max speed on maxim

snowwy66 · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 2:41 pm Post subject: max speed on maxim

i know the speedo only goes to 85. but has anyone maxed out and still had plenty of throttle?

and is that with or without windshield

ManBot13 · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: max speed on maxim

Year and Model? I think the 750 Seca is supposed to get up to 130 tops, maxims are geared differently and have a smaller rear wheel. I think 120 might be the best you get. I know I've gotten mine up to 95 ish (I had to calculate from the RPMs - about 7k in 5th if your interested). Note that it will take a perfectly tuned bike to reach these kind of speeds.

If you're speedo's accurate, just see what the speed is at 4500 rpm in 5th. Assuming you can get it up to 9000 rpm in 5th...it will be twice that speed. WARNING...it's unsafe to do the math going 90+ mph on the highway...trying to figure out how fast you are going Rolling Eyes

. Just remember the rpm and do the calcs later

mlew · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: max speed on maxim

I've had my XJ1100 maxed out, 8500 on the tack. Since the speedo only goes to 85 my calculated speed was 135. Did not stay there , way to scary. I hit it and let off the throttle.

snowwy66 · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: max speed on maxim

i had this maxim 650 back when i was in high school. speed limit was 55 back then. rpms were around 4600 - 4800 depending on tread thickness on rear tire.

my buddy said we were doing 80 last weekend. rpms were 6000. today i used my blackberry phone in a case taped to the gas tank. the gps speedometer i have loaded on the phone said 75. 80 is close to 6400 rpms.

80 is my top and that's if i'm VERY LUCKY. i know 5000 was about 65 on the phone. 4500 was about 57. our speed limit around here is 75 out of the city. so i'm going to be doing some struggling. without a windshield to cut down on that wind resistance factor.

i can't go by speedo as it's not working. it was reading about 52 when the phone said 80.