How fast does your scooter go?
by: bandito2 - Jan 25, 2015 14:34:59 GMT -5
scooter and scootdude like this
Post by bandito2 on Jan 25, 2015 14:34:59 GMT -5
I've had my Honda Reflex 250 
mph + indicated (83 and climbing per GPS) It will get up to 70 pretty quickly then acceleration slows; considerably so after 75 mph. At those speeds on a scooter, the thing holding the bike back is wind resistance. Craig Vetter made a streamline fairing for his 244cc Helix and it would get past 80.... A HELIX!! for goodness sake!!! But that was about it because that was all the gearing was capable of. And his mpg went up to something like 80 something routinely..... and around 100 mpg on a few occasions.
No big deal, but I've had my Silverwing up to 98 (max speed recorded....so far) It is capable of 100+, but I've no real need to go there. The 98 mph reading came with some "spirited riding" with a group of sport bikes last summer. Not something I do with any regularity at all, it's just that it was one of those moments..... Clear skies, wide open with a view well down and around the smooth well maintained road, bike running smooth and fine, I'm feeling fine and sharp with a few other fellow riders covering territory like a group of stallions encouraging each other with leg stretching runs.... well.....maybe some of you know the feeling.
mph + indicated (83 and climbing per GPS) It will get up to 70 pretty quickly then acceleration slows; considerably so after 75 mph. At those speeds on a scooter, the thing holding the bike back is wind resistance. Craig Vetter made a streamline fairing for his 244cc Helix and it would get past 80.... A HELIX!! for goodness sake!!! But that was about it because that was all the gearing was capable of. And his mpg went up to something like 80 something routinely..... and around 100 mpg on a few occasions.No big deal, but I've had my Silverwing up to 98 (max speed recorded....so far) It is capable of 100+, but I've no real need to go there. The 98 mph reading came with some "spirited riding" with a group of sport bikes last summer. Not something I do with any regularity at all, it's just that it was one of those moments..... Clear skies, wide open with a view well down and around the smooth well maintained road, bike running smooth and fine, I'm feeling fine and sharp with a few other fellow riders covering territory like a group of stallions encouraging each other with leg stretching runs.... well.....maybe some of you know the feeling.
..BAD TO THE BONE..
