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Old Mar 25, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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Default 883 on the highway? No issue whatsoever

I have over 13000 on my 2012 superlow (most of that in the last year) and highway travel has never been an issue. it runs at about 4100 at 80mph, and spins there happily for hours at a time. My fuel economy isnt the greatest- low to mid 40's, but i usually run well north of 80. there are some instances where a little more power would be nice- uphill into a headwind with a passenger, but even then it'll keep pace with most of the sloptails and baggers pretty well.
 
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