Wow, I have a whole new respect for this bike. I took a ride with my friend Dan and his 85 Guzzi California. I really only got a couple hundred miles on this bike last year, due to working on it, getting it painted, and having a chronically leaking carb problem. The floats did take care of that, BTW. I never flogged on it at all, out of respect for it's age, unfamiliarity with the bike, etc. Yesterday I ran it up to redline in 1st and shifted hard, it picked the front wheel up a couple inches off the ground, I was shocked. I had to do it a second time to be sure I didn't imagine it, amazing. I also ran it out in 4th and 5th, although the speedo only reads 85, it did the ton easily, it pulled right through the red line still climbing, I had to let off. My Harley is a 1340 cc bike, 16 years newer, it hits a wall in 5th a little over 4000 rpm, it can't overcome the wind resistance. Even my CB750 starts slowing down dramatically before it approaches redline in 5th, I've never had enough road or nerve to get there. What a great little bike, I feel guilty saddling it with a side car, LOL. I kept up, almost, with Dan and his Guzzi in the twistys, no mean feat considering he has 40+ years riding, and I have 2, LOL. A little more practice with the bike and I think I could, no problem. I may look for another after I get my sidecar on this one, I seem to remember that other years of this bike had a little more pep, too.