Ran out of cruise in Fla
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Ran out of cruise in Fla
I trailered my bike from Ohio to Hilton head 2 weeks ago and rode to Florida from there. I was on I-95 just south of Jacksonville and had the cruise set at 80-81. The traffic kept going past me so I kept bumping up the cruiseto keep up with the flow. I was running about 84-85 and went down a small hill after a bridge, the speed picked up a little and when it hit about 86mph the cruise shut off. I reset it at 84-85 and the next bridge itI crossedthe bike sped up a little and the cruise shut down again. The traffic was still going past me at slow rate and I would have gone a little bit more but had to set it at 83-84 sosmall increases didn't shut it down.I stopped at DaytonaHarley shop and the service writer said all cruises shut down at 85??? WTFand Why?? Oh well had a good trip and the wife said 85 is fast enough. I said I wanted more just because I could, traffic was light and flying. We ran about 100 miles like that. At one point a Sherriff came up behind me (never saw him till he was right behind me) he moved to the left lane pulled up beside me, looked at me, punched it and went on by. Itfelt great to run like that!! No way can you do that in Ohio state troopers are all over
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
On 95 they usually don't bother you up to 10 mph over. Figure the 3 to 4 mph optimistic error in your speedo, & that's about what you were doin'. The only catch is that if they're runnin' a speed trap they may pull you for that extra 1 mph over the grace. Congratulations on the good luck & welcome to Florida!
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
Manual states that cruise control does not work at speeds below 30 or above 85, and that the system will allow the rider to increase speed up to 10 mph above the set speed(but not above 85). Why? "They" decided that was safe.
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
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I trailered my bike from Ohio to Hilton head 2 weeks ago and rode to Florida from there. I was on I-95 just south of Jacksonville and had the cruise set at 80-81. The traffic kept going past me so I kept bumping up the cruiseto keep up with the flow. I was running about 84-85 and went down a small hill after a bridge, the speed picked up a little and when it hit about 86mph the cruise shut off. I reset it at 84-85 and the next bridge itI crossedthe bike sped up a little and the cruise shut down again. The traffic was still going past me at slow rate and I would have gone a little bit more but had to set it at 83-84 sosmall increases didn't shut it down.I stopped at DaytonaHarley shop and the service writer said all cruises shut down at 85??? WTFand Why?? Oh well had a good trip and the wife said 85 is fast enough. I said I wanted more just because I could, traffic was light and flying. We ran about 100 miles like that. At one point a Sherriff came up behind me (never saw him till he was right behind me) he moved to the left lane pulled up beside me, looked at me, punched it and went on by. Itfelt great to run like that!! No way can you do that in Ohio state troopers are all over
I trailered my bike from Ohio to Hilton head 2 weeks ago and rode to Florida from there. I was on I-95 just south of Jacksonville and had the cruise set at 80-81. The traffic kept going past me so I kept bumping up the cruiseto keep up with the flow. I was running about 84-85 and went down a small hill after a bridge, the speed picked up a little and when it hit about 86mph the cruise shut off. I reset it at 84-85 and the next bridge itI crossedthe bike sped up a little and the cruise shut down again. The traffic was still going past me at slow rate and I would have gone a little bit more but had to set it at 83-84 sosmall increases didn't shut it down.I stopped at DaytonaHarley shop and the service writer said all cruises shut down at 85??? WTFand Why?? Oh well had a good trip and the wife said 85 is fast enough. I said I wanted more just because I could, traffic was light and flying. We ran about 100 miles like that. At one point a Sherriff came up behind me (never saw him till he was right behind me) he moved to the left lane pulled up beside me, looked at me, punched it and went on by. Itfelt great to run like that!! No way can you do that in Ohio state troopers are all over
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
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Ohio SUCKS... Plenty of stories of going through Ohio and getting pulled over for going 5 miles an hour over the speed limit!
Ohio SUCKS... Plenty of stories of going through Ohio and getting pulled over for going 5 miles an hour over the speed limit!
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
ORIGINAL: jsimo7
I trailered my bike from Ohio to Hilton head 2 weeks ago and rode to Florida from there. I was on I-95 just south of Jacksonville and had the cruise set at 80-81. The traffic kept going past me so I kept bumping up the cruiseto keep up with the flow. I was running about 84-85 and went down a small hill after a bridge, the speed picked up a little and when it hit about 86mph the cruise shut off. I reset it at 84-85 and the next bridge itI crossedthe bike sped up a little and the cruise shut down again. The traffic was still going past me at slow rate and I would have gone a little bit more but had to set it at 83-84 sosmall increases didn't shut it down.I stopped at DaytonaHarley shop and the service writer said all cruises shut down at 85??? WTFand Why?? Oh well had a good trip and the wife said 85 is fast enough. I said I wanted more just because I could, traffic was light and flying. We ran about 100 miles like that. At one point a Sherriff came up behind me (never saw him till he was right behind me) he moved to the left lane pulled up beside me, looked at me, punched it and went on by. Itfelt great to run like that!! No way can you do that in Ohio state troopers are all over
I trailered my bike from Ohio to Hilton head 2 weeks ago and rode to Florida from there. I was on I-95 just south of Jacksonville and had the cruise set at 80-81. The traffic kept going past me so I kept bumping up the cruiseto keep up with the flow. I was running about 84-85 and went down a small hill after a bridge, the speed picked up a little and when it hit about 86mph the cruise shut off. I reset it at 84-85 and the next bridge itI crossedthe bike sped up a little and the cruise shut down again. The traffic was still going past me at slow rate and I would have gone a little bit more but had to set it at 83-84 sosmall increases didn't shut it down.I stopped at DaytonaHarley shop and the service writer said all cruises shut down at 85??? WTFand Why?? Oh well had a good trip and the wife said 85 is fast enough. I said I wanted more just because I could, traffic was light and flying. We ran about 100 miles like that. At one point a Sherriff came up behind me (never saw him till he was right behind me) he moved to the left lane pulled up beside me, looked at me, punched it and went on by. Itfelt great to run like that!! No way can you do that in Ohio state troopers are all over
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
Ohio is the worst for enforcement. A great line in an old movie - Cannonball Run- The race organizer is spelling out the rules and says,
"There is not a death penalty for speeding that I know of, except maybe in Ohio"
"There is not a death penalty for speeding that I know of, except maybe in Ohio"
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RE: Ran out of cruise in Fla
Yep..I was one of the unlucky one's who got nailed in Sanford for 1 mile over the grace. I was doing 11 over. Never heard of getting a ticket for 11 over in FL....especially when one was as polite as I was that night.
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On 95 they usually don't bother you up to 10 mph over. Figure the 3 to 4 mph optimistic error in your speedo, & that's about what you were doin'. The only catch is that if they're runnin' a speed trap they may pull you for that extra 1 mph over the grace. Congratulations on the good luck & welcome to Florida!
On 95 they usually don't bother you up to 10 mph over. Figure the 3 to 4 mph optimistic error in your speedo, & that's about what you were doin'. The only catch is that if they're runnin' a speed trap they may pull you for that extra 1 mph over the grace. Congratulations on the good luck & welcome to Florida!