2nd Gen Dakota Tech 1997 - 2004 Dodge Dakota Tech - The ultimate forum for technical help on the 2nd Gen Dakota.

New shocks should be in tomorrow!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #21  
Old 04-12-2010, 12:51 PM
Josh Abels's Avatar
Josh Abels
Josh Abels is offline
Record Breaker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Posts: 1,609
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by 00dakSport
lol i was just saying unless ur on the highway 80's pretty fast.
if u can do 120 on ur back roads ur town is sick.

ot, but anyones truck just wake up sometimes? i just got out of school and hit like 110 w/o trying. and the speed limit on that road is 45.
Yea my area is awesome I live on a border line of fields in front of my house and neighborhood behind me. My drive to work is all rural paved country roads that are straight for like five miles and there are never cops on them
 
  #22  
Old 04-12-2010, 12:52 PM
00dakSport's Avatar
00dakSport
00dakSport is offline
All Star
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: long island, NY
Posts: 894
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

maybe i need a truck, if i could do 135 like that i'd be dead or in jail.
 
  #23  
Old 04-12-2010, 04:14 PM
bpark8824's Avatar
bpark8824
bpark8824 is offline
Champion
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Plattsburgh, NY
Posts: 3,300
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default

Originally Posted by 00dakSport
maybe i need a truck, if i could do 135 like that i'd be dead or in jail.
Yeah, its kinda scary how easy it is to get to that speed. I told my self I would let off at 120 but by the time I looked down again I was doing 135... If I wanted I could of hit 150 without much trouble. I still have a grand to go in 4th gear. Once you hit 5th it takes way too long to get to higher speed. Im thinking 4th at redline is right around 145-150.
 
  #24  
Old 04-13-2010, 10:12 AM
Josh Abels's Avatar
Josh Abels
Josh Abels is offline
Record Breaker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Posts: 1,609
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

so i just got back from going to breakfast with a couple of buddies at hardees (for all u northerners hardees is the single greatest supplier of biscuits, and biscuits are the greatest bread product known to man, that u for some reason replaced with crappy, dry english muffins LOL) but i digress


so while we were there we got on the subject of whose truck is the fastest, and of course its mine cause i got the only dakota lol, and my buddy with the f150 triton was trying to save one of the others with a 04 silverado the embarasment of losing lol
so we go to one of the backroads and decide to race lol. this is the first race ive done since i put my superchips on lol. lets just say he got crushed but while racing i looked at my speedo and it was pinned past 120 lol and still accelerating lmao
this has gotta be mostly due to the new shocks, before on the old ones my truck would be bouncing all over the road, now its nice and smooth down the road, not as good as goin 100+ on a highway/interstate because the road isn't flat
but i love these new shocks
 
  #25  
Old 04-13-2010, 05:18 PM
dodgeramguy85's Avatar
dodgeramguy85
dodgeramguy85 is offline
Grand Champion
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Houtzdale,PA
Posts: 5,508
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default

I need new shocks too im sure they were never changed. Ive only ever hit 130mph but my brother in law has hit 182mph on his yamaha R1. He says his goal is 200mph
 
  #26  
Old 04-13-2010, 08:34 PM
00dakSport's Avatar
00dakSport
00dakSport is offline
All Star
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: long island, NY
Posts: 894
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

120+ dam u most have put more stickers on ur window. lol
i see so many fords/chevys w/ rims and other crap worth more then my truck, but they are slow as ****. so i win
 
  #27  
Old 04-13-2010, 10:54 PM
bpark8824's Avatar
bpark8824
bpark8824 is offline
Champion
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Plattsburgh, NY
Posts: 3,300
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default

Originally Posted by dodgeramguy85
I need new shocks too im sure they were never changed. Ive only ever hit 130mph but my brother in law has hit 182mph on his yamaha R1. He says his goal is 200mph
I got to 160 on a gixer 750... never again. I scared myself to death. I love motorcylces, have been on a bike since I was 5, but to go that fast with nothing saving you is a little too much. As soon as I let off, I started to pick my head up a little, the wind got under and almost pulled me right off the bike... scariest moment of my life hands down.

I have a friend with an r1 as well and he did get his to 200, but at Pocono. So a little more of a controled environment, but still pretty nuts.
 

Last edited by bpark8824; 04-13-2010 at 10:56 PM.
  #28  
Old 04-13-2010, 11:42 PM
dodgeramguy85's Avatar
dodgeramguy85
dodgeramguy85 is offline
Grand Champion
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Houtzdale,PA
Posts: 5,508
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bpark8824
I got to 160 on a gixer 750... never again. I scared myself to death. I love motorcylces, have been on a bike since I was 5, but to go that fast with nothing saving you is a little too much. As soon as I let off, I started to pick my head up a little, the wind got under and almost pulled me right off the bike... scariest moment of my life hands down.

I have a friend with an r1 as well and he did get his to 200, but at Pocono. So a little more of a controled environment, but still pretty nuts.
Yeah Ive only done 122 on a bike and made the same mistake of lifting my head after letting off and even then that speed is enough to push you off the bike. Yeah I can say ill never do 200 on a bike that is just plain crazy but I bet it is one hell of a rush.
 
  #29  
Old 04-13-2010, 11:47 PM
Josh Abels's Avatar
Josh Abels
Josh Abels is offline
Record Breaker
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Posts: 1,609
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

i definitely wouldn't do 120 on a bike round here, u'd be catching air just driving down the road, these roads aren't nice and even like the interstate at all
fastest ive been is 80 on my step-dad's honda cruiser
 
  #30  
Old 04-14-2010, 01:06 AM
alleymad99SLT's Avatar
alleymad99SLT
alleymad99SLT is offline
Professional
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Okemos, MI
Posts: 228
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by Josh Abels
so i just got back from going to breakfast with a couple of buddies at hardees (for all u northerners hardees is the single greatest supplier of biscuits, and biscuits are the greatest bread product known to man, that u for some reason replaced with crappy, dry english muffins LOL) but i digress
Believe it or not, there is a Hardee's right in my hometown of Owosso, Michigan I know of at least two of them here in Michigan (there is one in Flint as well). So, while we may not have any jobs, we do have Hardee's.

The great thing about that place was the 24 hour drive thru. 3 am Frisco Burger and curly fries were a highlight of my younger years when I had a reason to be out and getting carted around in the backseat of a car at 2 am
 



Quick Reply: New shocks should be in tomorrow!



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:50 AM.