Do you speed on the HWY?

[lethe]

If you have a problem speeding..you get a 620.  You can't speed that much but hellafun on the twisties and surface streets!! 

Maybe you have a problem with yours, mine is plenty quick.

As for the topic, I speed a bit but not near as much as I used to. Losing your license for a while tends to make you more cautious. Now with the exception of getting pulled over on the bike a year ago for passing a semi on a double yellow, I haven't had a ticket in 8 years.

[Howie]

I don't feel safe on the highways unless I am going slightly faster than traffic.  Lately it seems cagers are either hypermiling (often in the wrong lane) or going 20-40 MPH over the limit.  This means speeding.

[J.P.]

Can't get into top gear unless I'm going 70+ mph.

[duc996]

Stay just a bit faster than the flow of traffic.

[JoDuc]

If a 14th sprocket is on does it affect the speedo? Sounds like a couple of you mentioned that...

[Howie]

If a 14th sprocket is on does it affect the speedo? Sounds like a couple of you mentioned that...

No, speed is measured at the front wheel for mechanical speedometers and rear wheel for electronic.  Speedometer error does seem to be 5-10% high, though. 

[Statler]

Highways are boring, they square off your tires, and they're full of vehicles with four wheels whose drivers are drinking lattes and chatting on the phone.   Impossible to ride at double digits when I'm forced to using them at all.

Yes, riding with Shadowchaser will involve speed.   Have to do that again some day, but it was certainly easier when he came to all of us.   

even our 620 will purr along at 100 all day...just takes a little longer to get there.

[roy-nexus-6]

Can't even think about speeding - I have one point left on my license.

Pretty much all patrol cars carry lazer-based speed cameras. Loads of speed cameras mounted above roads etc.

You don't get 'pulled over' anymore - they just mail you the ticket etc. 

[the_Journeyman]

On the last group ride, we made the mistake of putting the guy with the 900SS in the lead.  He was hungry & looking for a place to eat lunch.  Needless to say, the speeds were a good bit over the limit in on back-country 2-lane highways in WV.  Good bit over the limit = double in places

JM

[somegirl]

Um, I'm even guilty on a Ninja 250.

On my 695, with stock gearing, if I wanted to stay legal on the freeway, I'd never get out of 3rd gear.

[superjohn]

Of course I speed. Everyone speeds. Speed limits are silly low, and completely irrational. I call it civil disobediance.

[5891jonathan]

I never speed on the freeway.  I repeat - NEVER!  What's the point?  In order to have fun on the freeway I would have to ride crazy-fast, like 100+ MPH.  It doesn't make sense to me at all.

Now, twisty two-lane roads are a different matter altogether. 

[Grappa]

I ride within my "comfort zone."  Fast enough to make it interesting, but not so fast that you don't leave yourself any room to deal with the unexpected.  I think the cops where I live are all using laser.  You will never see them before they see you unless you ride around with binoculars taped to your helmet.

[JohnnyDucati]

On the Highway  I rode with the traffic generally. It's on the secondary roads where I had and I say HAD the most fun and ran at whatever speed I wanted because I felt I knew the back roads well enough and that I was brave    enough to outrun the " man "   and I found out that running at my speeds meant a crash that means I am not physically going to beable to ride again until next year according to my Surgeon and medical bills that so far have totaled $67,000.

Hey, man - sorry to hear about that.  Was this recently?  I haven't seen you post up about this before.  Good luck to you & hope everything heals up good and fast.

J

[Cucciolo]

My radar has saved me from many tickets in my car. Of course they start their laser on me, then I am screwed, but if they are aiming at someone else and my radar picks up the signal, then I am warned and I slow down.