I thought this was about Harleys. Whatever. I often pegged the 120 speedo on my FXR in 4th gear, pegged as in literally bounding off the peg and still had 5th to go at 6800 RPM in 4th. That is a simple fact. In Alaska I just couldn't find a stretch I felt safe to do much more, or probably in fact, that was fast enough for me and the bike.
i had a 89 mustang lx back in the day...went about 125 on the parkway......lots of fun!!! around the same time i had a honda 900rr.....i had that thing screamin at 155 mph along jones beach on long island. i currently have a 1997 superglide and got it u to just about 100 mph. i didn't feel the need to keep going.....guess i'm getting old....oh wait....only have five gears.....lol