My lovely day with Penelope.

[Murphyslaw]

May I also note that riding position greatly impacts the gyroscopic orientation of the bike. I would guarantee many of you ride in an upright position. Whereas I am clamshelled until maintaining a consistent gear and then I am oriented forwards with my feet on the rear pegs giving me a position similar to a sport bike allowing me to drop my knees toward the pavement. (This also preserves my back) As far as cornering and riding ability, you said it....to each his own. (Yeah the comment kinda bothered me haha but it's all good)

[James England]

Haha was it the bike all over the place, or was it you? Taking off the fender made absolutely no difference. I can lean into my corners as hard and as far as I need to and I've never had an issue. Would a fork brace help? Absolutely. But the stock fender does NOT have a brace built in. The fender metal is not rigid enough to make that much of a difference, if it did then they wouldn't mis-shape and tkat would not have made a brace. Agree or disagree it doesn't matter, but we all know what assuming does.

for a newly registered member, your posting style is rather confrontational, old bean. There's no need for it, as we're all friends here. It's a forum, not an arena..

You like your bike the way it is, that's the main thing.

[Murphyslaw]

Nevertheless, just to update; I went for a nice long ride today. Seems most guys here that have previously tested their top speed say they hit somewhere around 127? Well I decided to open her up and I ended up reaching 130 before slowing down for my turn off, scary thing is she was still pulling. I'm gonna have to take a ride up north where I don't have to worry about tickets to really test her. Sad part is I've been fighting my broken side covers for quite some time now and finally lost one somewhere during my ride. Haha

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Murphy,

Don't mind James, he's ENGLISH! And James, you know I'm just ribbing you, too.

With your mods, it's no wonder you're going to be able to attain faster topend speeds. You're now more streamlined with your riding position, and the bike is also lighter. Pushing these behemoths into the wind is the biggest/hardest part of attaining those topend speeds. And you now also have newer carbs that do a better job of atomizing the fuel/air mixture which is important for getting the most power out of these engines. Running Open Headers will promote more airflow, mostly for the upper rpm ranges which seems like where you're running it... or at least for reaching the maximum top end speed. And the modern carbs is probably why it's behaving for you at the lower rpm ranges, so cudos to you for being able to make the bike manageable.

T.C.

[Murphyslaw]

Thanks TC, maybe it's time for a turbo haha no thanks. I already had a blast switching lanes at 130 over a large freeway sectional. Little bumpy but anything to get those hairs to stand up

[Schming]

What tires are you running on ? I hope they're rated for the speeds your attaining and are less than a couple years old.

Safety First Youngin'

We want ya to be 'round here fer awhile so we can pick on ya. ;-)

[Murphyslaw]

I can tell!! Haha I run v-rated tires for 149 mph. You should know by now I'm a smart 6'2 200lbs. Little cookie. Haha

[Schming]

Good to hear, we would'nt want your gyrorienscopitation to suffer and cause you to be any less smarter than a 5th grader.

[IanDMacDonald]

I can tell!! Haha I run v-rated tires for 149 mph. You should know by now I'm a smart 6'2 200lbs. Little cookie. Haha

Slow down some. Your tires may be rated, but having seen a buddy crash at high speed, one thing I can assure you that is not rated for high-speed is your body crashing off the bike. I no-longer ride my crotch-rockets just for that reason. I can't resist the speed, but I also love my girlfriend and family too much to lose cuz I'm an idiot on a bike. I'm young too . . .

[James England]

Hey Murphy,

Don't mind James, he's ENGLISH! And James, you know I'm just ribbing you, too. .

gotta have some history on this danged forum! You US youngsters only go back 200 years. What did someone say " two peoples, divided by a common language" ? We can often misinterpret the rather direct US verbal style as impoliteness....

[James England]

gyrorienscopitation

where can I buy this mod?

[Schming]

where can I buy this mod?

Unfortunately James, as our frontal lobes developed, that, along with the chrome muffler bearings are NLA.

However this site may have what ya need:

http://kalecoauto.com/

[Murphyslaw]

Uh eh...eh ooooo ugh. Hungerrr, eat tiger for many moons... (I just went from caveman to some kind of weird native american apparently) haha we also translate the strange dialect of EE-AANN-GLINNNDD Into a rather harsh form of latin and germanic derived modern english. No worries! I r smart this thread is now completely worthless haha

[IanDMacDonald]

Uh eh...eh ooooo ugh. Hungerrr, eat tiger for many moons... (I just went from caveman to some kind of weird native american apparently) haha we also translate the strange dialect of EE-AANN-GLINNNDD Into a rather harsh form of latin and germanic derived modern english. No worries! I r smart this thread is now completely worthless haha

Wtf? This forum is a bunch of guys getting together to talk about common interests, help, etc. If you're looking for technical assistance without anyone expressing reaction to your posts, Cat's site has a free Clymer manual download to consult.