90 MPH for 100 plus miles
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,833
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From: Southern Maryland
I would love to ride to work more. I work just off the Capitol Beltway. Even at 5:30 in the morning, I don't ride it. I will take secondary highways and do 75-80, but there are too many A-holes on the beltway.... even at that time..... And don't get me started about the afternoon. I do ride on an occasional Thursday, when I get off at 2:30. I can beat most of the nimrods home before they get off work. As much as I love riding, as I have done it for over 35 years, there very well may come a time when I can't compete and won't risk it against the arrogant and selfish A-holes.
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,271
Likes: 246
From: Columbia SC
Exactly
I am over by Annapolis. The only issue is I95 and the Capitol Beltway between I95 and Bethesda. The lanes are narrow with no shoulders. At 4:30 when I leave, the traffic is already like rush hour. So I take secondary highways and come in Georgia Avenue. Yes, plenty of deer. My running lights help to see their eyes. Have come close but lucky so far I guess. I would ride more but by the time I get off after 3, the A-holes are out in full force. No enjoyment in riding around them. Good thing I work for the DoD and can't carry. If I was, I swear I might have shot a few by now.
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 313
Likes: 15
From: New Scotland, Canada
That's the truth! I just got back from my first ever "road trip" and it wasn't much by comparison. Blasted down to the In-Laws' place in Cape Breton for the weekend to hang out with the wife and kids who went visiting. Left after work on Wednesday and it was a gentle putt to the city. Left the next morning and pulled onto Nova Scotia Highway 102 at Enfield and it was like a damned stampede. I thought all the cagers commuted the opposite way and I would be in for a nice easy ride. Not so. Had to run 85MPH to avoid becoming a hood ornament. Fortunately it was only about 40 miles before I passed Truro and everything calmed down. But she ran along nicely for a 21 year old bike. Actually, the biked fared out better than I did...my *** is not happy with me and my upper back is a bit stiff. Four nights of sleeping in different beds probably didn't exactly set me up for success in that department.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 10,216
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From: Glendale AZ
A backrest does wonders for speeds like that, not to mention a full face helmet. One speck of debris in one of your eyes and you'll be dispatched in short order. Bikes love that speed don't they?
Tourer
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 274
Likes: 17
From: West Slope Colorado
Once you pass the center of the country going west 85-90 is not an unusual pace.
After hours it take its toll with the buffeting especially if there is a strong head or side wind. Makes for a long day on a touring bike, you should try it on a KLR.
After hours it take its toll with the buffeting especially if there is a strong head or side wind. Makes for a long day on a touring bike, you should try it on a KLR.
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I'm lucky as my commute to work is almost all back roads. I've still gone 90+ on one occasion because a cager wouldn't get off my ***. I got around two or three vehicles in front of me and wicked it down to 75. The bike was quite stable at 90. On a safe road without cops and close gas stations I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 174
Likes: 9
From: Norman, OK
Come here to the OK and ride like that. The wind here is ridiculous sometimes. Being a new rider, I have no problem in the slow lane doing a touch over the speed limit. You don't need to ride like a maniac to keep that cool image intact.