Topic: riding and speeding (Read 5608 times)

laylonlor · « **on:** February 27, 2021, 10:47:54 AM »

wondering.....how often do you guys go over 100 , 120 mph , when your riding for an hour or two, rural areas of course I want to see how I stack up !!:huepfenlol2:

dayne66 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2021, 10:52:31 AM »

I speed a lots less the last few years......here in BC 40 km/h over and you lose your vehicle for a week.....once in my Grand Cherokee was enough!

fastfreddy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2021, 10:52:48 AM »

almost never...

laylonlor · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2021, 11:12:31 AM »

damn I'm bad then,... cause I stretch my machine

Twolanerider · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2021, 05:07:59 PM »

Just one opinion but, why? That fast isn't getting one someone any quicker it's just doing it for the sake of doing it. On a closed course, road, or track? Sure. On a public roadway? Nah. Just like raising the front wheel or cracking loud pipes next to someone's open window; that's the kind of thing that makes others look at all riders sideways. And I just want to be left alone.

Not even speaking to all the "what ifs?". Like what if a tire blows or there's unexpected unseen obstacle, pothole, sudden low flying bird, etc etc etc. If someone wants to roll the dice with their own balls so be it. Not for me to say or judge. But the impression left causes the greater scrutiny on all of us. And that's just annoying sometimes.

Like I said, just one guy's opinion. Go ride 80 on a good road with good site lines? Sure. 100 or 120? Nah, just too much other attendant crap potentially involved.

Cvostu · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2021, 06:25:59 PM »

I remember being told this when I started riding. "No fender benders on a motorcycle".. I think that's all I have to say. And we should all remember. Just my. 02. Stuart

Fired00d · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2021, 07:50:50 PM »

As I've gotten older my guardian angels can't fly as fast as they used to I stay within the speed they can watch over me. I do like getting up to the speed limit quickly... IE: getting on the "sweet spot" of the cam as I go thru the gears.

Ride Safe,
Fired00d

Twolanerider · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2021, 07:57:49 PM »

Quote from: Fired00d on February 27, 2021, 07:50:50 PM

As I've gotten older my guardian angels can't fly as fast as they used to I stay within the speed they can watch over me. I do like getting up to the speed limit quickly... IE: getting on the "sweet spot" of the cam as I go thru the gears.

Ride Safe,
Fired00d

It's amazing how the machines (even the old ones) get more and more capable as we get older. I'm sure it's not our skills or the size of our balls diminishing.

When I first got the FXR about three years ago now I really could easily outride what those old single pot calipers could do as brakes. Hard to believe how bad some of that stuff was back in the day. Brake and other upgrades made it comfortable though. Now I am once again the weak link (and am smart enough to know it).

JCZ · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2021, 08:39:08 PM »

Quote from: laylonlor on February 27, 2021, 11:12:31 AM

damn I'm bad then,... cause I stretch my machine

I've been accused of that a time or two....

laylonlor · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2021, 09:45:04 PM »

iffin yas ain't gonna red line um, no need to up grade any performance mods, just stay in the right lane, putt along

smkymtnboy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2021, 11:14:45 PM »

Quote from: laylonlor on February 27, 2021, 09:45:04 PM

iffin yas ain't gonna red line um, no need to up grade any performance mods, just stay in the right lane, putt along

gotcha!!

JCZ · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2021, 08:13:09 AM »

Quote from: laylonlor on February 27, 2021, 09:45:04 PM

iffin yas ain't gonna red line um, no need to up grade any performance mods, just stay in the right lane, putt along

Yea........I've never been accused of that right lane stuff.

Ironhorse · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2021, 09:07:45 AM »

I believe I used up all my "Luck" during my younger years of riding. Now days I don't think it's worth it. Yes, I ride "slightly faster than the flow of traffic", but my days of exceeding 110mph are few and far between.

The last time I did that was in 2017. GoldWing John and I had were on our way back from the Sedona, AZ and Grand Canyon CVO GTG. We left Needles, CA enroute to Barstow, CA. The GPS said we "should be there by 5:00". We arrived at 4:30. We averaged 105mph, hitting a high of 115 at one point. The road was mostly flat, straight, and everyone was nice and let us by.

Glide-man · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2021, 10:28:51 AM »

Trying to beat the rain home from Virginia I rode 90 most of the way. Highway with lite trafic. Troopers just let me pass. but I like to ride the curves more than seeing over 100 mph.

Dan_Lockwood · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2021, 12:21:04 PM »

Quote from: Twolanerider on February 27, 2021, 07:57:49 PM

When I first got the FXR about three years ago now I really could easily outride what those old single pot calipers could do as brakes. Hard to believe how bad some of that stuff was back in the day. Brake and other upgrades made it comfortable though. Now I am once again the weak link (and am smart enough to know it).

Don, I have a similar story. I bought my '76 FLH Shovelhead from a good friend and it was my first bike after a dry spell. Actually it was my first truly road worthy Harley. He had upgraded to an '03 CVO Deuce and loved it. We were coming back from IL, just the two of us and on the way across on the ferry we decided to swap bikes so he could get the feel of his old FLH rejuvenated so to speak. When we left the landing ramp he took off and I followed. I had passed him and we were coming to the first stop sign. I ran up quite quickly and broke hard. I looked behind me and he was coming on strong, but didn't seem to be slowing down much. He blew right through the stop sign and finally slowed to a stop. The brakes on the Deuce were very good, but the brakes on the FLH were only as good as they were new.... which meant they couldn't stop you from 20 mph in 20 feet.

He as shaken up a bit and felt lucky that there wasn't any traffic ahead of us. I could lock up the FLH brakes, but I knew exactly how hard to pull and press to get the beast to slow down. Oh what technology has done for us and our toys!

Twolanerider · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2021, 02:37:03 PM »

Quote from: Dan_Lockwood on February 28, 2021, 12:21:04 PM

Don, I have a similar story. I bought my '76 FLH Shovelhead from a good friend and it was my first bike after a dry spell. Actually it was my first truly road worthy Harley. He had upgraded to an '03 CVO Deuce and loved it. We were coming back from IL, just the two of us and on the way across on the ferry we decided to swap bikes so he could get the feel of his old FLH rejuvenated so to speak. When we left the landing ramp he took off and I followed. I had passed him and we were coming to the first stop sign. I ran up quite quickly and broke hard. I looked behind me and he was coming on strong, but didn't seem to be slowing down much. He blew right through the stop sign and finally slowed to a stop. The brakes on the Deuce were very good, but the brakes on the FLH were only as good as they were new.... which meant they couldn't stop you from 20 mph in 20 feet.

He as shaken up a bit and felt lucky that there wasn't any traffic ahead of us. I could lock up the FLH brakes, but I knew exactly how hard to pull and press to get the beast to slow down. Oh what technology has done for us and our toys!

Kind of like what it would be for those of us old enough to remember driving on bias ply tires. Then the change to glass belts and on to radials....

Still remember vividly the day I took a set of worn out (and bought used) set of bias ply tires off my old 66 El Camino and put on a moderately decent set of used Michelin radials had picked up the junk yard the day before. Holy chit what a difference!.

Ironhorse · « **Reply #16 on:** March 01, 2021, 01:10:52 AM »

Quote from: Twolanerider on February 28, 2021, 02:37:03 PM

Kind of like what it would be for those of us old enough to remember driving on bias ply tires.

Or drum brakes operated by a cable or lever. Yes, the "nostalgia" is always nice to look back on, but I'll stick with what I have now. And being a 2006 CVO Ultra, I know it's archaic compared to what is out there today.

FLSTFI Dave · « **Reply #17 on:** March 01, 2021, 08:37:01 AM »

Quote from: Glide-man on February 28, 2021, 10:28:51 AM

Trying to beat the rain home from Virginia I rode 90 most of the way. Highway with lite trafic. Troopers just let me pass. but I like to ride the curves more than seeing over 100 mph.

I have done long stretches of 90 or a bit more out west. Normally happy at 80 on the interstate. I too prefer the curves to over 100 mph.

That said, I do like to run up to 100 real quick and then back down to more reasonable speeds.

Easy to go fast in a straight line.

iski · « **Reply #18 on:** March 01, 2021, 09:09:52 AM »

Usually on a new bike, I like to see what it will do, at least once. Ok, maybe twice. My current bike has a speed limiter. S'ok. I find a remote stretch of road - usually check the area by riding it first & then return to air it out. Am less inclined to ride at those speeds for distances because when bad happens, it happens very fast over 100 mph. Ride @ 80 for stretches? Sure, especially out west in some states where 75 is the posted speed. The older I get the less I go real fast, because I have been lucky & blessed to have lived through other times when going fast could have ended badly, but did not. Other riding buds have been less fortunate, and that has made a difference. Younger days - 1 wheel - very fast riding - sure.

laylonlor · « **Reply #19 on:** March 01, 2021, 06:30:47 PM »

I used to ride pan heads with no front brake, lol, and some times the grease would get on the back brake from chain and hub, never thought we needed much brakes

lowflight · « **Reply #20 on:** March 01, 2021, 06:41:23 PM »

I get over a 100 on more occasions then I really should. Traffic here can be a bear and sometimes on the Loops and Interstate it takes that and more to be able to make a needed lane change. My 13 is already older in the tech department, but it is the best Harley I have ever owned. Granted I did completely rework the engine and it runs really well, for me...plus the brakes are great.

All that said I realize I am becoming more and more the limiting factor. A 100 on the newer bikes that are well maintained isn't all that much, from 80 to 100 when you hit that concrete I don't even think you will notice the speed difference.

HUBBARD · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2021, 10:27:24 PM »

Quote from: laylonlor on March 01, 2021, 06:30:47 PM

I used to ride pan heads with no front brake, lol, and some times the grease would get on the back brake from chain and hub, never thought we needed much brakes

I can relate to that, but back then there wasn't as much traffic as now! I still like to twist it, but just don't as much as before. However, when me and Unbalanced get together, I'll twist it till that D&D Borzilla changes tunes.....and been known to blow it apart as opposed to lettin' off. I guess I'll retire the first loser on a Twin-Cam, cause I'm gonna' get me a Trike no later than next year. Time to slow down a little! Lol. Later--HUBBARD

laylonlor · « **Reply #22 on:** March 09, 2021, 09:10:45 PM »

Quote from: HUBBARD on March 08, 2021, 10:27:24 PM

I can relate to that, but back then there wasn't as much traffic as now! I still like to twist it, but just don't as much as before. However, when me and Unbalanced get together, I'll twist it till that D&D Borzilla changes tunes.....and been known to blow it apart as opposed to lettin' off. I guess I'll retire the first loser on a Twin-Cam, cause I'm gonna' get me a Trike no later than next year. Time to slow down a little! Lol. Later--HUBBARD

I here ya , I need to slow up some ,ever time I ride I hit 3 digits, got to here that borzilla :bananarock:i try to stay under 120 in a fifty

HUBBARD · « **Reply #23 on:** March 21, 2021, 08:45:55 AM »

Quote from: laylonlor on March 09, 2021, 09:10:45 PM

I here ya , I need to slow up some ,ever time I ride I hit 3 digits, got to here that borzilla :bananarock:i try to stay under 120 in a fifty

Yep.....it does "beller", especially around the 6K mark!!!! Music to my ears!!!! Twist it!!!! Later--HUBBARD

Twolanerider · « **Reply #24 on:** March 21, 2021, 02:04:33 PM »

Quote from: HUBBARD on March 21, 2021, 08:45:55 AM

Yep.....it does "beller", especially around the 6K mark!!!! Music to my ears!!!! Twist it!!!! Later--HUBBARD

You can still hear?

kojak · « **Reply #25 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:13:21 AM »

I grew up on cafe racers in the 70’s and 80’s. 100 mph would be 3 rd gear, just saying! Don’t really push a Harley Davidson tourer to see how fast it would go. I do ride fast both in the twisties and the highways, typically 85 to 90 if I’m riding to cover distance on the interstate. But that seems like no big deal as those of you that do ride long distance can attest. On any trip, I can be going 85 mph and car after car will pass me going 10 to 15 mph faster than me, lol!

LV76 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:18:46 AM »

"Don't really push a Harley Davidson tourer to see how fast it would go. I do ride fast both in the twisties and the highways, typically 85 to 90 if I’m riding to cover distance on the interstate. But that seems like no big deal as those of you that do ride long distance can attest. On any trip, I can be going 85 mph and car after car will pass me going 10 to 15 mph faster than me, lol!"

Exactly, my view on this topic.

HUBBARD · « **Reply #27 on:** March 23, 2021, 07:05:27 AM »

Quote from: Twolanerider on March 21, 2021, 02:04:33 PM

You can still hear?

"Huh? What'd you say? Do what now? Can't hear a phuckin' thing you're sayin'!!!" You nailed it, 2Lane!!! Can't hear myself fart!!! LMAO!!! Later--HUBBARD

VANAMAL · « **Reply #28 on:** March 30, 2021, 10:37:01 AM »

I just like to cruise and ride in a safe and sane manner.

9 1/2 Beers · « **Reply #29 on:** March 30, 2021, 12:20:18 PM »

Quote from: VANAMAL on March 30, 2021, 10:37:01 AM

I just like to cruise and ride in a safe and sane manner.

RIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Unbalanced · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2021, 08:12:40 PM »

Quote from: HUBBARD on March 23, 2021, 07:05:27 AM

"Huh? What'd you say? Do what now? Can't hear a phuckin' thing you're sayin'!!!" You nailed it, 2Lane!!! Can't hear myself fart!!! LMAO!!! Later--HUBBARD

Despite claiming he can’t hear, run a knife across a plate while cutting some meat and Ole Hub hears real good

HUBBARD · « **Reply #31 on:** April 02, 2021, 11:07:29 PM »

Quote from: Unbalanced on March 31, 2021, 08:12:40 PM

Despite claiming he can’t hear, run a knife across a plate while cutting some meat and Ole Hub hears real good

Damn it!!!!!! I heard that readin' it!!!!!! Prick. Lol Later--HUBBARD

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