2015 1199R on the street?

Chaotic, Im not going to sit here and argue or try and convince you of anything. Your beliefs are your beliefs and I respect that. You trying to break 200mph on an 1299S at 215 lbs (no disrespect) but it will almost be impossible. This is why they use women drivers in drags. You won't achieve this on an 1299S unless you change the ECU and unrestricted the bike and add more torque ala gearing change. Ive poured tons of $ into my first 1199 with engine mods to hit the 200 mark and yes call it BS if you want but it was impossible at that time to crack the ECU or get a unrestricted ECU. As a racer yourself you know that AMA bike can only use the OEM ECU with only A/F changes so you won't see many AMA riders break the 200mph they struggle elsewhere to add HP/Torque and it doesn't really buy you anything because of the amount of time to get there. Its acceleration that you want not terminal speed.

I see a lot of people out there doing expensive engine mods to try and hit the 200 mark out here in So California. Its not that uncommon for people out here to join the 200 mph club. Ive seen my friends 2003 GSXR 1000 hit 210 and he is the current champion around here. He is gunning for 220 (pipe dream) but he builds drag bikes for a living and he knows his stuff. This is something you can't achieve on a track because its too short the only one I can think of here in California is big willow.

If you don't believe me you should call Ducati and sue them for false advertisement also You should call Ducati, MCN, Top speed and everyone else and call BS.

Someone mentioned seeing a bike nearly hit 200mph at Bonneville salts flats. Thats hauling ... because everyone knows hitting 178MPH on the flats is equal to hitting 200mph on the Tarmac

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shakazulu12 said:

I took the "I went out to see if it was true" as if he was claiming he did it. Plus the Hayabusa comments etc sounded pretty TDJ. The image I posted probably should have been accompanied by a smiley face or two. Tone isn't conveyed very well on the interwebs.

Chaotic always "sounds" like that when he posts. He's got a fairly technical job and those types always come across like that. No butts hurt I'm hoping.

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As soon as I read this I thought "key the ARSEHAMMER joke" and sure enough next post

always fun on the forum

Turbo-time...

What was the Swedish Guy's bike again? 300km/h wheelies? Ghost rider!!! Yeah, 450hp turbo busa. How much can we squeeze out of a pani?

but what if he coated himself in babyoil first.. that would work right?

quackquack said:

I guess this proves 192 MPh so far

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But the problem is as previously mentioned, drag increases exponentially as you get faster. The Hayabusa (which is much more aerodynamic than the Panigale) required an additional 65hp to go from 190mph to 200mph.

Chaotic said:

But the problem is as previously mentioned, drag increases exponentially as you get faster. The Hayabusa (which is much more aerodynamic than the Panigale) required an additional 65hp to go from 190mph to 200mph.

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I reckon I could go 200 mph on a pushbike if ARSEHAMMER was after me

but my 1199S will not go that fast, then again maybe I could lie down on the tank with just a pair of shorts like Rollie Free did at Bonneville in 1948. He got up to 150.313 mph.