Speed Limiter?
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Steve, thanks for your concern I'm pretty Happy all round with the results with the Stage 111 right now! Even the fuel consumption improved? Will let you know what it runs at sea level as soon as the coast is clear!
For now I'm just getting up the Warders nose! He!He!
For now I'm just getting up the Warders nose! He!He!
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I believe that any manufacturer will install some kind of speed limiter simply to prevent liability issues. A good example of this unrelated to motorcycles would by my jetski. I bought a brand new SeaDoo RXT-260AS back in 2011. Even then on smooth water I couldn`t take it past 69 mph. I could feel the speed drop off as I neared that top speed. And this jetski has a supercharger on it which produces 260 h.p., way more than enough to propel an 850 lb. watercraft planing on smooth water. If this jetski didn`t have a speed limiter, I`m quite sure it would be capable of speeds of over 100 mph. At that speed even on smooth water the chances of something bad happening would be greatly improved.
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I believe that any manufacturer will install some kind of speed limiter simply to prevent liability issues. A good example of this unrelated to motorcycles would by my jetski. I bought a brand new SeaDoo RXT-260AS back in 2011. Even then on smooth water I couldn`t take it past 69 mph. I could feel the speed drop off as I neared that top speed. And this jetski has a supercharger on it which produces 260 h.p., way more than enough to propel an 850 lb. watercraft planing on smooth water. If this jetski didn`t have a speed limiter, I`m quite sure it would be capable of speeds of over 100 mph. At that speed even on smooth water the chances of something bad happening would be greatly improved.
Fast boats though, sport mode enabled, pinned from a dead stop would dig down the rear and launch the whole thing in the air. It would come back down and launch forward ridiculously fast. 0-60 in 3-3.5 seconds. Insane.
If you want to talk about warranty issues, thats a good spot to start though lol. I wont buy any more BRP products after the experience I had with them.
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Harleys never had a soeed limiter that effected the bikeks top speed until the 2017 M8 bikes. They always had various rpm limiters since they had ECUs. The M8 speed limiter is set to 107mph.
Last edited by Heatwave; Jan 24, 2018 at 10:33 PM.
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Cool Hand
My experience is that a standard m8 will struggle to reach 107 mph
Stage 2 will lift that to 112 and stage 3 may get you to 120 on a level road speedo average,two way run..........Speed limiter not withstanding?
The 5500 Revolution limiter has nothing to do with limiting these speeds.
125 Mph will be achieved at 5400 rpm in 5th and 4800 rpm in 6th
Yet there are numerous reports on this forum of guys claiming to hit the limiter in 5th and 6th gear.
What the F..... thats 230 Kmh or 140 MPH
Last edited by Peter Quinn; Jan 25, 2018 at 06:54 AM. Reason: error
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Just take your bike to the local dyno guy and get a 6th gear run.
When I took mine in for tuning, one of the things I wasn't happy with was 6th gear roll on. So I told him to do a 6th gear run after tuning so I can see it. It shut down at about 4400 RPM, ie, hit the speed limiter there.
When I took mine in for tuning, one of the things I wasn't happy with was 6th gear roll on. So I told him to do a 6th gear run after tuning so I can see it. It shut down at about 4400 RPM, ie, hit the speed limiter there.
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Does it automatically disable it when you flash one of TTS's tunes to the bike?
