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75mph

75 mph

you can usually find me doing between 15 and 20 over the PSL

60-70mph. Anything lower and it's not happy in top gear. Above 70, it's starts to buzz.

same here - 60-70 mph is the comfort zone for the bonneville. I guess it would be higher if I threw on a little windscreen, but I don't usually have the road open enough to go much above 75-80 anyway.

Clifford (the RS) starts to really settle in at about 80. Anything below that and I have to drop a gear to accelerate. Now Muffin (the GS) has no wind protection, and starts to really beat me up above 65 mph.

The Crimson Rider® wrote:

jonnythan wrote:. The backroads are much more fun.

yep, especially if those back roads are canyon roads or twisties.

the best of the best... I would be the happiest person if i didnt go over 60 MPH all day, if i could just cruise on canyon roads with lots of twisties!

badfish89 wrote:
the best of the best... I would be the happiest person if i didnt go over 60 MPH all day, if i could just cruise on canyon roads with lots of twisties!

how's nebraska?

are there canyons there or twisties and racetracks?

I cruise 80-85 in 4rth gear cause well thats the top gear on my bike lol. Still gets 47mpg at that speed which is better than my minivans 23mpg .

Well lately I've been really bad...I've been cruisin at 80-85 with spurts up to 115-120.

I gotta start making myself behave and keeping it around 75...

However thats on the freeway. I get bored and just want to play with the speed aspect. I would much rather do a solid 40-45 on back roads.