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dannylightning · 10-14-2009, 12:09 PM

bottom line from the general consensuses, the rebel has a top speed of 80mph and 75mph for the gz . when i had my gz i let off the gas when i got up to 75, felt like it still had more in it but the motor did not sound happy at that kind of speed so i never pushed it harder than that, and those kinds of speeds were only short burst

as moedad said running something full bore all the time is gonna shorten the life big time, so if you want to run it at full bore all the time your playing Russian roulette with you engine.

i now have a 800cc now, i try to keep that under 80mph, I had it up a little over 100mph once and it did fine and did not feel like it was running wide open yet but i would not run it like that constantly,

if speed is what you are looking for neither of these bikes would be the right application for you.

10-14-2009, 12:09 PM	#20
dannylightning Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: akron ohio Posts: 893	Re: Have questions GZ250 or Rebel 250? bottom line from the general consensuses, the rebel has a top speed of 80mph and 75mph for the gz . when i had my gz i let off the gas when i got up to 75, felt like it still had more in it but the motor did not sound happy at that kind of speed so i never pushed it harder than that, and those kinds of speeds were only short burst as moedad said running something full bore all the time is gonna shorten the life big time, so if you want to run it at full bore all the time your playing Russian roulette with you engine. i now have a 800cc now, i try to keep that under 80mph, I had it up a little over 100mph once and it did fine and did not feel like it was running wide open yet but i would not run it like that constantly, if speed is what you are looking for neither of these bikes would be the right application for you.
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