83 MPH is that ALL?????
#1
83 MPH is that ALL?????
here is the situation.
Ride to work here in awesome Austin, TX. rolling hills on west side of town (360Hwy for locals). I ride to work at about 6:30 am almost every day
and it is awesome. The road is 2 lanes each direction and safe for me to ride that fast in a couple of places. On the downhill sides of the "hills" I can
only get up to about 80-83 mph. I have tried to give her a little more but she doesn't want to go much faster. This is not a one day event, I just can't
seem to top that speed.
I have a 1999 Harley 883 Stage 1 SE kit with 18.5k miles on it. It is very well tuned by the local HD shop and it otherwise performs awesomely.
Why can't I go faster? is this the norm for the 883?
Please keep your speed and safety judgements to yourself.
I'm only asking about what i could do to get it to go faster other than a full stage 2 kit.
Thanks
Ride to work here in awesome Austin, TX. rolling hills on west side of town (360Hwy for locals). I ride to work at about 6:30 am almost every day
and it is awesome. The road is 2 lanes each direction and safe for me to ride that fast in a couple of places. On the downhill sides of the "hills" I can
only get up to about 80-83 mph. I have tried to give her a little more but she doesn't want to go much faster. This is not a one day event, I just can't
seem to top that speed.
I have a 1999 Harley 883 Stage 1 SE kit with 18.5k miles on it. It is very well tuned by the local HD shop and it otherwise performs awesomely.
Why can't I go faster? is this the norm for the 883?
Please keep your speed and safety judgements to yourself.
I'm only asking about what i could do to get it to go faster other than a full stage 2 kit.
Thanks
#5
RE: 83 MPH is that ALL?????
Never had an 883, but all my 1200s are just getting warmed up at 80. Not that I like to ride fast, but do like to see how much muscle the bike has every now and then. I have taken a 1200, 115 mph+. The bike has more, I just dont. I also have always had wind sheilds on all my sporties.
Im about your size as well. Little lighter though. Im 6'4" 210lbs.
Im about your size as well. Little lighter though. Im 6'4" 210lbs.
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#7
RE: 83 MPH is that ALL?????
Well the bike only has around 55hp at 6000rpm and it has to carry around 804 lbs at least. That's about 14.6 lbs per hp and im not even factoring in the wind resistance which grows exponencially according to speed. All im saying is that the Sportster ain't no sportscar.
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RE: 83 MPH is that ALL?????
I have an 02 883 and it starts to come alive at 80MPH. Even with 2 people on it 80 shouldnt be a strain. I would say that the professional tuning you noted isnt done properly or your compression is way low. Somtimes it doesnt take much for the tuning to be out enough to really effect performance. If you have a tach what does it read? What sprockets are you running?
Good Luck,
Tim
Good Luck,
Tim