Jay wrote on 06/25/08 at 23:01:11:87 was as fast as I could get to before my sphincter started acting up. May need a performance mod on the rear!
Ride safe,
Jay
Must admit, despite having been way faster than twice this on modified sportbikes, on the Savage 80+ feels awfully fast.
Sit on/in a wind-tunnel designed superbike in full leathers, expensive full face helmet, and wind back the throttle with 200 ponies at the wheel, and the combination of refined suspension, rigid frame and state of the art aerodynamics makes 100mph feel like standing still.
But, sit on the Savage in an open face helmet, in soft clothes, with a frame that feels like its made out of wire coathangers, suspension like jelly on springs and that cute little motor vibrating up and down for all its worth, and 80mph feels like you're straddling a Saturn 5 rocket as it leaves the atmosphere.
I’ll leave the high speed stuff for the high speed bikes – the Savage is just great at lower speeds.