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RadRover / Re: Increasing Top Speed
« on: October 16, 2023, 03:41:32 PM »I ended up changing my max cut-off speed to around 21 mph because:<snip>
You make some very valid points that I agree with, and I'm too old to really push it at 25mph on a regular basis, although I occasionally hit that, or even up to about 32 mph briefly, going downhill while slightly riding the brakes. Plus, my MiniST2's steering geometry gets a little squirrelly at speeds above about 20 mph anyway, requiring two hands on the bars - I'd hate to be doing 25 and have to suddenly try to avoid something crossing my path. I'm not particularly afraid of speed per se (and still own the motorcycle I took up to 137 mph) but like Clint Eastwood said "A man's got to know his limitations."
However, I didn't reduce my top speed limiter from 24/25mph for one reason - sometimes speed saves. If I ever find myself having to dart across an intersection or get out of the way of a tailgater about to hit me, I don't want to have any speed limits. I realize the 1600 watts mainly provide torque for acceleration and hill-climbing but it would annoy me to hit the wall at an arbitrary 20 mph if I don't have to and could use a bit more in the moment.
It's there if I need it, is the TL;DR I suppose.