REAL Top Speed?

There has been much advertising,questioning, and speculation of the REAL top speeds of these scooters and perhaps I can shed some light on this. I am going to claim a REAL top speed of 55mph on my rx200hp. Now I say REAL in the sense that I can comfortably reach this speed in a relatively short distance. I feel comfortable cruising on most roads with a limit up to 55 mph. I even take it on the highway for brief runs but only in either real heavy traffic or hardly any at all.

Also many riders have reported that their speedos are off by sometimes as much as 5-10mph at the top end. As far as I have been able to determine by pegging against cars is that mine is right on with at most 1/2 mph variance but that could be the car too. The inaccuracy of some guages often lead to confusion. Also some read in kmh and some in mph.

Now Im sure that if I was doing rural riding I could hit a higher speed (and I have hit 61) but of course the road grade, wind, and rider weight all come into account as well. Now Im usually cruising at 20-50 and in stop and go traffic so top speed really isnt a concern but hopefully this will help some of you in dispelling the myths and lies of top speed.