It seemed every other truck you saw, was lifted. Tryin’ to remember…musta been early/mid 80’s…
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90’s, pretty close …
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It wasn’t in anything. It was on a Honda CBR1000F, which had a top speed of 156 mph.
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Sweet 
Why not 157? Governor, just plain top end, gas starved ?
I’ve run my BMW Z3 3L to 142mph before it was gas starved. It was still pulling
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I had the same but the 550, going that fast was like feeling your life force leave you. Then a friend got a Ninja and we swapped bikes. I thought I was going maybe 80 on the Ninja but when I looked down it was 140, what a difference. My friend took a while to catch up when I pulled over, we never swapped again 
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You should feel what 120mph is like on a Harley Road King.
Nothing about it is fun.
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I know what ya mean, @SthrnMixer 
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Top end, that was the end of fifth gear
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I feel bad for those folks who never scared themselves silly by doing completely avoidable dangerous things.
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In my defence, I was left unsupervised
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@natbone, while I never really spent much time at 120 mph, I can think of countless, white knuckle 30 mph or less situations we got ourselves into. Blown motors, fragged transmissions, twisted driveshafts, rolled vehicles, and much, much more. Hell I got into PLENTY of trouble at 30 mph or less LOL.
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Oh yeah, I know. You don’t need speed to do dumb and dangerous things. Sometimes I think back on my first 25 years and wonder how I survived it. Things sure were different then. I feel bad for young people today, they’re so sheltered. I guess if they don’t know better…however, I wonder if they feel the need to just be free of all the fucking adults telling them what to do. We sure as hell did.
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Sad to add to this thread - My Father In Law (Ex) who I mentioned earlier in this thread passed away in late January (i just got back from his funeral yesterday)
Australian Street Machine kindly did a write up on the passing of an Australian Drag racing legend. It was sudden and unexpected to both him and us (I say him because he still had 6 project cars in his shed he was working on right up to the day before he passed on).
He was a fantastic bloke who had forgotten more about cars than I will ever know.
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The long drive up and back from home gave me the opportunity to bust that 120mph barrier again shshshsh don’t tell anyone
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Sorry for your loss, Simon.
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Sorry to hear this @woftam, my condolences to you, your family, and a big loss to the racing community. I believe Jim Fife was probably the first to build a 351 race engine in the au , A Legend…
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Ah fuck. I never know what to write or say in these situations.
So sorry for you and your families loss Simon. Best wishes to you all in this sad time.
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Sad news Simon, all the best to you and the family.
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So sorry mate, my sincere condolences to you and your family.
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