TOP SPEED ON HARLEY
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RE: TOP SPEED ON HARLEY
Just over 100 on the 07 RKC.... 140 on my Kawasaki Concours back in the late 80s... 135 on my Valkyrie Interstate last year... The HD was definitely the least stable at high speed.... but it's still my favorite bike ever! I like to cruise on the highway right around 75... (+10 over speed limit)
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RE: TOP SPEED ON HARLEY
I have tried to get over 90 on my 105th Ultra Classic with the tour pak in 6th and it acts like it has a governor on it. It begins to bog at 90. I think it will do 100 though in 5th for some reason, it doesn'e bog at 90. I have had my 07 FLHX to 110 anf I think it still had more and was smooth as silk. So was the Ultra at 90 and I did want to go faster. If you don't have an old Kawasaki 900 it should not het the high speed shakes. New bikes don't do that unless something is wrong with it. I have had my 03 BMW k1200gt to 140 and still had more. I've had my 04 BMW R1200S to 120 and still had more. Never had high speed shakes on enything built after the 90's.
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iwas on my heritage a few months back.i had a guy pass me on a crotch rocket igot on highway from service road run up to about 90 getting on then slowed down to 80 to cruise on to work well i guess he though t i wanted to race he blew past me over 100 . it will be a long time before he wants to race another harleyhe had no idea he was f*c*in with well over 100 hp & tq i blue past him at well over 120and still pulling hard numbers on speedo stop at 120 needle stops straight down mabe 130 & still pulling like a freight train
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ORIGINAL: Dr.Hess
180K/H * 4.97 Furlongs/K * 0.00298 Hours/Fortnight= 2.67 Furlongs/Fortnight.
I've had my bike up past 2.5 Furlongs/Fortnight, or to put that into a more used dimension, say,1660 Smoot/Minute.
Just trying to help out.
ORIGINAL: BadBobOk
Kph has about as much meaning to me as furlongs per fortnight. 
ORIGINAL: GlennsGlide
I ran 180kph 3 days ago, It took some time and road to get there.Top usable speed is maybe 150kph the rest is an after thought.
GlennsGlide
I ran 180kph 3 days ago, It took some time and road to get there.Top usable speed is maybe 150kph the rest is an after thought.
GlennsGlide
I've had my bike up past 2.5 Furlongs/Fortnight, or to put that into a more used dimension, say,1660 Smoot/Minute.
Just trying to help out.
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From: San Antonio, Republic of TEXAS
RE: TOP SPEED ON HARLEY
ORIGINAL: GlennsGlide
Get a calculator
Just so you all know getting to 180kph/ 112 mph is really really hard down here in Oz as we are doing it upside down.LOL
Glenns Glide
Get a calculator
Just so you all know getting to 180kph/ 112 mph is really really hard down here in Oz as we are doing it upside down.LOL
Glenns Glide
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RE: TOP SPEED ON HARLEY
147mph on a 750 turbo in the late 80's according to the Las Vegas metro police dept. Well over a 100 abunch of times on the flhx
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