Was running down the interstate one day and after passing the 100th cage i wondered why everyone was going so slow, looked down and was doing 95, Crap. with a 6th gear it does like to eat up the miles quick..I started just leaving it in 5th gear and doing 70-75.

 

Yep 75-80+ on my Tri Glide puts me in the zone. It's a High all I can say. Im 60 years old Drive my 4 wheels at posted speed.

 

An occasional rush of accelleration and speed are good for the soul.

 

75-80 ?? isn't that when you shift into high gear?

 

There are 75 mph speed limits in some areas.

So, your not speeding. Your just in the wrong place.

 

75 to 80 is my cruising speed a s well. Like to go slightly quicker than the flow of traffic on the superslab and ride through the cages blindspots.

 

That 75-80 stuff is pretty much it for my FXST. Any more speed and it feels like it is straining. Unfortunately, Most people in California are going 80 -- 90 on the Interstates. It's no biggie on the Hayabusa, I usually cruise right around 100, but on my wonderful Softail, I need to watch the mirrors closely for someone sneaking up on me in a Prius...

 

I drive and ride fast so 75-80 is just a normal everyday speed for me on the freeways. I have had some of my old sport bikes over 140 mph and that is moving, but now I alot more relaxed on the high speeds. Now and then I will hot like 100 or so on the XL50, but not too much over that these days.

 

The group that I ride with, mostly SG's and up, a couple of them have a GPS. We have found out that our speedometers read about 6 MPH higher when you start to get over 65MPH. We found that when we go aproximately 81mph on our speedometers we are only going 75MPH. This is true on the 8 bikes that ride with us. If you have a chance, check your bike out to verify that the speedometer is reading correctly and you might be surprised.

 

If that is true then on a police escorted ride, my speedo was reading 80 mph so we must have been doing 85 -90.
It was an interesting funeral escort for a deceased Marine. State police car, hearse and 30 motorcycles northbound.