What's your RPM range?

[UselessPickles]

2000 in 5th on the interstate

You only drive about 40mph on the interstate?

Personally, I keep my RPMs right around 7000 at all times for peak torque and vary the amount of clutch slippage to control my speed. It's a poor man's CVT

 

[Braenen]

Isnt it more of a binary question? On, off.

 

[not2shabby]

2000 in 5th on the interstate

You only drive about 40mph on the interstate?

Personally, I keep my RPMs right around 7000 at all times for peak torque and vary the amount of clutch slippage to control my speed. It's a poor man's CVT

Huh? You cruise around at 7k and slip the clutch to control your speed?! How many sets of clutch plates have you gone thru?

Myself...I use 1 thru 9k...depnding upon my mood... B)

 

[rogdeb]

I try to use the whole range from 3k on up. Have only hit the limiter once ! Maybe I need to try harder :lol: Goodness knows I ride with a plethora of extremely able riders who can assist me B)

 

[v65]

No comment.

 

[rogdeb]

No comment.

Go ahead

 

[v65]

No comment.

Go ahead

Here is the long version. Stupid does hurt.

 

[flyball]

You're shifting AT 3500? I'm not a real tach watcher and certainly not a fast rider but 3500 tends to be the low end of the RPM spectrum for me. I generally run between 4000 and 6000 with the occassional foray into the higher ranges but rarely above 7500-8000.

I like the resposiveness above 3500 better and there is less abruptness on the throttle in my opinon.

 

[buf2phx]

This thread has reinforced my policy of never buying a used motorcycle.

Mike

 

[1SG]

I really like this forum. It brings up discussions that are truly helpful to us new to Sport Touring riding. I ride in the 3500 to 4000 range and get about 42 mpg but I have occasionally ventured to the 5000 and 6000 range with great delight. I'll be in the back in the States in a couple of weeks and can't wait to ride, and now I want to see how the bike will handle in the 7000 range. Oooooh Yeeah!! :yahoo:

 

[madmike2]

I'll be in the back in the States in a couple of weeks and can't wait to ride, and now I want to see how the bike will handle in the 7000 range. Oooooh Yeeah!! :yahoo:

May I suggest you approach that threshold slowly. Things happen rather quickly at that RPM range. If you've been off the bike for any time....well, in my case, I need to "refresh" my muscle memory and perception before switching to "Aggressive Mode". I'm just sayin'....

 

[glory racing]

I'll be in the back in the States in a couple of weeks and can't wait to ride, and now I want to see how the bike will handle in the 7000 range. Oooooh Yeeah!! :yahoo:

May I suggest you approach that threshold slowly. Things happen rather quickly at that RPM range. If you've been off the bike for any time....well, in my case, I need to "refresh" my muscle memory and perception before switching to "Aggressive Mode". I'm just sayin'....

That is one of the characteristics of the FJR that I really enjoy. You can cruise in 3-4k range with plenty of torque to enjoy your ride. Then you can ride her in the 6-8k range and she is like a totally different machine. Kinda like a 2 for 1 deal. Do be careful though as she does handle quite differently in the upper range.

 

[rogdeb]

No comment.

Go ahead

Here is the long version. Stupid does hurt.

Yes indeed - I read your initial thread (Wrote the "glad you're ok" at post #55) and we have been there ourselves, only not as fast as your speed. Deb's making sure I don't do a repeat ---- Guess I should have placed more "rolling eyes" avatars in my post --- BUT, point taken -- hope you're still on the mend.

 

[Rolavine]

6th gear? What for? It only runs 5.7 to 5.8K at 120 mph. As to normal riding (cruising) I shift at lower rpms. Sprot riding I like to stay in the power band 4000-5500 range.
Use the whole range.

My bike in 5th runs about 18mph per 1k rpm, giving me about 70mph at 4K rpm, at 5.8k I would be going about 104mph.

I like my bike in 5th on the corners over about 40mph, I see no point in having risky amounts of power or torque available to me in these situations given the possibilites of having a 'bump - throttle response feedback cycle' bucking me onto the road.

My days of playing racer ended in the 70's with the repeated loss of much skin and eventually my, then beloved though amazingly stinky, RD350.

I love my bike and riding, but I want to live, I know how much it is possible to hurt and desire to avoid pain, I want to keep my mobility, I can have fun without grinding off my footpegs by taking pleasure in the weighless perfection of a perfectly controlled corner that left plently of residual capacity for dealing with the unexpected. I have no need to act out pretending that I'm a god, I'm not that blessed with superhuman abilites or imortality.

Motorcycling is dangerous enough without begging for your universal doner card to be punched.

Sorry for the sermon, there seems to be little of this preaching going on in here, in the face of so much bravado.

 

[Rolavine]

This thread has reinforced my policy of never buying a used motorcycle. Mike

+1, it also makes me think I can get mine to last for 500,000 miles it these guys are getting 50,000.

 

[Geezer]

This thread has reinforced my policy of never buying a used motorcycle. Mike

+1, it also makes me think I can get mine to last for 500,000 miles it these guys are getting 50,000.

Spinning the engine is certainly no more stressful on the parts than lugging it. The key to longevity is to use it within the design parameters and keeping up with regular maintenance.

 

[Brody]

Short answer, Idle-Redline PRN (PRN is prescription talk for "as needed")

Needs vary, for example;

Oft times I am using the upper bounds for increased engine braking and not just for the acceleration.

As the perfect corner has been mentioned.

For me the perfect corner requires no brakes because the RPM range is such

that the roll off creates the perfect approach

and the roll on, the perfect exit.

This doesn't mean that I am pushing any limits. It just means being in the proper gear for the job at hand.

It's Moto-Zen. :winksmiley02:

 

[Rolavine]

This thread has reinforced my policy of never buying a used motorcycle. Mike

+1, it also makes me think I can get mine to last for 500,000 miles it these guys are getting 50,000.

Spinning the engine is certainly no more stressful on the parts than lugging it. The key to longevity is to use it within the design parameters and keeping up with regular maintenance.

Agreed that lugging is very hard on the engine, but not with the rest. I work with 'design parameters' every day but I've yet to find any that provide an exception from the laws of physics. Yeah my electronics will run at 50 degrees C but not for as long as it does at half that temp. Things going faster, even with proportionally lower loads, still have more friction than things that are going slower.

I was kidding about the 500,000 miles, but I do baby my bike. I grew up in a family farm service business driving hundreds of POS vehicles of all descriptions, and only a deep feedback loop from me to machine kept them running and prevented my old man from giving me holy hell. One summer I drove a 1959 tank truck that was rusted so bad (Northern Wisconsin road salt) I could have literally kicked it to half its size in just tennis shoes. That old truck used to ask me as polite as can be, for another quart of 30 weight non detergent for lunch. Even when it died going swayback under a heavy load it got me to the delivery point and even managed to crawl to its final resting place. Point is, machines have been really good to me, what kind of a heartless ******* would I have to be not to return the favor.

 

[1SG]

I'll be in the back in the States in a couple of weeks and can't wait to ride, and now I want to see how the bike will handle in the 7000 range. Oooooh Yeeah!! :yahoo:

May I suggest you approach that threshold slowly. Things happen rather quickly at that RPM range. If you've been off the bike for any time....well, in my case, I need to "refresh" my muscle memory and perception before switching to "Aggressive Mode". I'm just sayin'....

That is one of the characteristics of the FJR that I really enjoy. You can cruise in 3-4k range with plenty of torque to enjoy your ride. Then you can ride her in the 6-8k range and she is like a totally different machine. Kinda like a 2 for 1 deal. Do be careful though as she does handle quite differently in the upper range.

I understand what you are saying, and it is a practice within my organization that we reintergrate at a controlled rate. Plus I will have the Spouse along who will ensure I take it easy. But I do miss riding. Thanks for the concern.

 

[Patriot]

2000 in 5th on the interstate

You only drive about 40mph on the interstate?

Personally, I keep my RPMs right around 7000 at all times for peak torque and vary the amount of clutch slippage to control my speed. It's a poor man's CVT

whoops, should say 4000rpm at 70mph in 5th gear