Do any of you ever rev your RT up to to high rpm's when going thru the gears just for the heck of it?
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Do any of you ever rev your RT up to to high rpm's when going thru the gears just for the heck of it?
No ..... However to maximize " passing power ", I have taken it up to 7000 or so ...... Mike :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by inspectsir
Why bother, there's a rev limiter on the engine.
Two numbers to keep in mind.
The 990/998 twin engines like 5500 ballpark rpms for the "sweet spot" operation.
The 1330's like 3500 ballpark rpms for the "sweet spot" operation.
I have NEVER tested the rev limiter. Sweet-spot has always been my shift spot going up. I let do it's own thing on downshifts 98% of the time.
YUP....and it's a helluva lot of fun!
I go visit my buddies a couple days a week for a nice beverage and talk. The route takes me down a not very uncrowded four-lane divided highway for about 6 blocks. It makes a safe place to go through the gears and blow the carbon out. Nothing like 87 miles an hour in third gear:2thumbs:
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Of course I do "let her breath "
With the ECU up grades, pulling to 7k is just fine. And fun also. Did I say my other bike is an old,slow V-Maxnojoke. The V-boost works--- just be pointed straight.
Lew L
Ours has been spun up a few times...Kinda cool seeing the statistic numbers in BUDS. That onboard computer catches and stores everything.
Well I have pulled out to the 4 lane and ran the revs up to merge with traffic. Why just today I looked down and was at 6000 RPM at 69 MPH after 15 miles down the "slab" and then remembered that I needed to shift up to 6th..... (palm slap to forehead) :sour:
You betcha.Quote:
Originally Posted by inspectsir
of course, if from time to time you like spirited rides!!! get that wind in your face with windshield down. a few times i have forgot that 6th gear. shoot,1st gear @ 7,000 rpm gets up there in MPH!!
Yep.....and me too! But only on lots of empty straight flat pavement.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICZ
998 VTwin. I love to run it up to the rev line. It is still pulling hard and I hate it when it goes soft. I don't do it very often, just often enough to remember what it feels like. I usually shift at 6000 and cruize at 5000. It just purrs there but when I run her up you can hear her roar. No pain, no fear, just a jewel of an engine yelling "I am free let me run."
Of course, it goes with the machine!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by inspectsir
Yep, when I am alone on the byke, we have alotta farmroads overhere, mostly twolane, with no intersections, no police, no radar, no critters that could jump on the road,,, the spyder likes it, and the owner too.
With the wife, 2up, I get a dent in the back of my helmet, when I rev (read drive) hard.....