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Originally Posted by cow900
Wow it sounds like you had a great time, except the accident. I was wondering how the 900 would do on a trip like this! (now I know!!!)
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It did fine. It kept up with a carbuerated HD softail and my dad's FI softail with no problems. They probably had a little more top end. Somewhere in the wilds of Texas a girl on a sportbike and a guy on a custom chopper flew by us like we were standing still. Keep in mind we were probably running 82-83MPH. We all gassed it to see if we could keep up for a little bit but we were foolish for even trying!
My vulcan ran out of steam at about 100MPH (105-110 indicated). I had more throttle to give but I wasn't keen on running at WOT for very long. Eventually I slowed her back down to a more sedate 88-90MPH (roughly actual-~95MPH indicated) and caught up with my group in a few miles. The HD's didn't have much more than the vulcan and the two rabbits easily walked away from them!
The one thing I forgot to mention on my desired equipment list is a set of more upright bars. I dislike the 'beach bars' on the vulcan. I prefer a more upright arm posture that would be more comfortable leaning back. I found that the most comfortable position for my lower body (sitting up into the tank leaning way back onto my duffle bag) was the worst for my upper body because of the bar position being too far forward for my arms. Sitting upright is fine...
If you're not sure what I'm talking about, look at the picture of my dad's HD handlebars, notice how wide the vulcan's bars are compared to the height of the softail's. That's what I want.