Kawasaki ZX10 overtaken by Audi wagon.

Looks like autobahn to me, trucks are certainly euro. I see nothing wrong here.

Streetwiseguy wrote: Quite an aware biker. He pulled out of the fast lane to let the wagon past- most guys rolling that kind of speed have a tendency toward tunnel vision.

Little known fact that I learned while driving my humble rental car on the autobahn: The linked rings on the Audi grille are German for "Out of my way you ignorant peasant"!

I don't actually know for a fact what happens to left lane hogs in Germany, but it must be really bad because it just ain't done.

They get bumped. At speed. Seriously.

Knurled wrote:

yamaha wrote: In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker: I couldn't make out the speedo when the audi passed either, but judging by the rate of things flying by, between 160-170.

He slowed down to 275 when the camera came in-focus.

275kph would be 170mph.

Stupid and irresponsible? Absolutely!

Awesome? Also absolutely!

I'm sure the guy on the bike was pretty damn shocked to see the wagon come and play too. :)

yamaha wrote:

Knurled wrote:

yamaha wrote: In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker: I couldn't make out the speedo when the audi passed either, but judging by the rate of things flying by, between 160-170.

He slowed down to 275 when the camera came in-focus.

275kph would be 170mph.

Yes it is. What was in question was if he was really going 300km/h or if he was simply redlining in a lower gear.

IIRC, at least on the older ZX10, the speed limiter is just a lower rev limiter that kicks in when the trans is in 6th, so it is easily defeated. Not sure what the fancy new ones have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhPJmEt8cmI

"Driving from Augsburg to Munich together with an Audi RS6 ABT (700hp). The total distance of ~50km (~31 miles) was completed in under 15 minutes. That results in a average speed of around 215 km/h (~133 mph)."

He is a braver soul than myself, I've only hit north of 150 on my bike a few times. much less held it there