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<blockquote data-quote="oldmopars" data-source="post: 89792" data-attributes="member: 3038"><p>I just got back last night from a very very long ride. I left home a 6:00 am to meet up with a group to ride around the back side of Mt. St. Helens and rode all day with stops for lunch and gas getting home at 9:00 pm. 15 hours on my 1982 GL1100I I got for $300. It was a long day and a great time. </p><p>However, I did notice that on the back roads and through the curves the bike performed flawlessly, had no problems keping with the new Harley's and Victory I was with, it was on the freeway that it seemed to struggle. It's not that it would not do 70 MPH, it was that it seemed like I was pushing it and that the RPM's were real high. </p><p>It was in 5th and the RPM's were about 4Kish. I assume that this is due to the bike being made back in 1982 when the national speed limit was 55 MPH. I would like to do a SS1000 someday, but now I am not too sure how this bike would do that. I assume that there is nothing that can be done to drop the RPM on the freeway to help this?</p><p>There was a point that I had to drop a gear and pass everyone going up a hill to let the leader know several of us needed gas, they were blow away by how fast my old bike shot out and rocketed past everyone. </p><p>Any suggestions? A newer bike is not an option right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldmopars, post: 89792, member: 3038"] I just got back last night from a very very long ride. I left home a 6:00 am to meet up with a group to ride around the back side of Mt. St. Helens and rode all day with stops for lunch and gas getting home at 9:00 pm. 15 hours on my 1982 GL1100I I got for $300. It was a long day and a great time. However, I did notice that on the back roads and through the curves the bike performed flawlessly, had no problems keping with the new Harley's and Victory I was with, it was on the freeway that it seemed to struggle. It's not that it would not do 70 MPH, it was that it seemed like I was pushing it and that the RPM's were real high. It was in 5th and the RPM's were about 4Kish. I assume that this is due to the bike being made back in 1982 when the national speed limit was 55 MPH. I would like to do a SS1000 someday, but now I am not too sure how this bike would do that. I assume that there is nothing that can be done to drop the RPM on the freeway to help this? There was a point that I had to drop a gear and pass everyone going up a hill to let the leader know several of us needed gas, they were blow away by how fast my old bike shot out and rocketed past everyone. Any suggestions? A newer bike is not an option right now. [/QUOTE]
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