AW: Re: ST4, ST, K1200RS comparo

["Thomas Maxhofer" <Thomas.Maxhofer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

There´s no german law which restricts the top speed of motorcycles or cars to 250 kph. The Suzuki Hayabusa for example is doing more than 300 kph - and if you like you can really go that fast on the Autobahn :-)

Ride Safe

Thomas

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> Jonathan West wrote:
> >
> > K1200RS: [...] Governed at 155mph (why?)
>
> 	German law, I think.  All big BMWs, Porsches, etc. are also limited to
> 155mph (250 kph).  Up until a couple (?) of years ago there was a 100bhp
> (or maybe 100PS) limit on bikes in Germany.  It was finally repealed,
> which was when (with much fanfare) the K1200RS was launched as the first
> BMW (bike) to make more than 100bhp (PS, whatever).
>
> 	A BMW-phile I know once referred to the K1200RS as a "nutter sports
> bike"!  Oh how we laughed!
>
>                 Jim


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