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there are very few public highways that you can go that fast with any (relative) safety.
and i have not been that fast on a bike, but close.
truth is, many of the modern sportbikes in liter class and up will do that up until rev limiter kicks in (at approx 186mph).
and many of the lightweight bikes without extensive wind tunnel R&D don't handle so good at very high speed, and their front ends get light, and they want to begin flying.
suzuki hayabusa is an exception---the faster you go (in a straight line) the firmer it feels due to downward force on the front end because of fairing design, this makes high speed somewhat dangerous because it happens so fast and it seems so beniqn...very easy to go from 70 to 140 in top gear just by cracking the throttle and that speed builds in maybe 5 seconds.
and you can do that easily just by passing a long string of cars.
in nevada there are a few places you can get rolling VERY fast.
also in the bay area north of santa cruz going north on highway 101 there is a long straight you could easily get up close to 200mph on a high powered bike without rev limiter.
be careful.
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