32 Hours, 7 Minutes?
02-16-07, 12:23 PM
#26
Originally Posted by mirabile
There is a famous italian guy who rides motorcycles through Europe from point to point, shattering how fast people have done it. I am searching online to find his name. He gets arrested all the time, kinda like the guy who free climbs sky scrapers. Police HATE guys like these.
Could Be Ghost Rider... i doubt it though....
he has a Suzuki hayabusa pushing 500HP if i'm not mistaken..
that he tossed a tubro on... just crazy
here is one of his vids
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...35550758361683
he also has a GSX-R 1000 (2005, or 2006) that be boosted.. and he painted it to look like a cop and chased down other bikes.. etc...
he has like people all across the road where he is going to be driving video for him.. so he comes out with some not to bad footage
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02-16-07, 11:01 PM
#27
Originally Posted by Rexpelagi
But ya, the only way I see this doable these days is on a very very fast sport bike. Has enough manueverability to out handle a cop through traffic and outrun a helicopter/light aircraft. If you are in a car you are screwed.
Originally Posted by mirabile
There is a famous italian guy who rides motorcycles through Europe from point to point, shattering how fast people have done it. I am searching online to find his name. He gets arrested all the time, kinda like the guy who free climbs sky scrapers. Police HATE guys like these.
Originally Posted by Railgun
Wasn't the Ultimate Rally created by one of the Gumball guys? I can't remember his name and don't feel like looking him up.
Only ~ $15K or so and you too can be a Gumballer...if there's room.
Actually, some of those guys look like real ********, but I guess that comes with the territory. There's one guy that I talk to every now and then who's I guess an admin at the gumball forums...one of them anyway...that's run it. Nice guy from LA (the state, not Los Angles). Not saying all of them are...just some.
Actually, some of those guys look like real ********, but I guess that comes with the territory. There's one guy that I talk to every now and then who's I guess an admin at the gumball forums...one of them anyway...that's run it. Nice guy from LA (the state, not Los Angles). Not saying all of them are...just some.
I had contemplated that a couple of years ago too. I suppose if you can get enough sponsors one could swing it, plus there's two of you so split whatever's left.
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02-16-07, 11:24 PM
#28
Originally Posted by Railgun
I had contemplated that a couple of years ago too. I suppose if you can get enough sponsors one could swing it, plus there's two of you so split whatever's left.
Due to the public rash of street racing related deaths, I can't imagine anyone dropping sponsorship money for this since it's negative publicity in the public eye. Most companies want to distance themselves from illegal street racing.
Could you imagine having your name plastered all over a car that ended up killing someone due to racing on a public street and having that all over a national news report. Talk about end of the line.
02-19-07, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Rexpelagi
What is awesome to note is that these guys averaging 90mph, meaning they most likely were going well over 100 for much of the trip when you consider gas stops, didn't get into 1 single fender bender along the way.
When I went to Council Bluffs was the fastest I ever drove over an extended period. I slowed down to double digits whenever I would come up on more than one other vehicle, plus any town with more than one exit. But, when I was cruising, I was at... whatever 5500 RPM is on a T2. Probably about 125-130. Astonishingly I still got about 15mpg on the trip.
Cruise control won't engage over 100, bummer
Now THAT is a factoid 
02-19-07, 08:25 PM
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The fastest I have ever driven was in my bone stock 1996 mitsubishi galant with an auto tranny and I removed the stock muffler. That was after i slammed it into a couple of curbs being stupid and thinking I could drift in a FF auto. I had a crushed in pass. fender and a curb slapped pass rear wheel and bearing. It started shaking at 90 so I decided to top it out. I got it up to 132mph and it was still climbing when I got scared and let off. That was my beater. So far I have only gotten my 90 GTU up to about 128ish. I used to make my trip from Winter Haven florida to Dothan Alabama (about 580 miles(mapquest says it should take 6 hours and 6minutes or somethin) in about 4 1/2 hours. When I wasn't going 35 through a town or going back to the turn I missed, I was cruising at about 120 the whole way.
02-19-07, 08:50 PM
#37
Originally Posted by FDNewbie
Noobs...sheesh. I've almost *always* seen 150mph+ whenever I took the FD out. Topping 4th and pulling in 5th, you're already in the 140s...
I can't imagine why you'd want to be driving like that around fairfax anyway. I hear you get thrown in jail for that type of thing 'round them parts.
02-19-07, 08:53 PM
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You certainly do. But before I go home, I GOTTA take a nice quick run down and back on Rt. 7. It's an uncontrollable urge... Plus, if I ever see lights, I'm reachin for the shifter and never lookin back... (cuz at that point you're going to jail anyway; might as well play your odds...)
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