speedos lie, but as all most people have to go on is the speedo reading, then almost all cars are judged by this figure.
The original post doesn't say if it was down a slight gradient, with a strong wind behind him whilst slipstreaming a faster car.
Why whenever someone says that they did such and such a speed do others rip the ****. They could well have seen 200kph on the clock. They never claimed it was a radar certified, guiness book approved 200kph.
I ride a 250 trailbike which on a good day with a following wind and a favourable slope will indicate 160kph. I know the speedo reads approx the same as other vehicles cause I've compared it with mates cars and bikes, yet when I said on the ttr forum that mine indicated 100mph there was a bloody witch hunt. (someone asked for indicated top speeds so I replied)
Had the usual peeps on there,I spent 3k on parts and tuning, it puts out 60bhp (from a 600cc) and mine only does 90mph. You gotta be talking b*ll*cks, But I only said what I saw.
Same with the original poster I believe.
So lets cut em some slack hey?
