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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
Had mine up to 110 once FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
 
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
Rider4Christ wrote:
Response is awesome, but sometimes rounding out second she sounds like the valves are floating.....

youŽre hitting the rev limiter.

been off the clock on mine (no bags, no screen). donŽt know how fast she went, but it was fun! i donŽt actually trust the speedo, but under the construction and use regs, itŽs got to be within 10%

iŽll stick the GPS in my pocket at some point and get some real figures
 
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
erizo wrote:
iŽll stick the GPS in my pocket at some point and get some real figures

DUH!!! I've got a Garmin and that NEVER even crossed my mind! I to don't exacly trust the spedo. That Garmin is dead-on
 
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
About 110. Funny, at higher speeds, the bike feels more comfortable.
 
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
Rider4Christ wrote:
erizo wrote:
iŽll stick the GPS in my pocket at some point and get some real figures

DUH!!! I've got a Garmin and that NEVER even crossed my mind! I to don't exacly trust the spedo. That Garmin is dead-on


Was riding with a friend who had his GPS, doing 60 mph, my speedo was showing 63 mph. I would say they are about 5% off.
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
On my R* the fastest is only 85-90
Now on my sport bike I've hit 170 many times



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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
Took it up to 100 it does it easy. Cruising speed is 80 to 85 and it rides good at that speed.
 
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
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On my R* the fastest is only 85-90
Now on my sport bike I've hit 170 many times



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Good god man, what type of sports bike to you have?
 
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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
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Good god man, what type of sports bike to you have?

Suzuki RF900R, Its not even one of the faster sport bikes, however it does have a few mods to it.



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Re:Wide Open-- How fast will she go? 4 Months, 1 Week ago  
Not near as fast as a 1500 suzuki intruder or 1500 nomad or 1600 Kawasaki vulcan LOL. I had mine wound tight 2 times now and 104 is all she has even with everything it has had done. I changed my setting on my Dyna to 36A and haven't tried it yet but doubt it will make much difference on the topend speed. This is by far the slowest topend bike I have onwed besides my HD Electraglide.
 
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