Im up to 670 miles on my Rocker C and I think I am finally getting to know my engine. What i mean by that is, knowing when to shift just by listening to the engine, knowing when your are lugging it or when your RPMS are too high. It took me just about 700 miles to know mine.

How about you?

 

I think I was good on day 1. I like to cruse at 2500 to 3200 RPM. Its a educated guess on my FatBoy but the bagger has a tach.

 

It took me about 300 miles, but dang i love these harleys, my FATBOY rules....!

 

I thought you were supposed to shift when you reach the rev limiter. I do miss having a tach. Is there a reason some bikes have a tach & some don't from the factory?

 

still learning with 500 miles. i think i'm babying it for the break in. rolling the throttle after 500 though.

 

I took it easy also for the first 500 miles. At about 700 I really got to know the sound and the feel. Plus I have a buddy that broke his in two years ago and he had some great comments that helped out a great deal.

 

I didn't take too long to get to know mine. But then I did the Stage 1 and added a TMax and had to get used to it all over again. It sounded and felt very different.
But I added a tach at the same time and found that for local riding, below 6th gear. It seems to be perfectly happy and not obnoxiously noisy in any gear at around 2000/2200rpm. So I use whatever gear it takes to go as fast as needed (the speed limit +5 to 8mph) so it stays in that rpm range.
Get it above 2500 or so in the first four gears and it starts to snarl like it wants to be let loose, while anything below 1800 in anything but 1st gear and its not a happy camper. Especially if you try to grab a handful of throttle without downshifting first. Then the poor engine feels like it going to jump out of the frame.
For highway running in 6th I like to keep the rpm's over 2200 or so and its just fine.

 

We got intimate pretty quickly. Do a Stage 1 and you will feel it a lot better.

 

I thought I had learned mine. But just got an oil change with AMS Syn. Whole new bike. If I had known this I would have changed the oil mile 1.

Shift points have moved up and my Stock Fatboy has more *****. No other mods have been performed on my bike; thus all changes due to the oil.

 

About 20 minutes after I installed a tach.