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CVO Technical => General CVO discussion => Topic started by: winkjr on October 01, 2018, 08:41:43 PM

Title: How fast will yours go?
Post by: winkjr on October 01, 2018, 08:41:43 PM
How fast will yours go? I got mine up to 110 ish over the weekend and it stopped. Wouldn't go any faster. Do you think they are limited how fast they will go. I was in 6th gear i waswondering if i went to 5th gear i could go faster. Seems like the bike is governed.   What do you think?
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: fastfreddy on October 01, 2018, 08:58:21 PM
that's all you'll get out of till you put an after market tune in it
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: hd-dude on October 02, 2018, 12:17:58 AM
Newer bikes are speed and rpm limited.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: ParadigmGuy on October 02, 2018, 12:25:05 AM
that's all you'll get out of till you put an after market tune in it
What years have this limiter? I've done 115 on mine and bought it used. Does that mean that I have an aftermarket tune?

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Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: winkjr on October 02, 2018, 05:27:01 AM
that's all you'll get out of till you put an after market tune in it

Thats what I thought. My last bike I wouldn't even attempt to get it to 90. this one just feels solid so I felt comfortable trying it.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: GKroadking on October 02, 2018, 06:36:44 AM
...couple of weeks ago I did get 215 km/h wich is ~133 mph in 6th. Was easy to reach out and not any kind of wobbly.  8)
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: ultrarider123 on October 02, 2018, 08:25:18 AM
I've seen 100 on mine but that's as fast as I wanted to go just to see if it would make it. 

Saw 175 on my 'busa once and it was still pulling....needed new shorts afterwards... :nervous: ;D
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: winkjr on October 02, 2018, 04:15:21 PM
I've seen 100 on mine but that's as fast as I wanted to go just to see if it would make it. 

Saw 175 on my 'busa once and it was still pulling....needed new shorts afterwards... :nervous: ;D
Fastest I ever been on a sport bike before was 150. That was about 20years a go on a GXR 750.  That bike was fun but I settled down a little bit.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Ironhorse on October 02, 2018, 04:52:11 PM
Mine goes fast enough to get a speeding ticket.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Yellow09SERG on October 02, 2018, 05:26:30 PM
Mine goes fast enough to get a speeding ticket.

And have you seen the price of one of those lately? Holy cow they are not $25 anymore.. :oops:
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: DOWNTOWN DON on October 02, 2018, 07:41:28 PM
Took mine down south last spring, and had it up to 205kph or 127mph heading from Arizona to SanDiego.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: DuraGlide on October 02, 2018, 08:40:55 PM
It's not just how fast can you go but how quickly can you get there.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: bbrown on October 02, 2018, 08:42:37 PM
Fastest I ever been on a sport bike before was 150. That was about 20years a go on a GXR 750.  That bike was fun but I settled down a little bit.
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Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: TraumaSlave on October 03, 2018, 08:56:25 AM
Fastest I ever been on a sport bike before was 150. That was about 20years a go on a GXR 750.  That bike was fun but I settled down a little bit.
Was that a SCRAD? Always wanted one of those. Standard white and blue.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: winkjr on October 03, 2018, 08:11:11 PM
gsxr  was what i meant to write. yes white and blue.   im not sure on scrad thing
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: rigidorbust on October 04, 2018, 05:43:14 PM
did hit the rev limiter in 6th once,,  6400rpm,  no wobble,   with chain drive 7.5% higher gearing
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: bbrown on October 04, 2018, 06:44:57 PM
Mine goes fast enough to get a speeding ticket.


Lol.  Mine tooo.    Sh  t!
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: HOGMIKE on October 06, 2018, 06:21:06 PM
My old 2010 103
Mild cam, small bump in compression, lower gearing, decent exhaust system.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: HOGMIKE on October 06, 2018, 06:22:23 PM
One more thing: this was off my gps, and the elevation is correct.
 8)


Been faster on a friends bmw s1000rr, race prepped, chasing him on his desmosedici, nope, never caught up!
Had to stop to clean out shorts.
 8)
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: lowflight on October 06, 2018, 10:39:18 PM
I have heard that the M8's are limited to 107mph, but that is what I heard. I have had my 2013 to 125mph a couple of times, but that is indicated and who knows what that really is.
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Post by: Mano on October 07, 2018, 11:11:31 AM
One more thing: this was off my gps, and the elevation is correct.
 8)

This is the most accurate way of seeing how fast you are really going. I think there is a +/- of 3 KM's with a GPS. HD Speedo's can be off by 20 KM's sometimes more.The Harley speedo's are junk.

A buddy on his 2010 ultra with a 96 CI took a picture of his speedo showing 190 KM. The Zumo 660 GPS says MAX Speed 168 KM. My 2011 CVO SG speedo showed a top speed of 210 KM. My Zumo 665 GPS says MAX Speed 186 KM.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Scott7d on October 09, 2018, 07:18:14 PM
My speedo only goes to 120, but have hit that with the tach still climbing. Very rare for me to do that as it just doesn't feel real steady. But I also love smoking all of my friends. :)
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: longlast on October 09, 2018, 10:33:23 PM

  I've hit a 100  when I was going North once  thought that was pretty good as I was going up hill  she still had a lot of pull left in her tho  :huepfenlol2:
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: FLSTFI Dave on October 13, 2018, 08:42:06 AM
I have heard that the M8's are limited to 107mph, but that is what I heard. I have had my 2013 to 125mph a couple of times, but that is indicated and who knows what that really is.

The M8 is speed limited to 107 mph, on all engine sizes, 107, 114 and 117.  They are also RPM limited.  The HD tuners will not remove this.  TTS and others will.

The twin cam motors were not speed limited.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: smkymtnboy on October 16, 2018, 08:29:05 PM
115 and it threw the front wheel weight off.  :'( :'(
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: goop on October 27, 2018, 06:04:26 PM
The M8 is speed limited to 107 mph, on all engine sizes, 107, 114 and 117.  They are also RPM limited.  The HD tuners will not remove this.  TTS and others will.

The twin cam motors were not speed limited.

this is not true. i have a 19 cvo roadglide all stock i was able to go 115
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: goop on October 27, 2018, 06:10:05 PM
the bike i traded in for my 19 cvo was a 16 cvo street glide with a built 124 motor. i was paced by a zx14 doing 150. i ran out of room on the highway (cars) but felt it was still pulling so once i got more room again i hammered down and got to 153. then the death wobble happened. handlebars were going side to side very violently until i got it down to 70ish and it stopped. all my friends behind me slowed down so they wouldnt run me over. never went that fast again on that harley nor do i think i will attempt that again. i seriously thought i was dead.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: 68 XLCH on October 27, 2018, 09:02:22 PM
Generally i just ride the back roads, but checked radar and a pretty big trw was approaching from the west, so i hopped on 95 and took her up to 75 mph, the speed limit, turned on the cruise control and settled back and no one was around me for at least 300 yards so i stayed put and the bike wasn't even breathing hard, it seemed to like that speed, don't remember the rpm, but it could have stayed there until fuel burn out.

So i know it will do 75 all day.

Oh and beat the storm and didn't get wet, actually the bike has never been wet. :)
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: FLSTFI Dave on October 28, 2018, 08:42:02 AM

this is not true. i have a 19 cvo roadglide all stock i was able to go 115
An how many MPH is your speedmeter low?  All harleys I have owned at 80 mph are only doing 77 mph.

Seems that all the reputable tuners will tell you 107 mph for the M8.  Saw it when my M8's were tuned.  I also saw the speed governor removed

Cant say for sure on a 19, but I know for a fact on a 17 and a 18.  I also understand European bikes do not have the governor. 
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Threephase on October 28, 2018, 10:27:20 AM
 107's are speed limited to 107mph. The 2017 CVO 114's are speed limited to 114. Clever huh?
I cannot speak to the 18 and 19 CVO' with the 117" though.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: iski on October 28, 2018, 10:45:34 AM
66,627 mph, plus 100-110 mph or so, depending upon one's perspective.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: winkjr on October 29, 2018, 11:57:15 AM
66,627 mph, plus 100-110 mph or so, depending upon one's perspective.


I don’t get it. Maybe you could clue me in.


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Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: iski on October 29, 2018, 12:44:51 PM

I don’t get it. Maybe you could clue me in.


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Speed depends upon perspective, in relation to other objects:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fast-is-the-earth-mov/ (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fast-is-the-earth-mov/)
"the earth is moving about our sun in a very nearly circular orbit. It covers this route at a speed of nearly 30 kilometers per second, or about 67,000 miles per hour"
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: ultrarider123 on October 29, 2018, 12:45:42 PM

I don’t get it. Maybe you could clue me in.


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He's being humorous...the speed of the earth through space PLUS whatever speed his bike is going.... ;D
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: iski on October 29, 2018, 12:49:30 PM
He's being humorous...the speed of the earth through space PLUS whatever speed his bike is going.... ;D

 8)   Sometimes seems faster, others times not so fast.  Some days have no clue where we are, how we got there, or where we are going but we are making darn good time.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: kojak on October 29, 2018, 05:49:11 PM
the bike i traded in for my 19 cvo was a 16 cvo street glide with a built 124 motor. i was paced by a zx14 doing 150. i ran out of room on the highway (cars) but felt it was still pulling so once i got more room again i hammered down and got to 153. then the death wobble happened. handlebars were going side to side very violently until i got it down to 70ish and it stopped. all my friends behind me slowed down so they wouldnt run me over. never went that fast again on that harley nor do i think i will attempt that again. i seriously thought i was dead.
The big man upstairs was looking out for you! I went down at a very high rate of speed on an ultra for pretty much the same thing and it was a miracle that I survived and recovered to ride again!
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Yellow09SERG on October 29, 2018, 10:53:43 PM
66,627 mph, plus 100-110 mph or so, depending upon one's perspective.

But only if you are traveling west, if your traveling east your slowing down.... I have a headache after all that calculating
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Threephase on October 30, 2018, 09:38:37 AM
And I used to live on a road that was so curvy, one night I ran down my battery honking at my tail lights.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Para Bellum on October 31, 2018, 02:26:24 AM
Fast enough to kill me.   :oops:
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: iski on October 31, 2018, 07:00:20 AM
But only if you are traveling west, if your traveling east your slowing down.... I have a headache after all that calculating

Have used this for comparison purposes, since about 1975:
Q - What Is the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow?
A - The average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour.

It gets complicated if trying to compare European vs African swallows, is best to avoid that.
http://style.org/unladenswallow/ (http://style.org/unladenswallow/)
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: winkjr on November 01, 2018, 07:44:03 AM
He's being humorous...the speed of the earth through space PLUS whatever speed his bike is going.... ;D


Oh I see a regular dr Neil deGrasse Tyson over here.   (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181101/feb056b050854af5ccfe8fbd3796ad13.gif)


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Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: Wesleypalms on January 01, 2019, 09:31:58 PM
At least 118 mph all my M8 friends are way back there. LOL
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: bigchuck on January 03, 2019, 12:15:18 AM
But only if you are traveling west, if your traveling east your slowing down.... I have a headache after all that calculating

Are you sure east is slower? I'm thinking it should be faster going east.
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: 2soaper on January 03, 2019, 11:36:02 AM
Did 100mph on my 71 Norton Commando Fastback when I looked at the speedometer and realized it suddenly struck me "what the f... am I doing?"
Title: Re: How fast will yours go?
Post by: muddypaws on January 03, 2019, 03:24:11 PM
All depends if the bike is running and not broken down...