My Honda Elite 250 would hit 65 (downhill with a tail wind). It was happy cruising at about 50-55. Getting passed by a semi going 80 blew me all over the road! <br><br>This is metro Atlanta! If you can go 0-75 in less than 15 seconds you're gonna be road kill!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 4/28/2011 5:18 PM, Tom Freeman wrote:<br>
> > I'm convinced that the 08 spike was also a test to see what people would<br>
> > actually put up with for fuel prices. When it hit $4.25/g MARTA got crowded!<br>
> > My luck I was driving 35 miles to work each way at the time. I20 was WAY too<br>
> > scary for a scooter that got 65MPG.<br>
</div>my Honda VTX1300 cruises nicely at 65 & gets 45-50 MPG..<br>
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