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Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:05 pm
There a wide open country road near me. just for "sh**s and giggles" I ran her up to around 105. There was a light crosswind, so that's all I felt comfortable with. The gears are nicely spaced, but it's still a total slug compared to my BMW motorcycle. Top speed isn't much different since it only has 85HP, but it sure gets to 100+ a lot quicker. My other bike is 250cc and only has 20HP, but still gets to 60mph faster. But niether can carry 5 adults, luggage and tow a 1000lb trailer.
If you want speed, you can drop $12,000 on a '06 GSXR-1000 that unmodifeid makes 161HP at the rear wheel, weighs under 650lbs with an average rider, and can outrun pretty much any street legal machine on the planet short of a heavily modified dragster with over 1000HP.