up and do it again. I was usually middle of the pack with a 20 year old 500CC against guys with modern fuel injected 600 -750 CC bikes. We were young and stupid, no doubt.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:08:19 AM EDT
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I was riding up in the mountains on my new triumph Bonneville (Not a fast bike). I stopped at the watering hole and one of my buddies who was a former racer asked if he could try it out. I said sure. He cam back about an hour later and told me to watch out for a bunch of pissed off sport bike riders cause he had just embarrassed most of them on our loop.
 Agree with the above... smooth is fast. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:13:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But 99 would have been ok? They were all in control, in their own lane, with no intersecting traffic on machines designed to do 100 in second gear. I don't ride sport bikes any more (not that my KTM 1290 is a slouch) but 100 on modern bikes isn't what most people who only drives cars thinks it is. Even new cars are amazing at 100. GD is just full of Fudd who never leave their basement. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:24:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. Idiots shooting rapid fire at a public range. /s |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:27:47 AM EDT
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The powerband on the crotch rocket with the camera is probably very different from the bike just ahead.
Also, the crotch rocket has likely more horsepower and less weight, so it can easily close the gap. What the camera dude doesn't have is low end torque, which is nice when exiting corners. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:28:54 AM EDT
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My buddy on his darksided FJR will not only hang with but pass most people on sportbikes.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:29:59 AM EDT
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Man, that really looks like New Mexico.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:39:35 AM EDT
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Passed many a faster bike with my ~55hp over the years, but the roads i typically ride are a biiiiit more technical...
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:43:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nothing quite like coming around one of those turns and finding a small rock slide. Or some sand and loose dirt to lose traction on. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:43:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, that really looks like New Mexico. Pretty sure that's Angeles Crest, California. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:47:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:48:07 AM EDT
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I've found 90mph to be the sweet spot for cruising speed for me. K1600GT.
On that bike, I'm more in control at 90 than any of the whiners here are at 55. As a side note, I finally signed up for American Supercamp this spring. Everybody loves flattrack, right? |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:50:23 AM EDT
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King of the Baggers is a thing now.
 MotoAmerica Drag Specialties King of the Baggers Race at Laguna Seca 2020 |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:52:06 AM EDT
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Just watched as much of the video as I could stand. Camera guy was working WAY too hard for such an easy pace.
We used to call those guys "squids". |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:55:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was riding up in the mountains on my new triumph Bonneville (Not a fast bike). I stopped at the watering hole and one of my buddies who was a former racer asked if he could try it out. I said sure. He cam back about an hour later and told me to watch out for a bunch of pissed off sport bike riders cause he had just embarrassed most of them on our loop. Agree with the above... smooth is fast. Was it Bloke or one of the others? I always enjoyed toying with the squids on my 250. 
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:59:10 AM EDT
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There were many riding near there limit in this video.... old dude was not one of them.
he wasn't even trying. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:02:26 PM EDT
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Looks like Ortega Hwy in SoCal?
Can anyone confirm? |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:02:45 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote Historythat dude can ride! |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:05:20 PM EDT
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It aint the arrow, it's the indian....
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:05:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. Karen achievement unlocked |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:07:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMan, that cat was RIDIN that hog.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:07:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Smooth is fast, fast is smooth. Dude had it. Old dude held a good line and didn’t need to mess around with all the bullshit the guy filming was doing. I imagined him looking back like “the fuck is this guy dragging knees for, we’re just cruising”
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:09:33 PM EDT
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I know that road.
I have gone up and down it like Lance but never motorized. Fuck that shit. The sand can jump up and get you. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:09:46 PM EDT
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I've exceeded 100 just trying to merge on the highway
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:10:58 PM EDT
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Would love to know who the rider was. Not that many world champs in the 80's.
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:13:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was it Bloke or one of the others? I always enjoyed toying with the squids on my 250. Hahhhaha... It was Bloke. He was ripping it. I am not sure my shocks were set up for him - but he had a smile on his face.... and he used all my gas
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:13:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, that cat was RIDIN that hog. Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, that cat was RIDIN that hog. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:13:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody was hurt, right? Fuck, man. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:14:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Idiots riding 100+ MPH on a public road. Road Captain huh. 
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:15:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Old dude held a good line and didn't need to mess around with all the bullshit the guy filming was doing. I imagined him looking back like "the fuck is this guy dragging knees for, we're just cruising" |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 12:15:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've exceeded 100 just trying to merge on the highway My morning commute during China virus has mostly been with the cruise control set at 90, occasionally exceeding that speed. And getting passed... |
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