Yes. Motorcycles are like that. Nearly every motorcycle is physically capable of going faster than the rider is comfortable doing. It's very hard to do that on

Yes. Motorcycles are like that. Nearly every motorcycle is physically capable of going faster than the rider is comfortable doing. It's very hard to do that on a bicycle, except perhaps for offroad downhill type rides. On my usual road (bicycling) loop, there's one corner where I actually have to control my speed to feel safe, but even there I could probably take it a good 20% faster than I do. (It's a slightly bumpy, banked right turn @ an intersection at the bottom of a steep hill) So, for 15 seconds out of a 1.5 hour ride, I'm limited by something other than muscle power.