maybe that guy was trying but the majority of Sportster riders are happy to cruise around which is why they buy this type of bike in the first place.
Unlike you I no longer feel that I have to compete with other riders so I just ride at the speed I feel happiest with at the time and if others want to roar past me then so be it. Having said that sometimes I am the one doing the passing.for this reason I can enjoy both my bikes in completely different ways
Dick
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonhaddock@..." <jonhaddock@...>
To: <W650riders@...>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
No, this guy came gunning past on a bend while I was accelerating out of a
thirty limit. I was two up and was taking it easy accordingly. His exhausts
were loud enough to startle me. I knew he and his mates were behind and so I
was not only keeping well in front so as not to inconvenience them, but I
had shifted down into fourth to ensure I would be accelerating briskly so
any cruising Harleys would be able to blat away without getting any pesky
Jap bikes in the way of their stately progress. He was trying about as hard
as he could. I was doing 95 in third, shifting into fourth, and cranked hard
over when I went past him and the Harley's induction note still drowned out
the W...He was wide open and trying hard.
