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TeknicGSXR
08-16-2003, 04:07 AM
Just wondering how fast people go around spanish banks? How fast at a relaxed pace vs aggressive. Just want to see how fast everyone goes to judge how slow I am. :( :( :(
Shimmer
08-16-2003, 04:41 AM
Anything more than the speed limit is too fast.
Inferno
08-16-2003, 06:16 AM
When I used to live at UBC and when it was dead on the road I pushed about 100-120 coming up the hill from the beach and then braked hard into the first corner and gave her through the twisties:thumbup When traffic was around I did about 50-60
Mutate Now!
08-16-2003, 06:20 AM
What time of day are we talking? Anything other than after dark, there is too much traffic to go much faster than posted speed. Road is too inconsistent to do anything anyways. A lot of little bumps and cracks. I've never been able to open it up on the hill. Have always encountered traffic.
CoolDaddyGroove
08-16-2003, 07:24 AM
there are corners at Spanish Banks
KO7
08-16-2003, 07:28 AM
Gary (Kamui) drags his footpeg at the 20km/h corner. :)
Dalton
08-16-2003, 09:44 AM
Wow cool!
dubie_zx7r
08-16-2003, 09:56 AM
usually about 60-70 on the real wheen only.
Sharron_Apple
08-16-2003, 02:12 PM
I think Midnight R is talkin about after dark. He's a MRC kinda guy.
Inferno
08-16-2003, 05:11 PM
I've done this at daytime and night and scraping pegs on that little bunch of tight twisties is scary:D But that was on a CBR 600 which has low pegs. Did a ride at night last year with a few guys on the site and I punched it up the hill well beyond limit and into the first turn only to look up and see a RCMP cruiser parked out on a lawn. He flashed me his lights and I kept going. Turns out he was blocking a road because of filming and couldn't leave.

Unless you know this road really well I wouldn't go crazy on it. There a lot of potholes and bumps and the twisty part near the UBC Rosegarden isn't the place to learn how to scrape. That, and a ton of bicyclists who also share the road
GuySmiley
08-16-2003, 05:22 PM
Originally posted by Dalton
Wow cool!

:laughing
VTwinVince
08-16-2003, 08:41 PM
That whole area is frequented by people training on road bicycles (myself included), so watch out, especially in the corners coming up the hill.
BikerGirl
08-17-2003, 09:56 AM
Nicely said VTwin - I second that ...
Kamui
08-17-2003, 12:53 PM
Originally posted by KO7
Gary (Kamui) drags his footpeg at the 20km/h corner. :)

thanks for making me look good will :rolleyes
just for the record, it was an accident and i wasn't trying to go fast.

i find it's not worth trying to go anywhere "fast" at spanish banks... especially at night.
KO7
08-17-2003, 12:57 PM
Originally posted by KO7
Gary (Kamui) drags his footpeg at the 20km/h corner. :)


Originally posted by Dalton
Wow cool!


Originally posted by Kamui
thanks for making me look good will :rolleyes
just for the record, it was an accident and i wasn't trying to go fast.

i find it's not worth trying to go anywhere "fast" at spanish banks... especially at night.


I was kidding....
Devon
08-17-2003, 01:20 PM
Way 2 many cops at that place. Don't take a chance, save it for the Mt. Seymore (I didn't really say that, did I?)