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12-16-2004, 09:11 PM

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:19:28 -0700, Rich <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Bill Baka wrote:
>
>> Of course in a bicycle group I probably should not have mentioned that
>> I had a 1988 Mustang 5.0 (in 1988-1992)that would do 162.5 MPH.
>
>> Pegged that bike at 170 indicated. Of course that was way back in 1973
>> in the high Mojave desert.
>> That's just the way I am when I have a new toy, test the speedometer.
>
> You forgot to tell her about riding your tricycle at 40mph when you were
> a 4 yr old.
>
> For awhile it appeared you were done making up stories.... but I guess
> some things never change.
>
> Rich
>
The tricycle was a bit of a troll but the fact is that I was brought home
by the police when I was but 4 years old. How do you equate ("Oh
****....") from a 4 year olds' point of view?
The pedals were a blur so I couldn't have stopped if I had wanted to,
think "Gravity games.".

The Mustang read 3,000 RPM dead on at 80 MPH in 4th, not OD, and I saw
6,200 in 4th.
Do the math. I tweaked the timing and injectors a bit, being an
electronics engineer I could not resist. That was the only time that car
went that fast with me driving due to a handling problem (skittish) and a
braking problem (drum brakes on the rear don't cut it at 160).

The bike was a Kawasaki H2-750 purchased at Sam Arena's Harley Davidson
and fitted with a bigger front chain gear at my request. 13 instead of the
stock 12 or something like that.
Even with the bigger front gear accidental wheelies were quite common and
it still went past the red line in 5th, which just happened to be about
where the speedometer pegged, about 10 MPH north of 160. Accuracy may be
questionable, but outrunning a CHP on an open road is not easy. It may
have been the fact that I was in the high desert, about 3,000 feet, 1%
downhill, or whatever. I know I did it so I can just sit back and smile at
the non-believers. Don't you ever do anything exciting? Sam Arena Harley
was in south San Jose on the old Monterey Highway or way south first
street for San Jose. I think they might have a sales record but why try to
convince you? Maybe I should have just bought a '74 74, since that was
supposed to be a collector bike.
Think what you want, I know the truth, at least what the guages told me it
was.

--
Bill (?) Ba__ka

12-16-2004, 09:11 PM

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:19:28 -0700, Rich <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Bill Baka wrote:
>
>> Of course in a bicycle group I probably should not have mentioned that
>> I had a 1988 Mustang 5.0 (in 1988-1992)that would do 162.5 MPH.
>
>> Pegged that bike at 170 indicated. Of course that was way back in 1973
>> in the high Mojave desert.
>> That's just the way I am when I have a new toy, test the speedometer.
>
> You forgot to tell her about riding your tricycle at 40mph when you were
> a 4 yr old.
>
> For awhile it appeared you were done making up stories.... but I guess
> some things never change.
>
> Rich
>
The tricycle was a bit of a troll but the fact is that I was brought home
by the police when I was but 4 years old. How do you equate ("Oh
****....") from a 4 year olds' point of view?
The pedals were a blur so I couldn't have stopped if I had wanted to,
think "Gravity games.".

The Mustang read 3,000 RPM dead on at 80 MPH in 4th, not OD, and I saw
6,200 in 4th.
Do the math. I tweaked the timing and injectors a bit, being an
electronics engineer I could not resist. That was the only time that car
went that fast with me driving due to a handling problem (skittish) and a
braking problem (drum brakes on the rear don't cut it at 160).

The bike was a Kawasaki H2-750 purchased at Sam Arena's Harley Davidson
and fitted with a bigger front chain gear at my request. 13 instead of the
stock 12 or something like that.
Even with the bigger front gear accidental wheelies were quite common and
it still went past the red line in 5th, which just happened to be about
where the speedometer pegged, about 10 MPH north of 160. Accuracy may be
questionable, but outrunning a CHP on an open road is not easy. It may
have been the fact that I was in the high desert, about 3,000 feet, 1%
downhill, or whatever. I know I did it so I can just sit back and smile at
the non-believers. Don't you ever do anything exciting? Sam Arena Harley
was in south San Jose on the old Monterey Highway or way south first
street for San Jose. I think they might have a sales record but why try to
convince you? Maybe I should have just bought a '74 74, since that was
supposed to be a collector bike.
Think what you want, I know the truth, at least what the guages told me it
was.

--
Bill (?) Ba__ka

12-16-2004, 09:11 PM

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:19:28 -0700, Rich <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> Bill Baka wrote:
>
>> Of course in a bicycle group I probably should not have mentioned that
>> I had a 1988 Mustang 5.0 (in 1988-1992)that would do 162.5 MPH.
>
>> Pegged that bike at 170 indicated. Of course that was way back in 1973
>> in the high Mojave desert.
>> That's just the way I am when I have a new toy, test the speedometer.
>
> You forgot to tell her about riding your tricycle at 40mph when you were
> a 4 yr old.
>
> For awhile it appeared you were done making up stories.... but I guess
> some things never change.
>
> Rich
>
The tricycle was a bit of a troll but the fact is that I was brought home
by the police when I was but 4 years old. How do you equate ("Oh
****....") from a 4 year olds' point of view?
The pedals were a blur so I couldn't have stopped if I had wanted to,
think "Gravity games.".

The Mustang read 3,000 RPM dead on at 80 MPH in 4th, not OD, and I saw
6,200 in 4th.
Do the math. I tweaked the timing and injectors a bit, being an
electronics engineer I could not resist. That was the only time that car
went that fast with me driving due to a handling problem (skittish) and a
braking problem (drum brakes on the rear don't cut it at 160).

The bike was a Kawasaki H2-750 purchased at Sam Arena's Harley Davidson
and fitted with a bigger front chain gear at my request. 13 instead of the
stock 12 or something like that.
Even with the bigger front gear accidental wheelies were quite common and
it still went past the red line in 5th, which just happened to be about
where the speedometer pegged, about 10 MPH north of 160. Accuracy may be
questionable, but outrunning a CHP on an open road is not easy. It may
have been the fact that I was in the high desert, about 3,000 feet, 1%
downhill, or whatever. I know I did it so I can just sit back and smile at
the non-believers. Don't you ever do anything exciting? Sam Arena Harley
was in south San Jose on the old Monterey Highway or way south first
street for San Jose. I think they might have a sales record but why try to
convince you? Maybe I should have just bought a '74 74, since that was
supposed to be a collector bike.
Think what you want, I know the truth, at least what the guages told me it
was.

--
Bill (?) Ba__ka