What's your 250 top speed ?

In 14½ years I've only received two citations on motorcycles. One was 13 years ago on a 1500, the other was summer 2010 on a 250 Rebel.

So to answer the original question? "Fast enough".

All that work and my stock Rebel does the same top speed. Just sayin'...

Have you shifted into fifth gear yet?

Well one of his four posts mentions a slipping clutch, and if it's really slipping badly I can see a reduced speed...think feathering the clutch and grabbing a handful of throttle.

Barring that a stock Rebel should be capable of hitting 55mph in third gear --- about the time you should be shifting into 4th if you really like winding it up.

Fauxpasrebel01 said:

Hey, any landing you walk away from, is a good one.

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Actually any landing you ride away from is a good one.

hackattack2014 said:

I was behind a friend and he was doing 110. I was pegged and still had a lil to go. I run diff pugs to

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110mph on a 250 with room to spare?

Or do you mean 110Kph?

hackattack2014 said:

Nope. Mph I had iCarly had 1/8 left

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110KPH = 89mph, possible

110MPH on a 250 Rebel with only "better" spark plugs, either you or your buddy that was clocking you should consider a career in science fiction.

ProDigit? Is that you?!?

Duckster said:

110 kph is only around 70 mph Richard,... That's the speed limit on our 4 lane highways around here.

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That's what I get for trying to remember the conversion rate vs looking it up on Bing or Google.

The KPH is even more believable, but I'm still calling dudeman for the SAE unit of measure with that number.

One thing is for sure, if the claim is true then I'm putting those plugs into my Shadow so I can destroy some Hayabusas.

Bit it's not stock...it has better plugs. Slap a "TURBO" sticker on the tank and it'll do 140 for sure!

So far the claim is "all stock" with "better plugs" (which, judging by the pic, is merely a hotter plug versus the more expensive Iridium plugs etc) and "Shell 91" (which we all know works just as well as Shell 87 albeit at 30-40¢ more per gallon, the oil companies & their shareholders LOVE people like this).

His last post states he has no pilot jets. Now call me a skeptic, but that doesn't sound like a plausible modification for a bike that can go 25+mph faster than the rest of the Rebel population is capable of, let alone something that can even go the manufacturer & magazine claimed 75-85mph.

Folks, we're in the presence of a dudeman.

Bye-bye pilot jets on the Shadow, Isle of Man TT here I come!

flitecontrol said:

That's right up there with the guy who said he took 90 degree turns at 60+ mph.

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ProDigit/Meelee? The same vaporhead claiming 30mph top gear U-turns?