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Sitting at 3/4 max rpm ain't that bad. But 1/4 aint that bad either. If youre just cruising 2000rpm is perfectly acceptable. As for full throttle i usually only open her up all the way after about 4k rpm on the standard/ sport bikes. A harley id be comfortable opening her up at as low as 2000 or 2500 rpm.
Nonsense. Harlem engines are designed to run down low. If you're the type that drops the hammer at low rpms and in the wrong gear then that's not good for any engine. I find this to be typical behaviour of many Harley riders. There's nothing wrong with shifting down, find the appropriate gear, then accelerating.
I have a 117 m8 stock except 2into 1 exhaust once I hit 3rd gear, I stay at least 2900 rpm. 5th gear I stay at least 3100 rpm and I don’t shift to 6th gear until around 90 mph and like to keep it at 3300 rpm in 6th. This motor really really seems happy at about 3200-3400 rpm. And when accelerating, it seems happy when I don’t shift until around 4000rpm. And when I’m getting it, 4500 on up to redline.
Run it back a few yrs, 110ci (SE)ultra was 70mph at 2500rpm high tq around 3000rpm......4000rpm cruisin is not going to do great things for your bike But, riding dyna 96ci around here I'm not in 6th too often, I like to be at a speed in a gear such that I roll off, I slow down, roll on, I speed up.....for this you need to be running higher rpm........this is for handling up and down curves for fun, not for betterment of the bike And it likes 60-65 mph in 6th......no idea the rpm, no tach
You are a pussy, that is a rotax motor, it has nothing to do with harley. off the shelf that will hold its own with hyabusas, or supercharged harleys, 10 second bike
This video is for me!! I was thinking my bike didn't have any power to move 103 engine. the problem was not the bike, but me. I was shifting around 2800rpms and cruising around 2000. today I tried shifting up around 4K and cruised around 3000 and it was like night and day. Like riding a whole bigger bike. They didnt teach this in the MSF class i took, so I didnt know until I heard about it on a bike forum. Great video. Thanks.
My 107 has max hp at 5-5.5k rpm, I really need to try revving it over 4k and see if it pulls any better, because atm I am rather disappointed from the performance
Owned 5 different 6 speeds. Two of them 107, a 96 and two 103’s. While the m8 handles 6th at 50 mph better than the others, I still liked to be above 60 for the road gear. 🤷♂️
3000+ rpm on my Buell. I am still in 3rd at 55. 5th for highway/interstate. A hotter piston means less carbon build up. Lugging it puts more stress on stuff. The crank not lugged down spins better. On the other hand flat out puts more stress on crank than lugging it. I have destroyed snowmobile cranks that way once in the middle of lake Michigan on the ice.
literally just shift when it starts screaming and shaking ur hands off and ur fine. don't need to run it to the redline before you shift that's wild unless you're really goosing it
I think the rule of thumb is LISTEN to your engine, (for motorcycles at least), she will tell you if she needs to go up or down a gear. If she is screaming at you, raise it up a gear, if she is pouting, lower it one and open her up 😆 I rarely see 6th gear, unless I feel like opening her open completely on an open highway and just want to see ow fast she can go. 3K at 5th gear 9s like 50-70mph, runs smooth.
I prefer to lift mine the way the Argentina Police do it ( see Robt. Simmons video ) , it's easier if you have bad knees. Would have been easier to hear the presentation without the noisy, talkative women and some men there.
Man I had it wrong. I have an uncle rides a duna has mentioned to me once or twice that I shift way too early. And yea, I would never shift passed 2800 rpms and usually would shift as early as 2200 rpms. Had another guy that rides a triumph speed master that he always shifts between 3500 and 4k rpms. Bike does feel better shifting between 2800 and 3500 rpms which is what I try to shift into now.
I ride a 94 wide glide (evo) with no tach. Its easy to just go by feel and sound. I do shift early if I'm going down hill. But that's the only time I shift early.
I don’t know why you guys do this right now Bike we’re outside noise and you’re trying to talk to your helmet and I can’t understand a damn word you’re
As long as the rpm isn’t so low that the engine gets the chain in the crankcase slapping around and the bike isn’t bucking around then you’re fine. I regularly cruise at 2k. I’m not racing my ultra limited and Harley’s have plenty of torque to keep the bike moving at a lower rpm. No, you don’t want to be in 6th gear doing 25mph and try to accelerate in that same gear. Just for clarification, when I say I cruise at 2k that’s just chilling on backroads. I’m at less than 3k on the highway up to about 80mph. Don’t need anymore than that unless I’m really breaking the law lol
How do feel about the 103 in the freewheeler? Does the added weight of being a trike affect the RPM's and its shifting points? It just feels when I get into the higher RPMs that the motor is really screaming. More than likely it's probably just me
