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Today I went riding with an organized motorcycle group, who I had ridden with a few times when I had my Honda Magna. There were about 60 bikes on this ride, and all but my Burgman 400 and 3 Honda Goldwing touring bikes were large Harleys. I noticed some raised eyebrows and smirks as they saw the Burgman 400 lined up to go on the ride with all of the big bikes. The first leg of our ride was on the interstate and I had to do 90+ miles per hour to keep up with the big Harleys. I know this is much faster than they normaly, ride and I believe they were trying to see if the scooter would keep up. It did, but about 20 of the Harleys dropped out and did not make the first stop.
The second leg was on two lane back roads, and again the speeds topped 90 MPH in some spots. The Burgman 400 kept right up, but we lost another 18 Harleys and 2 of the Goldwings. After that, they never went over 80 MPH. At the second stop they all started asking me questions about the Burgman and could not believe that it was only 400 cc and a single cylinder.
I don't like to ride that fast and may not do any more rides with that group, but If I do they will probably calm down and ride more sensibly, as the 40 bikes who dropped out were not well served by these antics, and the scooter they were trying to discourage finished the ride without falling behind.
The second leg was on two lane back roads, and again the speeds topped 90 MPH in some spots. The Burgman 400 kept right up, but we lost another 18 Harleys and 2 of the Goldwings. After that, they never went over 80 MPH. At the second stop they all started asking me questions about the Burgman and could not believe that it was only 400 cc and a single cylinder.
I don't like to ride that fast and may not do any more rides with that group, but If I do they will probably calm down and ride more sensibly, as the 40 bikes who dropped out were not well served by these antics, and the scooter they were trying to discourage finished the ride without falling behind.