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Austin Texas Yaaaalll | This weekend we did a little trip out Silver City,NM to run the twisties on Hwy 191 between Cliffton and Alpine, Az. Great road. I was riding with my friends, they were on BMW's. On our return to Austin we were running on I-10 which has a speed limit of 80 mph so naturally we were in triple digit territory for a couple hundred miles. My Vision would run with them up to an indicated speed on the speedometer of 120 mph and then cut out. GPS actual speed was 117 mph. Does this bike have a speed governer? or do I have another issue. Thanks | |
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | You have a speed limiter. | |
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Brighton, TN | That's all you get stock! No problem, contact Lloydz Motorworks to release the beast for higher numbers - mph, torque, hp, etc. | |
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mansfield, MA United States | Rev Limiter. but 120 is about right | |
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Austin Texas Yaaaalll | Thanks for the replies. | |
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North Orange County CA | A friendly reminder that you are wearing H rated tires.
That is why the mother ship limits your speed. | |
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Brighton, TN | Your welcome! BUT, Don't leave us hanging, now that your butt was handed to you by the other brands what are you gonna do about it!!!!! Inquiring minds want to know. How much does it bother you? and by how much $?
Side note, I've never been able to ride in triple digit speed for very long and to do it for a couple hundred, WOW! How do you avoid traffic and the blue lights. I pretty much set the cruise and turn the radio up, where's the latte machine? | |
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New Bohemia, VA | one of the most dangerous things about the vision is the stability at high speeds. gives a false sense of security but the law of physics will win out if one is not careful. on the open range like texas or kansas, sustained speeds are not hard to do, but the blue lights is another story, and would question a continual run for hundred of miles in the triple digits. burst, yeah...maybe.... | |
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San Antonio, TX | Hint: You can go faster in 5th gear then in 6th gear.
5th limited to redline.
6th limited to 4500 rpm.
To remove the 4500 rpm limit in 6th read the data at the link below.
http://www.vision-riders.com/bb/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5696&pos...
Do not kill your self and Ride Safe | |
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Cruiser
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Austin Texas Yaaaalll | This is an part of a ride report posted on a BMW site. My butt was not handed to me, quite the opposite. These guys were impressed with the Vision in the tight stuff.
JohnLT, Coarsegoldkid (Joe), Buckster (Buckster), Limecreek (Greg), SWMckinley (Steve) and I (Mark) all arrived at various times Friday afternoon, had a nice dinner, watched the World Serious for awhile, and next morning John led us out of town to the big 300 mile loop, stopping after a short while to look at the amazing El Chino open pit copper mine, then on to some relatively straight roads until we hit?I can?t remember what road it was?a road with nothing but curves, no straights, just one curve leading into another (Dragon SCHMAGON, this thing went on forever!). All the good riders (not it) sort of took off and left me catching glimpses of them every now and then as I tried to get my rhythm back, which gradually did occur, and pretty soon I, too, was going flip-flop, flip-flop, flippity-floppity, flippityfloppityflippityfloppity?.repeating until my tennis elbow felt like one of the local deer hunters had shot me. Incredible fun. Steve was on his Victory Vision?and being the great rider he is, he was smack in the middle of the flippity-ing. The Victory looks sort of odd strafing around the apexes, with its long boat-tail, kind of like someone in a car with a Continental kit, but Steve had no trouble keeping up and even passing. Impressive.
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san antonio, tx | swmckinley54 - 2011-11-02 10:34 AM
This is an part of a ride report posted on a BMW site. My butt was not handed to me, quite the opposite. These guys were impressed with the Vision in the tight stuff.
JohnLT, Coarsegoldkid (Joe), Buckster (Buckster), Limecreek (Greg), SWMckinley (Steve) and I (Mark) all arrived at various times Friday afternoon, had a nice dinner, watched the World Serious for awhile, and next morning John led us out of town to the big 300 mile loop, stopping after a short while to look at the amazing El Chino open pit copper mine, then on to some relatively straight roads until we hit?I can?t remember what road it was?a road with nothing but curves, no straights, just one curve leading into another (Dragon SCHMAGON, this thing went on forever!). All the good riders (not it) sort of took off and left me catching glimpses of them every now and then as I tried to get my rhythm back, which gradually did occur, and pretty soon I, too, was going flip-flop, flip-flop, flippity-floppity, flippityfloppityflippityfloppity?.repeating until my tennis elbow felt like one of the local deer hunters had shot me. Incredible fun. Steve was on his Victory Vision?and being the great rider he is, he was smack in the middle of the flippity-ing. The Victory looks sort of odd strafing around the apexes, with its long boat-tail, kind of like someone in a car with a Continental kit, but Steve had no trouble keeping up and even passing. Impressive.
Maybe you need a new screen name? flippityfloppityflip! Nice! me likey! | |
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Jasper, MO | varyder - 2011-11-01 2:44 PM
one of the most dangerous things about the vision is the stability at high speeds. gives a false sense of security but the law of physics will win out if one is not careful. on the open range like texas or kansas, sustained speeds are not hard to do, but the blue lights is another story, and would question a continual run for hundred of miles in the triple digits. burst, yeah...maybe....
Go West, young man.
We just got back from a 3500 mile 9 day trip through southern Utah via Tombstone AZ, and the Grand Canyon from SW Missouri. Anyway, there are roads out there that are deserted. One such is highway 10 from Walsenburg CO to La Junta CO. It runs about 70 miles between the towns. There are only a few ranches along the way. We only met three vehicles in the entire stretch. There are not even any power lines visible along much of the road. We covered the stretch in less than 40 minutes, and my trip meter was showing fuel economy in the high 40s. We had a very stiff tailwind. The Vision just glided along at 100 to 110 MPH.
I'm still amazed at the scenery in Utah, especially Zion and Bryce Canyon.
Thanks to Lloyd, my speed limiter doesn't work anymore. I chickened out after 130, but the bike was still pulling.
Ronnie
Edited by rdbudd 2011-11-03 7:58 PM
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Austin Texas Yaaaalll | What the hell is a blue light? | |
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Austin Texas Yaaaalll | A cat amongst the pigeons.
http://www.pbase.com/limecreek/image/139360068.jpg
Edited by swmckinley54 2011-11-04 7:59 AM
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Brighton, TN | I've seen the blue lights too often, lately and I'm docile. However, my comment was related to the vast personalities of those on here who can't stand the thought of the machine limiting their experience while in the company of others. Good to hear, you were hanging with the pack. Probably could have led it. It is amazing that if you treat it like a sport bike and move over like you are high speed cornering on a sport bike, with a knee almost dragging and your butt hanging off the edge of the seat, just how much faster that big beast will move through a corner very STABLE. I myself like the flippetyflops more so than the long triple digits. It is fun getting to the triple digits, though! | |
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Speed Limiter?