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top speed, quarter mile
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Regardless of whether or not I buy into this, here is the text from the July 2013 issue of Motorcycle Consumer News mentioned by Mike:

"Its top speed is governed, bouncing off a soft limiter between 108–110 mph. The engine will only pull 6900 rpm in top gear, and fourth won’t make it go any faster. The reason, we are told, is to reduce engine temperatures, so as to insure the reliability of its air-cooled engine."
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top speed, quarter mile - by ronss_imp - 10-17-2013, 06:19 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by CIP57_imp - 10-17-2013, 08:29 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-18-2013, 05:18 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-18-2013, 05:52 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by HikerToo_imp - 10-18-2013, 06:06 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by dBuster_imp - 10-18-2013, 06:46 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by lola_imp - 10-18-2013, 06:46 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by cbdtran_imp - 10-18-2013, 11:34 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-18-2013, 11:50 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Flynrider_imp - 10-18-2013, 01:16 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SanPete_imp - 10-18-2013, 02:08 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Randy B - 10-18-2013, 02:28 PM
RE: top speed, quarter milec - by Flynrider_imp - 10-18-2013, 04:29 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by ronss_imp - 10-18-2013, 05:51 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-18-2013, 10:22 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by oldgoat01_imp - 10-19-2013, 12:14 AM
RE: top speed, quarter milec - by cbdtran_imp - 10-19-2013, 01:20 AM
RE: top speed, quarter milec - by Oboro_imp - 10-19-2013, 02:09 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-19-2013, 03:35 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Guth_imp - 10-19-2013, 04:58 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by cbdtran_imp - 10-19-2013, 10:41 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SanPete_imp - 10-19-2013, 12:29 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-19-2013, 12:44 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Flynrider_imp - 10-19-2013, 01:37 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by mininsx_imp - 10-21-2013, 01:22 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-21-2013, 02:33 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-21-2013, 02:56 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-21-2013, 03:35 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by HikerToo_imp - 10-21-2013, 04:20 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by cbdtran_imp - 10-21-2013, 10:23 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-21-2013, 10:40 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by HikerToo_imp - 10-21-2013, 12:06 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-21-2013, 12:15 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-21-2013, 12:51 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Flynrider_imp - 10-21-2013, 03:20 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by cbdtran_imp - 10-21-2013, 04:07 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-22-2013, 05:46 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-22-2013, 06:54 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-22-2013, 07:21 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by oldgoat01_imp - 10-22-2013, 07:21 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by HikerToo_imp - 10-22-2013, 07:36 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-22-2013, 07:53 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-22-2013, 07:54 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-22-2013, 07:59 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Guth_imp - 10-22-2013, 08:28 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by dBuster_imp - 10-22-2013, 08:35 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-22-2013, 09:29 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Firstfour_imp - 10-22-2013, 09:55 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-22-2013, 10:23 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-22-2013, 11:36 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Firstfour_imp - 10-22-2013, 11:41 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-22-2013, 11:45 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SanPete_imp - 10-22-2013, 12:20 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-22-2013, 12:20 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Flynrider_imp - 10-22-2013, 01:29 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by dBuster_imp - 10-22-2013, 10:32 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-23-2013, 12:30 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by dBuster_imp - 10-23-2013, 01:06 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Flynrider_imp - 10-23-2013, 02:53 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-23-2013, 03:15 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by dBuster_imp - 10-23-2013, 03:41 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by ChipBeck_imp - 10-23-2013, 06:03 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SnowCrash_imp - 10-23-2013, 06:48 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by CIP57_imp - 10-23-2013, 08:13 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-23-2013, 11:51 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Flynrider_imp - 10-23-2013, 04:27 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by dBuster_imp - 10-24-2013, 04:44 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SanPete_imp - 10-24-2013, 07:52 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by cbdtran_imp - 10-25-2013, 01:07 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by rjk555_imp - 10-26-2013, 02:45 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-26-2013, 03:39 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by rjk555_imp - 10-26-2013, 04:03 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Totoro_imp - 10-26-2013, 05:38 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-26-2013, 05:51 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by SanPete_imp - 10-26-2013, 06:13 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by ChipBeck_imp - 10-26-2013, 02:28 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-26-2013, 03:28 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Guth_imp - 10-26-2013, 04:13 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Blockhead_imp - 10-26-2013, 11:53 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by rjk555_imp - 10-27-2013, 12:23 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Randy B - 10-27-2013, 02:28 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-27-2013, 02:52 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-27-2013, 03:43 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-27-2013, 04:36 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Guth_imp - 10-27-2013, 05:05 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-27-2013, 05:41 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by rjk555_imp - 10-27-2013, 06:12 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-27-2013, 07:49 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-27-2013, 08:48 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-27-2013, 09:10 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Guth_imp - 10-27-2013, 09:16 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by buck80mph_imp - 10-28-2013, 02:53 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Mike Bee_imp - 10-29-2013, 03:37 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-29-2013, 04:25 AM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Joola_imp - 10-29-2013, 12:49 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by the Ferret - 10-29-2013, 08:17 PM
RE: top speed, quarter mile - by Deanohh_imp - 10-30-2013, 01:00 AM

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