Watch the clip within the first post, great PR on sportbikers...

[jsven007]

Sad, very sad. One day the government will prolly restrict motorcycle HP and speed.

[bentbryan]

They always seem to cover the fuckin squids....

[Karaya One]

HP is already restricted in parts of Europe. Speed limiters are coming.

[beet]

[Keepitreel]

I felt sorry for the girl but, when you get on a bike with someone you should know what he or she is capable of....i wonder if when he ran did she beg him to stop or what went through his head running with her on the back.and as for guys pulling shit on the highway...I have always said if they had somewhere to do this like a controlled area..and when they do find one the police is effing with them anyways....old airport and the list goes on...they would keep it off the Hways....but some will never stop and we cant prevent that, and it will go on forever....but I have always said U make your bed and sooner or later you will have to lay in it.

[legalspeed]

Originally posted by Karaya One
HP is already restricted in parts of Europe. Speed limiters are coming.

This started with the 01 gixxer 1k, but then again, that little switch...

[legalspeed]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
W3RD

Why can't they ever interview someone like beet, TLRman, and bemused? We're not all dumb squids, and if we're smart, we'll actually be able to ride for many years as they have shown...

Because you wouldn't watch or pass their link around the 'net.

[bemused]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
W3RD

Why can't they ever interview someone like beet, TLRman, and bemused? We're not all dumb squids, and if we're smart, we'll actually be able to ride for many years as they have shown...

controversy / titillation sells... and, unfortunately, they have plenty of fodder out there to feed the "extreme" mill...

hey! is there sumpin' about the air in Tampa that makes so many of those bikes capable of speeds "over 200 mph"?!?

[Kham]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
W3RD

Why can't they ever interview someone like beet, TLRman, and bemused? We're not all dumb squids, and if we're smart, we'll actually be able to ride for many years as they have shown...

"no news is like a bad news" who said that?

[Honclfibr]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
Why can't they ever interview someone like beet

Tink ne betr tlk to de betstr man den it be all bikrs craze mofos on drugs like woowoo bub rub whistle can't understan a dam ting.

[Karaya One]

HP restricting started long before the GSXR1000. Switzerland was mandating it in the late 1980's.

And you have another version of it in Europe - tiered licensing.

[legalspeed]

Originally posted by Karaya One
HP restricting started long before the GSXR1000. Switzerland was mandating it in the late 1980's.

And you have another version of it in Europe - tiered licensing.

I thought you meant coming as in "to the US".

Was there any bike before the gix to have been sold with a limiter in the US?

What is tiered licensing?

[benVFR]

Doesn't Japan have HP limits too?

I think the majority of japanese sportbikes 600cc and up either aren't sold in Japan or come with severe limiters. The VFR even comes with them so the limit is somewhere under 100hp. (Easily reversible though, most of them are intake limiters + computer software)

Ben

[beet]

Originally posted by legalspeed
I thought you meant coming as in "to the US".

Was there any bike before the gix to have been sold with a limiter in the US?

What is tiered licensing?

[bemused]

Originally posted by legalspeed
What is tiered licensing?

what I've seen of it is:

- max engine size limits based on age.

- test w/in certain engine size ranges... ya can't test on a 250, then go jump on a literbike-- gotta test again for higher cc bikes, on a bike that's w/in the same size range.

[Rye]

and 400 hp corvettes, capable of 150 mph out of the box are purchased for a sunday drive, not high speeds. Motorcycles are a tip of the iceberg. My 4400lb p/u is capable of 120mph. So I ask, why haven't they governed autos? One answer, $$$$$$$. But that's a whole other debate. Point is, these kids should not be pulling this shit on the street...period (a freeway....cmon). We are all guilty of the occasional wheelie during that group ride, but this goes to another extreme. This is very bad for our sport.