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Went on a nice ride today and took a detour over a summit to delay getting home to early, one of my favorite steep summits to ride. The first 5 kilometers has a passing lane and there were several large trucks in the slow lane. I got out in the passing lane and it seemed like I was never going to get by them all. I could see the sign indicating the passing lane was soon ending and there were still three more trucks to pass. I twisted the throttle and made it by easily. Looking down I was surprised to see I was travelling at 160 KPH which is 100 MPH. The bike was solid as a rock and I was surprised how relaxed my grip on the bars was. Good indication that the chest wind is very low, I have the tall wind shield. I got going that fast only once on my Harley and it was all I could do to hold on but it had no wind screen at all. The tall wind screen on the ctx is no where near as nice as the electric one on my old ST1300 but I have to say I was impressed how well it felt at that speed. I have put 2000 kilometers on mine now and have had it in the twistees a few times and the bike handles very well.
Continue to be impressed and enjoy my new ride :smileygarden_de_ban