I did about the same with my mostly stock 54. I was driving from
Colorado to Utah, and just took it out of gear after coming out of the
Eisenhower Tunnel. Clear view ahead, almost no traffic, and a bit of a
curve to the road. I let it get up to about 75 before I started
getting really nervous about the rear end not being able to handle it.
Steering was pretty reasonable, though.
On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 07:16 AM, Rich Kosiba wrote:
> I've had my '50 (all stock) up to about 65 going down a hill in the
> Adirondacks on a camping trip. My brother turned green. We could see a
> long way into the distance and there was nobody coming, so I didn't
> mind
> the fact that it took me over the yellow line now and then. It bounced
> and
> rattled all over the place, even though it was reasonably freshly paved
> highway (very smooth!). At 65 I started using the brakes - I was
> afraid to
> let it go any more than that, and wouldn't have gotten that high if it
> weren't dead straight and perfect view.
Tim Lloyd, lloyd@lasp.colorado.edu
SNOE Mission Operations Lead Flight Controller
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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