Speed test today.
Did a speed test today.
The topspeed on a flat is 28 mph BUT. It was repeatable over and over at 26.5 MPH. IE combination of my weight/bikes weight and engine configuration seemed "comfortable" to the engine and could probably run all day there.
I am not comfortable at that speed however I looked up from my GPS and just started down the road and brought it to the speed I like to do fast cruise at and everything settled out at around 22 mph when I looked back down. That NEED for speed may increase as I get comfortable but at my age, I doubt it.
Long mild hills don't slow it down from that at ALL. I do honk the throttle a bit on the hills but that is intuitive and almost subconcious. The wicked hills(We have two in our town), it slows down to about 19mph without pedel but you can kind of tell that you ought to pedel a bit up the bad hills.
The other cool thing is that if you start out up a hill from a dead stop and get the bike up to 12 or so mph from combo of pedal and engine, you can then stop pedeling and this thing will accelerate up the hill till it finds it's happy place and between 19 and 21mph depending on the hills.
I am pleased with the kit. I actually got to use it in a "no choice" situation. Somebody sawed the catalytic converter off of my truck and I had no help, so I just loaded the GEBE up in the back of the truck and took it to the repair shop and then just motored back.