No, they really can't. Bike speedos are notoriously inaccurate and I've seen it as bad at 9% error (reading faster than you are really going). So, at 200mph indicated that's as much as 18mph off (higher than you are actually going). A typical 1000cc sportbike should be able to hit 186mph, which is very fast, but not much more than that. It takes quite a bit more power to get tiny gains at that speed. You simply aren't going to see 200mph+ speeds even on a modern sportbike.
No, they really can't. Bike speedos are notoriously inaccurate and I've seen it as bad at 9% error (reading faster than you are really going). So, at 200mph indicated that's as much as 18mph off (higher than you are actually going). A typical 1000cc sportbike should be able to hit 186mph, which is very fast, but not much more than that. It takes quite a bit more power to get tiny gains at that speed. You simply aren't going to see 200mph+ speeds even on a modern sportbike.
What?
http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/10-fastest-road-bikes-in-the-world.html/?a=viewall
My friends aren't driving the cheapies. They have the Ducatis, Haya's, and some modded out other sports bikes to push them 200 and over like some GSXR (gixxer) 1000's and such. When I said they were going 200 range, I mean they were going 200 range down the highway.
This guy's like a motorcycle expert. I'm not, but I know enough to know that motorcycles have a hard time overcoming drag at very high speeds, and I just don't think your average rider or motorcycle is capable of exceeding 200mph. Also, the guy who posted that has his location listed as San Antonio, and I'd like to know where you can hit 200mph around San Antonio. The SH130 tollway is the only place I can imagine, but he made it sound like it was a regular occurrence.
I was in a fast enough sports car at the time and be on the highway with them. I wasn't speeding, but it was fun to watch them haul ass down the highway in front of me. Many times they would head out, find a turn around point, come back and do it again. It was seriously funny watching the cops in the distance flip lights every time they pass.
I'm certainly not a bike expert. I had friends that ride that were the experts that spent tons of cash and time on them. I just hung with them. They told me they were going 200 at times so I left it at that. I have no way to verify it, but I take it as face value. As for where you can reach those speeds, there are plenty of places. 90, 281, 10, and 35 all have several long straightaways where you can reach max acceleration when there is little to no traffic on the roads. Around 3am is a good time when this happens for the traffic situation.
Me and my friends at the time all had it setup back then to do our partying during the middle of the week instead of the weekends. Which made the chances of being on the road at 3am with many moronic drunk drivers vastly lower.
I was in a fast enough sports car at the time and be on the highway with them. I wasn't speeding, but it was fun to watch them haul ass down the highway in front of me. Many times they would head out, find a turn around point, come back and do it again. It was seriously funny watching the cops in the distance flip lights every time they pass.
In all fairness, he said he didn't know this guy was behind him and trying to pull him over. Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? Granted, he was riding like an asshole, when you're riding like that you are focusing on what is in front of you, not what is behind you. Motorcycle mirrors are notoriously bad and it is difficult to make out what is behind you unless you are cruising along at 10mph and what is behind you is less than 20' behind you. Also, the faster you go the more wind noise you get. Even at 60mph it is a roar in your helmet which is why many riders wear ear plugs. Honestly, I find the motorcyclist's story quite plausible.
Sounds like motorcycles aren't fit for public roads and should be banned.
You should pursue that agenda. Best of luck with it. :thumbsup:
Enjoy being a shitty driver and willfully putting people's lives at risk with your dangerous, hazard-unaware motor vehicle, fuckstain. :thumbsup:
Overcoming the aerodynamic drag at 190mph takes an incredible amount of power. These guys added 41hp to a stock Hayabusa and the best they could manage was 193mph. They were making 207hp at the rear wheel and couldn't do it.
http://www.superstreetbike.com/200-mph-or-bust-0
Odds are your friends were just going by what their speedometers read. Don't get me wrong, their bikes will do 180mph all day long, which is insanely fast on a bike, but 200mph? I seriously doubt it.
Out of curiosity, why did you need a fast enough sports car if you weren't speeding?