How fast is TOO FAST for the street?

[smileyman]

All my group rides have a straightaway limit. Sometimes my one on ones are just a measure each other up limit. If your going to fast for your skill set it doesn't matter where your riding. Have the good sense and maturity to know your limit THAT DAY (cause mine varies) and the circumstances/situation of the ride and back it down a notch...

[OreoGaborio]

Originally Posted by was92v

Common Sense (based on the ability level) of the riders, dictates the pace and place. If it feels stupid to you-It is.

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

About 5-10 mph slower than as fast as you thought you could go and still stop or evade in time when that car you swear wasn't there a moment ago pulls out in front of you.

Originally Posted by smileyman

If your going to fast for your skill set it doesn't matter where your riding. Have the good sense and maturity to know your limit THAT DAY (cause mine varies) and the circumstances/situation of the ride and back it down a notch...

Well said... I have no "speed limit". I usually try to ride at no more than about 80-90% of my ability.

Most people say they're riding at 80% when they're really closer to 90%. The only way to know for sure is if you have any race experience & are intimately familiar w/ your lap times. My best at my home track (NHMS on my SV) is about a 1:22 and that's 100%. If I rode at 80% that'd be about a 1:42.5 which is actually pretty slow for the track, but comfortable on the street. 90% would put me at a 1:31... That'd be a pretty quick street pace (almost knee down) & one that I'd only ride at if conditions were ideal.

In more tangible terms, I try to keep it within 20mph of the speed limit so if I get nailed by the cops I won't get COMPLETELY bent over.

[t-homo]

Corners, go with what you feel completely comfortable with. Straights, 10 or so over. I've never seen the point in opening it up trying to make it to the next corner on a public road.

[OneSickPsycho]

Depends on the road... depends on the group...

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by t-rock

Corners, go with what you feel completely comfortable with. Straights, 10 or so over. I've never seen the point in opening it up trying to make it to the next corner on a public road.

Aha! That's why I don't get along with most of you...we're different species! I love blazing hard from corner to corner! Sure cornering is great but the feel of the g forces that come from acceleration and braking is intense! To cruise along at or around the speed limit until the next corner would be boring to me. To each his own though.
I do agree that as long as you are within your limits,any speed is acceptable in my book.

[Yamerhaw]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Aha! That's why I don't get along with most of you...we're different species! I love blazing hard from corner to corner! Sure cornering is great but the feel of the g forces that come from acceleration and braking is intense! To cruise along at or around the speed limit until the next corner would be boring to me. To each his own though.
I do agree that as long as you are within your limits,any speed is acceptable in my book.

i agree, i love hauling ass through the twisties, but like the straights in between the curves too(though where i live there arent really many "straights"

if i just wanted to go fast only in the curves, i'd get a slotard..

but how boring would a race be if the racers let off the gas in the straights

i also agree any speed you are comfortable with is acceptable, as long as you know the risk involved , they're not any police at the track, and if you wipe out on the street you wont have a pretty sandy run off, you'll just have a rock wall,cliff, tree, car, etc to slam into!

that being said, with the group i ride with, its always draggin knees and hauling ass, but i never feel as though i'm "pushing it"