Was having a brew with a friend and this started ~before we knew it there were 5 of us talking about it. If your into speed& I am to a certain degree.I just wonder about other people's perspective on what's fast on the road when your hammer down and holden on right ~ 0-60 0-100 light to light dodgen cagers etc... you get the idea ~ not what the specs sayor what Joe Bolagna says his super duper nitro bagger will do ~ I mean "Street" speed ~ just really would like to hear other folks thoughts on this ~Thanks in advance ,T

 

To me fast is all about the perspective of speed.

You can go 100mph down a the highway and it could seem like you're only going 60mph. Boring.

Or you could go 60mph around a tight turn and it could seem like you are screaming around the the turn at 100mph.

Speed -- for me -- is all about perspective and being close to the "edge".

 

50 - 65 on surface streets in Phoenix is pretty fast. I always ride between the high end of 3rd and the low end of 5th, cruising at about 3 or 4000 rpms in 4th when conditions allow. I won't go much faster because of all the traffic that can randomly appear at any given second and barrel their dumb asses out in front of you from a side road.

As far as acceleration...as fast as possible to get away from the damn cagers.

 

When you say 'street speed', I think of in town driving .. and in town I am @ or below the speed limit. No risk taking for me in traffic - period.
There are great open spaces here ... and my bike seems to be comfortable at 60-75 mph on those. That does not seem fast to me.
I have very recently gotten close (wasn't looking at the gauge at the time) to 100 while passing three spaced slow cars, who would NOT pass each other. It was on a two lane road with no shoulders, in the one of two places to pass on this road ... now that seemed 'fast', reaallllyyyyy fast.

 

Forme it'show quick I can get from around30 to 80 mph, as I need to merge with traffic or pass trucks and slower drivers.

-Andy

 

It is a matter of perspective...I will take off from lights quickley if a cager is sitting on my rear wheel, they usually get the hint at the next light. When going past big rigs (single or a line) I have blasted up to 90 and that is plennnnty fast for me, lol.

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Some of you guys are talking about "quick" instead of fast.

 

If you read the original post...I think that's what he was trying to get at in the first place. Just what I got from it, could be wrong.

 

Yeah, I think he is talking "quick".

 

Your question was kind of hard to understand but i know Betty is pulllin' hard when I really have to hold on to the bars and am shiftin' with out the clutch because no way am I goin let go to reach for it.

Ric