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Server Issues. We are very aware that there have been system issues the past few days. In troubleshooting the system, it has been determined that the issue is at our provider and is hardware related. The provider was going to move us to a new server, however we are now told by the provider the issue is at the data center in St. Louis. They have offered to move us to a different datacenter on the East Coast or West Coast, however at this time we have declined the move to a different data center as it would affect the speed of connecting to about half our members.
We are waiting for more information from our provider, however we are trying to ride this out to stay in the same data center, so that when the server is fixed all users in the US will get the fastest connection possible.
If after some time the issue is not resolved we will be forced to move to another data center, if this happens there will be down time, as they will need to transfer everything to the new server and we will need to update the DNS and other settings for the new IP address of the new server. If we have to do this, the time it will take to move will be out of our hands.
We are going to try our best to weather through this, so we thank you in advance if you encounter any issues.
Sorry for the issue!
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Normal day to day...75-80 when traffic allows (on highways of course). Fastest ever...140 in a brand new police car. The wind whipping through the light rack sounded like a hurricane.
142 in a 1977 6.6 T/A in HS and 157 in a 1997 WS6 T/A. Both full factory; the 1st was STUPID racing. The 2nd was with helmet and a controlled environment. I almost always stay within 5 miles of the posted limits because the car attracts the looks.
HeHe. Mine wasn't as glamorous. Just a midnight tour, nobody on the road, on my way to pick up the duty Captain. In NYC it's virtually impossible to get to those types of speeds during a pusuit. Not to mention the Boss (me) will call it off almost immediately unless he's wanted for something real heinous. Too many innocents.
1974 I drove a Jaguar XKE V12(not mine) against a Lamborghini Miura also a V12 from Middletown NY to Newburgh, NY on I-84 at 6:00AM on a Sunday morning. No traffic and stay in the lane rules! Top speed was 165mph You guess which car won. The run took about 8 minutes and the distance was 15 mile stretch of interstate. Since then I have not driven over 100 mph.
125mph on a Honda Shadow 750, 130mph in a 79 Datsun 280zx, and 145 in my 93 Honda civic (going down I-40 with an Acura NSX)
137 in a Winston Cup car in Charlotte doing the Richard Petty Driving Experience. Definitely worth the $300!
150mph on the 401 in canada at 4am on a kawasaki back in 94 outside of london trying to get away from the mounties who clocked me doing 110mph 5 miles back, *G* almost wiped out taking a change out at 100 with the foot peg scrapping and gravel just inches from my tires, that was hard and I will never do that again. The other thing that scared me off from going that fast was a high speed wobble at about 130 that nearly took me out, thats some scary sh*t and so is having your chain pop loose and get tangled in the sprockets and lock up the rear tire at 80.
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139 MPH in my 1995 Acura Integra GSR (couldn't get above 140...ran out of highway). My current ride, 2004 Toyota Solara V6, I haven't gotten the gumption to go above 110 yet.
140 on my Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 down the Pacific Coast Highway (Hwy 1), just after coming out of the twisties, north of San Simeon. I'd been jammed up with RV's forever and when we broke into open road, I took off. Was only doing about 80 when a Miata blew by me like I was sitting still. It was late in the day, most of the tourists were off the road, so I thought, why not? Using the Miata as my radar detector, I opened it up and gained ground. When he saw me coming , he just went faster, a perfect invitation to do the same. The road has long wide turns, with slow undilating ups and downs, so not too hard to keep it on the road.
I normally would never go that fast, but I had never had this bike opened up and it just seemed like the perfect time. We ran this way for about 15 miles, at which time I never went slower than 110.
What a ride! and I'll never do it again.
I normally would never go that fast, but I had never had this bike opened up and it just seemed like the perfect time. We ran this way for about 15 miles, at which time I never went slower than 110.
What a ride! and I'll never do it again.
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