aint gonna even comment on the gambler dan lol

Who cares how fast it goes when you are cruising in a Cadillac?

Go ahead and talk all the smack you want while its in the shop. Cause thats the only way that ranger is gonna out-run me. Some of these rangers must be using the same gps as the 84mph triton has on it. LOL!!!!

My 520 pig with a 225 opti loaded or not trims out at about 64mph....Quite a change from the TR-21@ 81

I would believe this. My SHO is faster than my old HPDI but is still not as fast ON TOPEND as the Merc 250 ProXS. The Merc is 1-2 mph faster on the big end but the SHO will put 5 boat lengths on the Merc in a 1/2 mile race from a dead stop. It takes my buddy with the Merc over a mile to catch me but he will run me down if we are loaded the same.

How many fish have you caught at 70+ mph. Between a boat that runs 60 and a boat that runs 70 most people only see about 10 minutes more of fishing in a day at most.Not gonna make much of a difference.

521VX, 250 Pro XS, 25P prop, hydrolic jack plate, moderate load,1/2 fuel, two people. GPS at 68.9

If you fun fish, then speed is not important. I and many on this forum has pulled up to a spot and boated 20+ lbs in the first ten minutes of a tournament. ...thants money ol'boy!!! I guarantee I/we weren't the only ones that knew the fish were there, as my partner nets another 7 lber....boats slow down and wish they were 10 minutes earlier...

Over 60 mph on my Ranger, I have no need to run that fast...

Bottom line speed maximises your line in the water while tourney fishing...i just dont get those speeds from my z21..

Ya know, callin a man a liar is risky business. But for all the naysayers that seemed to be in the passenger seat that I didn't see... Empty livewell, 1/2 fuel, 17 rods, all the other 'stuff' and my 220 it runs 74.5 in January. Occasionally a little better. Yes, I have a shelf full of props, and the 25f is the 'fastest'. The 25t I like best, and it will not turn up the 26f. The hole shot is not near what the SHO's are, but the big end is slightly better with Merc's. Full livewells, full fuel, and 2 ppl, it's 71 or so. add hot weather, and 70 is more common. I have done this a long time and know how to drive to the max, but no, it ain't the fastest Ranger around, I rode in one of the old 519's with a 225 EFI that was much stronger, and if you look at BBC you'll see several that are running better than mine. Don't really matter to me, like I said never been bit at that speed, and my favorite speed is 5

I am not sure that using proper English you can put fast and ranger in the same sentence. Maybe in Spanish or Chinese but not English.

Rangers are not fast boats.

I had a 65+ mph boat that I sold rececently and 90% of the time it was too windy to run it that fast.