Shifting at 4700 rpm and going both ways on flat ground, I got an average of 16.4 seconds in my Boston Bob stage 1 head mods, haltech injection system, and stebro muffler and Castrol Syntec 5/50w. If I was a better shifter, I'd shave even more time off it. BTW, I have a 4.57 r/p and didn't get to 4th gear. Speedo is within 1 mph of true. 90 GL with 179k on it. Agilis 61 tires. DM&FS At 10:15 PM 10/11/2002 -0400, Edward Maglott wrote: >Since this was under discussion recently I had to give it a try. '86 >westy, automatic trans, 265 lbs of passengers, water tank 1/3 full, propane >tank probably half full, gas tank 3/4 full. 2 mtn bikes on the back, and >plenty of the usual camping supplies. I measured about 31 seconds to 60 on >the speedo. I had the pedal all the way down, but not into the kickdown >position. the 2-3 shift was right at 40mph. I also kinda rolled it down >to the floor upon starting out, didn't just slam it open. > >Edward |
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