speeding has become an art,in a large city why bother,after getting out of the city it gets a little easier.You have to select your go fast areas,based on time of day,season,I have found certain tools make it is easier,but laser will get you.It's going to be even tougher on the green 14r,she sticks out like pam anderson on a nude beach

In mid-west states, use of laser from the air is becoming more common, so they can just generate the tickets on the go, so to speak.

The laser also allows them to target the plate, and take a photo through a near-military grade camera.

At night they are starting to use low-light amplification and the laser is enough to light the plate up for a photo.

This will become commonplace during this decade.

And it will go active in places that have been traditionally "safe to speed" zones without warning, just like normal photo-radar has done.

I am happy to go 10 over most of the time, except in work and school zones, where photo-radar and cop cars with laser won't cut you any slack. There are times I go more than 10 over like passing, or way out in the sticks. They can't photograph my plate because I have 4 coats of PhotoBlocker on it, so photo-radar doesn't slow me down anymore. It flashes at me and I never get a letter like the first one I got.

I considered a radar detector, but most of the cops in my part of the country use laser now, and by the time a detector alerts you to laser, they've already scanned your speed. There are a couple good jammers, but getting caught with an electronic jammer is good for at least a 1 year suspension of license and $1,000 fine.

But like I said many times before, when I was young I went stupid fast all the time. Its just harder to do it now, and getting harder every year as military technology trickles down to the police electronics industry.

photo-blocker test http://www.webbikeworld.com/r2/photo-blocker/

It's going to be even tougher on the green 14r,she sticks out like pam anderson on a nude beach

I'm afraid that still applies today as much as it did 20 years ago.........but not the same!

But like I said many times before, when I was young I went stupid fast all the time. Its just harder to do it now, and getting harder every year as military technology trickles down to the police electronics industry.

buzzkill

seriously, planning ahead is not a bad idea. Know what you are getting into. This is serious stuff so take it seriously.

Seriously... For awhile, I just paid my fines and went about my business. Figured it was just my way of paying for road maintenance.
Problem is, all that shit eventually caught up with me. Having a suspended license SUCKS when you live out in the sticks.
I actually had court on Monday, but did not even have to show up since I'd lawyered up... Got a letter from my attorney yesterday that he'd lost my case. I was not surprised, as he and I had already discussed that the case against me was strong. He'd said the only chance we had of winning was the officer and/or expert witness being no shows... no such luck... Anyhow, losing was still such a blow to his ego, he refunded 1/2 of what I paid him and paid my fine.
Now my fingers are crossed that that ticket does not hit my record before 2 others drop off this month... If it does, I'm screwed... Thank GAWD they built a road course in my backyard!

At the end of the day sport bikes is a huge business. There will be a time where speeding in the street will be just too much stress and work. However as sales decrease, the politics will change a little. If I had money though I'll invest in a track. The power and the electronics that is available on today's bike... a track is the only place to really enjoy it.

Or you can live in SW FL and work in the middle of the night not near track speeds but very fun and spirited!!!

Hey cooter you ever been to mutineers?

I don't know that Panigale is pretty peaky. Would depend on the rider.

Hey cooter you ever been to mutineers?

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It's on highway 1 just south of homestead heading to key west 1 of the best seafood places that I have ever eaten at. My dad and I are taking a trip this summer and will be down that way maybe will have to meet up. We're leaving here traveling across wyoming into salt lake from salt lake to las vegas las vegas to los angeles los angeles over to new orleans down florida then back all the way up back to nebraska .

Cool let me know when you will be down here and we can meet up!

Maybe its just my poor riding, but from off the line you might wish to be more concerned about a fast car, than bikes. Take a car with some serious HP, say AWD like many Porsche's have. While stock they are not a threat, modified they are. I do NOT condone street racing, but I have accelerated rapidly to the posted speed. Their is a couple cars here that can take me with relative ease off the line. A modified Porsche, and Modified Dodge Viper for sure can easily leave my CBR1000Rr in their wake. While I realize its not the quickest bike by far, and I am not a guru of the launch, I was none the less stunned at how ferociously those cars can leave when the light goes green. On the rare occasion I have done sudden acceleration against other bikes, its usually much closer, and often I can pull a little lead. Really the bigger factor IMO, is no doubt a superior rider. I have won against bikes on paper that should beat me, as I was better than that rider. Also have lost to bikes I should in theory beat, as the rider was better. One of the quickest guys I know rides a lightly massaged Yamaha V-Max, but has mastered the launch. Blazingly quick off the line, almost embarrasing how slow my liter crotch rocket is in comparison. I lack the skill to leave that fast is all.

Anyway, back to the OP's question.

Depends.

Like for one, where? In my mountains in western Maryland, West Virginia, NW Virginia, and SW Pennsylvania, I can think of a whole list of bikes that will smoke a ZX14R.

Tops on the list would be the ZX10R. It would get so far ahead on the twisty parts and has such a good top end (it IS after all the basis of a great WSB machine) it would lose you pretty fast.

The BMW RR would pretty much do the same, as would the R1, and a whole list of much more expensive bikes.

Part of the reason I left the ZX14 world is I want to slow down a little and enjoy the view without the tunnel vision speed induces. And part of it is because too many "lesser" bikes can pass me (and you) in my mountains with ease, and if I can't beat them, I might as well quit trying. Heh.

I still do not see the bikeland boys dropping their 14s to get a ZX-10 or a S1000. They are getting 14rs, though. I believe Kaw waited a bit long to serve up a bike that will hold its place in the sportbike milieu but now, I can't believe they wouldn't equip it to outdo the ZX-10 in the quarter mile which is what the 14 has always been all about. You mention twisties, Priv, that's a different story and always was.

I'm always talking about twisties, so always talking about roadrace tracks in a sense.

I don't ride on a dragstrip.

It's been my experience that how fast a bike is in the corners depends on the rider. I've smoked plenty of race bikes on my 14s and I've been smoked by a guy on an FJR 1300 and other bikes. Just depends on who is the pilot. I saw one dude rip corners on the 14 and draggin' knees nearly every swerve. He was flat out gone! Shut everyone down.

One thing is for sure -- the 14R is a straight beast. I'm faster in the corners than ever before. And don't even talk about the straights. It tops out at 186 so quickly it's scary. And mine is still in stock form. My liter bike buddies can't keep up even when I roll-on in 6th gear. Never rode anything like it. I can't get enough of the power/agility/comfort of the Big Ninja.

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One thing is for sure -- the 14R is a straight beast. I'm faster in the corners than ever before. And don't even talk about the straights. It tops out at 186 so quickly it's scary.

Another satisfied customer. Did you ear that, K? Your fuking bike is slow! He is already faster in the same corner. That means, push some HP in this pile! BooBuy 0-12.

BRING IT! Man is adapting faster than your engineers can clean up that mess. He [killa] made me do it!

CurveKilla,

Speak the words of TRUTH!!

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