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Title: annual Speed Run on the Liberty ~!
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on June 10, 2024, 04:32:18 PM

I've done this death defying run every year - since 2017~!

(https://i.postimg.cc/FKZxD4fH/20240610-060406.jpg)

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My colorful P-Brakes flapping in the breeze!
(https://i.postimg.cc/9f0nRbFM/20240610-060128c.jpg)

My speed?
Once again, absolutely perfect for my needs!
Stig


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Title: Re: annual Speed Run on the Liberty ~!
Post by: Neil955i on June 11, 2024, 06:45:10 AM

🤣

Anything around 65 mph or above is more than adequate for the roads I ride 90% of the time.

(At 145 mph, the reported top speed of my Street Triple 675R will remain a theoretical figure for me!)

Title: Re: annual Speed Run on the Liberty ~!
Post by: randyo on June 13, 2024, 03:34:26 AM

I'm over my mid life crisis, I don't even like going highway speeds now

I think my new tractor can do 17 mph

Title: Re: annual Speed Run on the Liberty ~!
Post by: Neil955i on June 13, 2024, 08:56:08 AM

Quote from: randyo on June 13, 2024, 03:34:26 AM

I'm over my mid life crisis, I don't even like going highway speeds now

I'm with you Randy.  In my younger days I tried to max out my bikes, but only on the track or the IoM Mountain mile.  These days far more interested in staying upright and out of the ditches / hedgerows!

Title: Re: annual Speed Run on the Liberty ~!
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on June 13, 2024, 11:20:39 AM

Quote from: randyo on June 13, 2024, 03:34:26 AM

I'm over my mid life crisis, I don't even like going highway speeds now

I think my new tractor can do 17 mph

I did many hours on a big old Ford tractor w/bucket at the children's home, mowing, cutting trees and moving 71 cords of wood. Clearing overgrown cemeteries, etc.
17mph is plenty over uneven ground!
Stig

Title: Re: annual Speed Run on the Liberty ~!
Post by: randyo on June 13, 2024, 02:42:27 PM

Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on June 13, 2024, 11:20:39 AM

I did many hours on a big old Ford tractor w/bucket at the children's home, mowing, cutting trees and moving 71 cords of wood. Clearing overgrown cemeteries, etc.
17mph is plenty over uneven ground!
Stig

I've been told by others I shoulda spent the extra $1k to get the tires loaded, or it will get bouncy on uneven ground, I haven't found that to be the case, but almost always comparing to a smaller compact tractor, but is mine really a compact, it's bigger than the tractors I remember growing up as a kid on the typical Vermont dairy farm. Ford 9N seems to be my recollection