RPM Range In The City

[arntufun]

Just to get an idea of the type of rider you are with the type of Spyder you have. Are you more agressive with the RPM's in the city than others are. Where do you like to keep your Spyders RPM's ???

[Bob Denman]

Nice idea for a question!
I'm the Olphart whose (not "") rarely; if ever even sees 5000 rpm...

[docdoru]

Where do you like to keep your Spyders RPM's ???

Close to the red zone Low gear and full throttle save my life in very close call incidents

[Grandpa Spyder]

I am still breaking mine in, but I don't believe I will drive much different after break in. I am just about always under 5000 rpm shift points in city is 3500 to 4000 in the city and 4000 to 4700 on the highway. So am I babying it to much?

[boborgera]

Nice idea for a question!
I'm the Olphart whose (not "") rarely; if ever even sees 5000 rpm...

Same here, Except the Olphart part,
With the Tri 2 thousand to 25 hundred.
With the 6n don't know the needle flies too fast to watch'.

[NancysToy]

Too busy watching traffic to look at the tach!

[Bob Denman]

Same here, Except the Olphart part,
With the Tri 2 thousand to 25 hundred.

I think about the only thing that might be torquier than a Hawg is a D-8 Dozer!


WAIT!! Did you insult me???
Scotty,
I find that I've always driven "By the tach". I watch it more than the Speedo; even though that number is WAY bigger...

[NancysToy]

Scotty,
I find that I've always driven "By the tach". I watch it more than the Speedo; even though that number is WAY bigger...

Yea, but I don't watch the speedo, either.

[zrc]

I break 9K at least once a ride.

Mostly I keep it around 5.5

Makes it louder and gives some room to power out of a place like Doc said. Yesterday I was at 7k on the slab when a transfer truck tried to pull over on top of me. I rolled it up past 9k to get even with his cab on the shoulder to tell him he was "number 1"

[arntufun]

I know with my style of riding that my gas milage suffers alot, but of love the sound above 6k so I take the hit at the pump.

[Bob Denman]

The issue of sound is currently romping around in another thread...
It'd be cheaper to record something cool like an F1 car or bike and run it through an Ipod...
Then the fuelpump stops won't feel like a crime in progress! c

[Bob Denman]

Yea, but I don't watch the speedo, either.

"White knuckle fever"?

[fastfraser]

I find my RTS works best at or around 5-6 grand . But I know that if I need it the extra RPMs are there.

[Motogordo]

Just to get an idea of the type of rider you are with the type of Spyder you have. Are you more agressive with the RPM's in the city than others are. Where do you like to keep your Spyders RPM's ???

I have a 2011 RTS/SE5 with about 3,600 miles. I do all my shifting just above 3,200rpm. It is very smooth that way and I also just back off the throttle a little each time. When I am on the highway, I usually run around 4,000-4,500. If I run at 5,000 or above, I am way above the speed limit. I am very comfortable driving this way, plus I enjoy the gas mileage at around 32-35 mpg.
Gordon
March 7, 2012

[ARtraveler]

My sweetspot for seamless upshifting is 4500.

[chris56]

Too busy watching traffic to look at the tach!

hope to get this "new" software update for my SE .. promised to make a testvideo like this one
I`m also too busy to look at my tach

[dancogan]

hope to get this "new" software update for my SE .. promised to make a testvideo like this one
I`m also too busy to look at my tach

You sure have some beautiful roads in Austria!

[Mr. White]

Gee, never thought about it...I am too busy watching out for the rednecks to look at tach...I just ride my ride...wait just a minute, Sir, am I a redneck too?? Hmmm

[Bob Denman]

(Quoting a famous Redneck)
"If you ever had to haul a bucket of paint to the top of a water tower to defend your sister's honor; you might be a redneck!"

[daveinva]

Small sample size, but sheesh, you RT owners need to twist your wrists and live a little.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Although I have had her up to 115 MPH, Me, Bob, Bob and Grandma S would make a very sloooooooooooooooooow race group. ....Mike Well I posted before I read the Poll results...I'm actually in the normal group ....That's a real change for ME...

[boborgera]

Although I have had her up to 115 MPH, Me, Bob, Bob and Grandma S would make a very sloooooooooooooooooow race group. ....Mike Well I posted before I read the Poll results...I'm actually in the normal group ....That's a real change for ME...

Just remember, A good slow driver, Will always make a bad fast driver look like a Nimrod .

[Tin Can]

Great thread. I tend to keep it at a higher RPM in the city. (If you keep the rpm's to low it will not let it shift up.)