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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 02:32 PM
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I usually run 70-75. I feel the most comfortable at that speed and it doesn't wear me out after a full day.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Speed limit +5. Don't need a ticket as I can barely afford the insurance nowI live 4 miles from work and sometimes it takes me several hours to get home. Whats the hurry
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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Speed limit +5 to 7 unless the flow of traffic is faster and then I go with the flow so I don't get run over.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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I try to go at the same speed as the rest of the traffic. If I'm out where traffic isn't a concern, @80 is good. If my wife is following me, we ride about 50. We become a mobile chicane as everyone has to manuever around us.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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Don't really care about MPG too much............70-85 with or without the wife, doesn't matter . Really depends on my mood & the # of LEOs around
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 03:06 PM
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75-85 here!
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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85 MPH is the most comfortable speed for my Road King.
Plus at that speed it's a Blast to wack on the throttle & feel the TQ of the engine and watch the speedo pass the110 mph mark in seconds.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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75-80
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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speed limit here is 65 or 70. i like to do +5. haven't had a speeding ticket in 14 years, and don't want one either. now if speed limit was not a limiting factor, my bike likes to cruise around 78-80. really smooth at that speed.
 
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Old Dec 7, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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Usually around 75-80 , but if you don't want to get mowed over in the "Valley of the Sun" --ya better be doin' 90 + mph just to keep up , LOL !![sm=signs003.gif]
 
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