Is it possible to ride above top speed?

[Dan]

Hi All - This is hopefully a quickie.

So the specs for my little Suzuki states the top speed is 63mph but the other day down a long incline i was pushing 75mph according to the speedo. The bike started to pull back or jolt It was like i was taking my hand all the way off the throttle except i wasn't.

I'm wondering what caused this, was it simply my little 125cc engine gasping for air?

I'm no mechanic but im guessing i should avoid doing it again.

[Marmalade43]

It's probably got a rev limiter on it which stops you destroying the engine trying to get 100mph out of it.

Also. the displayed 75 mph is likely a real world 60/65mph, speedos are accepted to read higher than actual speed.

Strap a sat nav to it and try again, see the difference.

My GSXR shows 175 on the speedo when you are doing 150 on the sat nav

[cockercas]

I rode my bike at 70mph + then a few days later got the juddering that you describe. It was the cdi unit breaking down. No idea if the speed was a contrabuting factor.

[al_stu]

My GSXR shows 175 on the speedo when you are doing 150 on the sat nav

 

Taking the sat nav on a track?

[Marmalade43]

My GSXR shows 175 on the speedo when you are doing 150 on the sat nav

 

Taking the sat nav on a track?

 

Of course, I wouldn't want to go the wrong way.

[littlecat]

sounds like rev limiter to me..... if its not meant to do more than 60 ish, don't do it

[hadster]

It's probably got a rev limiter on it which stops you destroying the engine trying to get 100mph out of it.

Also. the displayed 75 mph is likely a real world 60/65mph, speedos are accepted to read higher than actual speed.

Strap a sat nav to it and try again, see the difference.

My GSXR shows 175 on the speedo when you are doing 150 on the sat nav

 

In desperate need of a speedo healer lol

[Marmalade43]

It's no worse than anything else. At 70 it says 76 on the clocks.