Top speed R11S

[Motocod]

Just curious if anyone has had the opportunity to max out their R11S, and if so what speed did you achieve?

Asking on behalf of a friend who may or may not have allegedly been exploring the outer boundaries...

[dave the german]

I've had an indicated 140 from my BCR - that was tucked in as much as I could with panniers and tank bag on and NOT in this country

[metropolis2k]

I've had an indicated 130 down the back straight at Snetterton but I think 140 indicated is realistic. That said at those speeds the speedo is well above the GPS speed, maybe even by 10mph.

[Motocod]

My "friend" said he was surprised that the bike is still pulling right up to the red line in top...

[GerryB]

I chickened out at indicated over 130 mph on my old silver blue one .....

Wondered what a 60 year old was trying to prove . ....

However it was still pulling very hard .

[GRAgusta]

I had the indicator above 130 on the road to Dresden, but it was hard to focus on the exact figure and I had to slow down for Jenny to catch up on her Yamaha Diversion

[roadburner]

a" previous" owner say 130 two up with luggage, up hill and down hill with the wind behind them.
I reckon another 10 on top of that solo would be easily acheivable

[tanneman]

145 on the Autobahn.

[Motocod]

Does the bike have a rev limiter? If so, where does that come in?

[PBBoxer]

Had 145 indicated on bcr some years ago . It had full system, filter, lennies and bbpower chip

[herrman]

Back in the early days of the trixters a few of us used to go to Elvington and put the bikes down the runway during the Straightliners weekends. My first 1100s (with vandelinde exhaust + chip, Lennies Induct and SJ filter) was clocked at a genuine 145 through the speed trap, Hitting the rev limiter and indicating around 160 on the speedo. This bike was a very good example as it almost always ran over 140 at these events when the other 1100s would run a genuine 130 + 135mph.

Peter.

[Corvus]

Back in the early days of the trixters a few of us used to go to Elvington and put the bikes down the runway during the Straightliners weekends. My first 1100s (with vandelinde exhaust + chip, Lennies Induct and SJ filter) was clocked at a genuine 145 through the speed trap, Hitting the rev limiter and indicating around 160 on the speedo. This bike was a very good example as it almost always ran over 140 at these events when the other 1100s would run a genuine 130 + 135mph.

Peter.

Would the lower powered examples have hit a higher speed if allowed more distance, or was that it, absolute?

In the case of your bike, would a higher speed have been attainable if the gearing was higher and more distance allowed?

[Al]

Motocod, 1100 definitely has a rev limiter, just rag it in first or second gear and you will find it.

Al.

[herrman]

Hi,
Always possible that some of the other bikes may have gained more speed with a longer run. Thing is we all had the same distance to get up to speed so I think it is fair to say that it was a very good example of an 1100s. It ran an 11-2 standing 1/4 mile with a terminal speed of 122mph and people would not believe that it was standard apart from the exhaust and induction mods. Used to enjoy folks saying "But its a BMW!!!"

Happy Days
Peter.

[metropolis2k]

Motocod, 1100 definitely has a rev limiter, just rag it in first or second gear and you will find it.

Al.

Found that down the back straight at Snetterton too!