How fast do you drive with your motorcycle on the freeway? 70?

 

I am trying to find the range of safety, the reason is, I am trying to find
out if you ever have a chain broken while you're on the freeway?

Thanks for your feedback.

 


You can ride much faster than 70 mph without fear of breaking a
chain.  Racers often exceed 200 mph.  The chain is going to be more
adversely affected by rapid changes in speed than constant speeds
anyway.

Keep your chain clean and lubed and you can expect 15k miles or more
before the internal bushings wear to the point of becoming a problem.

 



If the question is "do you drive more slowly than normal
highway speeds because of the chance of a broken
chain," then the answer is clearly no.  Yes, there is always
a chance of something going wrong, but it's sure not
limited to your chain breaking.  And IF you are reasonably
conscientious about maintenance and doing a periodic
inspection of the important bits, the chances of anything
going wrong while you're on the highway are greatly
minimized.  Not to zero, of course - so you still have to
ride prepared to deal with those sorts of things should they
happen - but certainly the risk is not high enough that you
need to limit your riding to puttering around town at 30 mph
because of it.

And no, I've never had a chain break on the freeway.  I
travel at the same speeds as everyone else.

Bob M.

 



Nope never had a chain break at all.
I do between 50-80 mph on the freeways depending on traffic density, and
conditions.
I won't do 80 at night or in populated areas, though I will do 80 all day on
the country backroads.


--

Andrew
00 Daytona
00 Speed Triple
71 Kawi H1
05 Kiddo

 



I lost a master link at 70 mph on a dirt bike while on a dirt road.  It
locked the rear wheel but I skidded safely to a stop.  It do get yer
attention....