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MikeYork5 · Jul 11, 2006

Hmmmm - GW = 4500 RPM (or there abouts) = 100 MPH

FJR = 4500 = 80 ish? What the hey - kinda like that Honda gearing for cruising! And the FJR for running through the gears, if only there was a little switchy thingy that could ......... or maybe a 6th or 7th gear, or maybe ...................

Fred H. · Jul 11, 2006

55mph is at around 2400 rpm on the GL1800. If I remember right, 70 is around 3K or so. But the redline on this flat 6 is much lower. It also has more torque down low and in the mid level rpms than the FJR does, but it doesn't have the ponies in the upper rpms like the FJR either.

brazos parker · Jul 25, 2006

Fred, just before you hit 100k at 100 mph, did you stop and tell your friends..."Hold my beer and watch this!"

:assassin: :clapping: :yahoo:

DaveT · Jul 25, 2006

MikeYork5 said:
Hmmmm - GW = 4500 RPM (or there abouts) = 100 MPHFJR = 4500 = 80 ish? What the hey - kinda like that Honda gearing for cruising! And the FJR for running through the gears, if only there was a little switchy thingy that could ......... or maybe a 6th or 7th gear, or maybe ...................

Take note of the redline on the GW vs the FJR. If the FJR was geared like the Wing the top speed would be, well, very high.