I looked today, and entering the freeway or trying to go fast I shift into 5th about 50-55mph. This bike peaks in torque about 3k so short shifting seems ok on this bike compared to those rpm happy sport bikes, I think the rpms at 70mph are around 5k, bigger cruisers are a bunch lower, like 3-3.5 k. Wish it had another gear, catch myself trying to shift going highway speeds, like an overdrive,lol. Had her up to 105 the other day, seemed like she had more in her, it was very enough for me. Also the vibration from this twin, mostly on the floorboards gets quite noticeable about 70-75 true speed, these bikes are about 4-6 mph low, I drive my car about 74mph, on the bike speedo reading 74, your going about 68, verified from 2 different gps units.