I have had the stock 2010 RT to 100 a couple of times...not for long, just enough to get it there. Tickets are not my cup of tea, so I stay within the speed limit.
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2014 RTS SE6 in 2015, which has 35,000 miles
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We can point the lights to the rear and it will give you the afterburner effect. You might get a few more mph at least!!!
We need to go on the Skyway bridge and get a rolling head start from the top of the bridge and make a run for it. I bet you'd be in the upper 120's
The skyway bridge it is then!! Hope I get some tail winds too!! that way I could reach 127mph or more..
I just need to find a way for the city to accept payment for closing the bridge for me to run the Spyder
I suppose knowing the top speed is a nice piece of information, but where can you safely use the top speeds except maybe on the track. I am happy it goes fast enough to keep up with traffic on the interstate with a margin of safety should the need to pass occur.
Your point is the most valid of them all...running it up to whatever speed for a few seconds means nothing compared to the ability to hit it fast from 65 to maybe 85 to get around someone quickly. The bike is plenty fast for what it is...even 0-60 is faster than most any car on the road...out of the box the RS is 4.5 seconds...some mods and you're likely around 4.1...this is the fun part of the bike...safer than running it up to 120+...
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If you work to make money, you'll never be happy, as there's never enough money...if you work to take good care of people, the money will always be there....Sean O'Connell, 1999
Your point is the most valid of them all...running it up to whatever speed for a few seconds means nothing compared to the ability to hit it fast from 65 to maybe 85 to get around someone quickly. The bike is plenty fast for what it is...even 0-60 is faster than most any car on the road...out of the box the RS is 4.5 seconds...some mods and you're likely around 4.1...this is the fun part of the bike...safer than running it up to 120+...
And I think we should close this thread knowing that silver is faster, and nobody knows how fast yellow can go since everybody has already left before yellow gets in.
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And I think we should close this thread knowing that silver is faster, and nobody knows how fast yellow can go since everybody has already left before yellow gets in.
No silly...yellow is in so early, it's already left before the silver arrives....geesh! We'd have to handicap the yellow by let's say, uh, uh, flattening all the tires, to make it even close...yeah, that's the ticket...
We all know the silver was the first color offered, and for good reason. It was nice to start with silver and improve on it to get to the yellow and red (oh, and all else that followed regressed, of course)...which were vastly faster...
Bone Crusher
If you work to make money, you'll never be happy, as there's never enough money...if you work to take good care of people, the money will always be there....Sean O'Connell, 1999
No silly...yellow is in so early, it's already left before the silver arrives....geesh! We'd have to handicap the yellow by let's say, uh, uh, flattening all the tires, to make it even close...yeah, that's the ticket...
We all know the silver was the first color offered, and for good reason. It was nice to start with silver and improve on it to get to the yellow and red (oh, and all else that followed regressed, of course)...which were vastly faster...
, those Brite colors, they cause delusion!
Corbin saddle
spyderpops block off plate, bump skid, belt guard
IPS
Tricled LED lights all around(too many to name here)
Smoothspyder belt tensioner
Custom Dynamics britesides
VTC floorboards, upper air vents, spoiler
BK car stuff HID upgrade
trailer hitch
Repainted rear fender, trunk latch assembly, switch cluster, gauge cluster
cell phone interface kit
travel cover that no longer fits due to the spoiler
New sway bar
New shock relocator
Had my SE5 up to 105 maybe twice on an empty smooth road. It didn't fell strained at all but that's plenty fast for an old guy like me. That power is nice when you want to do a quick pass of a slower vehicle tho.
I accidently got mine up to 97 once while following my husband. The ryde got a little bumpy at that point and I backed off after telling him he was to fast for me.
And I think everyone here knows that stealth black goes the fastest!
Your point is the most valid of them all...running it up to whatever speed for a few seconds means nothing compared to the ability to hit it fast from 65 to maybe 85 to get around someone quickly. The bike is plenty fast for what it is...even 0-60 is faster than most any car on the road...out of the box the RS is 4.5 seconds...some mods and you're likely around 4.1...this is the fun part of the bike...safer than running it up to 120+...
Your right on the money, and of course no question as to the fastest color.
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The reason they only offered the matt orange for one year, was because it was found to be far too fast for anyone other than a professional race driver!! No other color even comes close. Wasn't Starship Enterprise sort of Matt-Orange when it went to WARPSPEED??
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Originally Posted by reggystan
WILT CHAMBERLAIN , HOWARD HUGHES ,,,,,,,REALLY ??? did they like yellow things?
it was fun while it lasted.
And I think we should close this thread knowing that silver is faster, and nobody knows how fast yellow can go since everybody has already left before yellow gets in.
Mike
Ryder... 
Your right on the money, and of course no question as to the fastest color.
But I always like to tell people it's goverened for 120.
