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i read on here about how you guys talk about living up in the higher band and that it becomes a completely different bike once you hit 8k. i normally stay under that range (more concerned with general riding and mpg). but the other day i was coming home from work and decided to go the long way. i was on a back road and decided to see what this 8k+ was all about. so i have a question.
how in the heck do you guys ride in the power band?
i was already breaking the law before i could get to 3rd gear. thankfully i didn't keep going through the gears above 8K. cause as soon as i got to third gear and started slowing from my 70+mph i got to the top of a very little hill and met a cop. 10 seconds earlier and i would have had the privilege of paying more taxes to my county.
anyway, unless you're on a track, i just don't see how you get to use the upper band of these bikes. not legally anyway.
how in the heck do you guys ride in the power band?
i was already breaking the law before i could get to 3rd gear. thankfully i didn't keep going through the gears above 8K. cause as soon as i got to third gear and started slowing from my 70+mph i got to the top of a very little hill and met a cop. 10 seconds earlier and i would have had the privilege of paying more taxes to my county.
anyway, unless you're on a track, i just don't see how you get to use the upper band of these bikes. not legally anyway.