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Putting: 30-40mph
1.04%
Cruising: 40-50mph
24.35%
Running: 50-70mph
55.44%
Super Slabbing: 70-80mph
16.58%
Hauling Ass: Wide Open
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What's Your Favorite Speed?

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Old 10-11-2006 | 09:48 PM
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There should have been a "all of the above"
That's me.

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Old 10-11-2006 | 09:51 PM
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Couldn't really vote. depends on the situation. If I'm out gawking, looking at cattle, horses, and the like, about 40. But I do like to open her up too. Anything over 90 usually worries me as to what might jump out in front of me. Fun, nontheless!
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 10:02 PM
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My favorite riding areas are in the mountains...it's kind of twisty and blind-curvy up there and the posted limit on my favorite stretch is 40...I'm usually 10 above that when the traffic allows. Freeway riding I'm usually pulling 70-80 MPH with an occasional twist of the wrist...In the metro areas it's hard to do but I try to ride no more than 5 above the posted limit.
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 10:34 PM
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Fifty. That's it. Fifty.
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 10:57 PM
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Hard question to answer. The freeways I like 70. Long sweeping mountain roads I slow down and enjoy the scenery. When I want the rush I increase my speed through the twesties. To get away from the pack of cagers I head to triple digits.
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 10:59 PM
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ORIGINAL: springerGT

There should have been a "all of the above"
That's me.

GT
I've got agree with ya' springer. But out on the super slab, if you ain't doing 80+ around here, you get passed like you're tied to a tree. I went by a TN State Trooper the other afternoon doin' 90+ and he never touched his brakes. You've got to be doin' warp speed to get a ticket on the interstate around here.
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 11:27 PM
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Default RE: What's Your Favorite Speed?

My Ultra seems to be at home up about 85-90, but I like to ride around 75 on the interstates, and 50-60 on the back roads. In town, I stay right with the speed limit, 'cause I know all the traffic officers and they wouldn't want to have to give me a ticket (but they would.)

With the Stage I I find I get the best mileage under 70 or 3000 rpm, so I usually settle in there somewhere.[8D]
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 11:54 PM
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50-70, unless on a trip then 80-100
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 11:56 PM
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I like 50 to 70..
 
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Old 10-11-2006 | 11:58 PM
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like the 50-65 range depending where i'm at.Occasionally on the hwy over 70 depending on traffic flow.
 


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