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top speed

Had a fun blast back across France yesterday (Paris to Darmstadt in 6.5 hrs for 600km), including the very empty A6 from Saarebrueck to Mannheim (no speed limit!).  On a straight section I opened up the ST (full throttle) and reached about 235kph at 8500rpm - the rev's were still climbing very slowly but I ran out of room....  I would guess this indicated 235 is actually about 220kph 'real'.

Does anyone have any good figures on what the true top speed should be?  I understand BiKE magazine (UK) managed 156mph on Bruntingthorpe test track which sounds very impressive.
The German 'fahrzeugschein' (veh. registration doc.) indicates a top speed of 220kph which is about what I was getting.... does anyone know if this is actually measured from a test or just the allowed speed on the rated tyres?

thanks
Jonathan
ps. stability, comfort and control at this speed were all excellent - with no traffic it was very confidence inspiring.  Dont know about fuel consumption though :)



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