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Dec 20, 2010 | 11:02 AM

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krusty1

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Originally Posted by Toypuller

There are 75 mph speed limits in some areas.

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

Yeah, I tried that argument with the trooper who pulled me over last September....doing a smooth 80 (that's the Super Glides 'sweet spot') in a 50 zone.

He didn't buy it, but wrote me up for a 60 in a 50 zone (which is a ridiculous speed limit for open country hardtop with few intersections and great sight lines...but of course that's why the troopers like to sit in such places).

I'm just not used to troopers in one of those new unmarked black Dodge Chargers. I think I avoided a lot of 'sweet spot riding' tickets over the years by being able to recognize just about any configuration of Crown Vic...from any angle, any distance, any vintage.

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Dec 20, 2010 | 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ord sgt

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.

I used to occasionally ride with a chief of police for a jurisdication that spanned a sizeable length of road known as a notorious speed trap. I remember following him through that stretch one day doing about 80+ in a 35 zone, and when we later stopped I asked, "are you crazy?" All he did is grin, and said he'd like to see one of his boys pull us over. The law is different for those folks.

Dec 20, 2010 | 12:13 PM

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Joe Diver

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75-80 is normal highway cruising speed in Texas, if not a little more. There are several places here our speed limit is 80.

I bought my bike to slow down. I can only afford 1 toy at a time, so before the bike I had a Corvette, 99 C5, 6sp, and a few strategic mods.

Considering the **** I pulled in that 'Vette....and any of y'all that know these, KNOW what they are capable of......well, let's just say after 4 years I'm lucky to be alive and still have a clean driving record.

Now I'm riding all those rural backroads and actually enjoying the scenery....which used to be just a blur in my peripheral vision.

Dec 20, 2010 | 02:57 PM

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TheSter

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Originally Posted by ord sgt

Like I said previously, when our speedo was showing 81mph we were only going 75mph. I did not say the actual speed was higher than what the speedo showed.

Dec 20, 2010 | 03:17 PM

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mswmn

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Originally Posted by Gruamach

Even worse when you go from a stiff-seated Softail with a stock motor to a smooth, comfy Touring bike with a stage 2 103".

I still have times where I feel like I'm doing about 70, and look at my speedo to see it on 85-90.

Stiff seated softail??? No comprende...

Dec 20, 2010 | 03:52 PM

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oct1949

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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..

[QUOTE=Gruamach;7676822]Even worse when you go from a stiff-seated Softail with a stock motor to a smooth, comfy Touring bike with a stage 2 103".

OUCH..
Nuestro softail asiento es mejor que los dos bicicletas touring HE rode

We love ours...

Dec 20, 2010 | 04:13 PM

#27

cogener8

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I soon realized that if I didnt use my cruise control I was gonna get a ticket. Like you my wife says I drive like a grandpa ( I survived 3 wrecks in my younger days in cages that could have killed me).