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Great time at Daytona bike week again this year. Perfect weather.
My friend was on his Ducati and we rolled them on full throttle from about 60 mph. No match. I left him way behind by the time we were at triple digits.
Slowed back down to 60 mph.
Then I saw a red C5 convertible Vette easing up in the left lane on me. Older gentleman gets beside me and gives me the thumbs up sign. I do the same and I see him drop the manual transmission down one gear. I do the same and we hit them. I instantly pulled ahead by about 3 car lengths on him and held that gap up to about 110 - 120 mph. Then I could see him start to gain some ground back on me. Then at 127 mph I hit the brick wall. The speed limiter kicked in so I gave him the thumbs up and let off the throttle. That was fun.
Now: I had GUHL Motors re flash my ecm and the top speed limiter should have been removed. I called Don and he said, yes, he has learned the Valk has a different method of speed limit but no problem, just send my ecm back for a new reflash. It went out today. I look forward to testing the top speed when I get it back.
Also ran into a guy at the speedway doing a helmet cam of his trip. He liked my Valkyrie and added it to his video. It shows my bike at 14:33 in the video - Run It. Watch the entire video if you have time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGfEJmDsus4
My friend was on his Ducati and we rolled them on full throttle from about 60 mph. No match. I left him way behind by the time we were at triple digits.
Slowed back down to 60 mph.
Then I saw a red C5 convertible Vette easing up in the left lane on me. Older gentleman gets beside me and gives me the thumbs up sign. I do the same and I see him drop the manual transmission down one gear. I do the same and we hit them. I instantly pulled ahead by about 3 car lengths on him and held that gap up to about 110 - 120 mph. Then I could see him start to gain some ground back on me. Then at 127 mph I hit the brick wall. The speed limiter kicked in so I gave him the thumbs up and let off the throttle. That was fun.
Now: I had GUHL Motors re flash my ecm and the top speed limiter should have been removed. I called Don and he said, yes, he has learned the Valk has a different method of speed limit but no problem, just send my ecm back for a new reflash. It went out today. I look forward to testing the top speed when I get it back.
Also ran into a guy at the speedway doing a helmet cam of his trip. He liked my Valkyrie and added it to his video. It shows my bike at 14:33 in the video - Run It. Watch the entire video if you have time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGfEJmDsus4
