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2011 SG with factory power pac option. Have not hit a final "top speed " yet, and that's just due to the rides I've been on. Can say that it got from 40 to 110 last Sunday damn quick getting onto a highway. Kept it there for a bit till I backed down to 80 and rode the rest of the way home.
2010
Fuelmoto 107" kit with true duals. Otherwise stock. Racing my wife in her SLK 350. Speedo said 118.
Never had the experience of a rear tire breaking loose off the starting line before. Scared me at first.
Last edited by ID Triple T; Oct 11, 2011 at 08:39 AM.
I test rode a 2009 silver Street Glide last year completely stock with 1200 mile, hit 111 on speedo & back out of it & got a dangerous front end wobble around 100 as slowing.Had to get back in the throttle & slow it down gradually. Returned it and did not buy it.
Now I have a 2012 Street Glide completely stock for now have had it to 110 on the speedo with no issues.
Riding home on the super slab last weekend I had a cager that was one of those.."I'm not lettin' a Harley pass me" kinda drivers. He was doin' 65 in a 70 zone. As I changed lanes to get around him he decided to speed up and kept matchin' my speed up to 75. So I got pissed and twisted the throttle. Last look at the speedo I was doing 110 by the time I got back into the right lane. Still had some throttle to go, but figured I made my point, so I took it back down to 75 and went on my merry way.
Fully loaded with luggage on the rack and wife on the back, big sucker 4" rhinos on a 96" 09 Ultra pulled 105 on the speedo and 99.6 on the GPS with plenty more left, but the wife was hitting me so had to slow down.
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