Sorry in advance for a stupid newbie question. I now have a 2003 V-Rod that I bought used. The original owner kept saying "don't lug the engine", you should be riding between 4 and 5 thousand RPM. The only other bike I've ridden was a smaller Shadow. I know the engine is much different, but 5000 RPM seems high (not to mention I'd like to get out of second gear once in a while). What do you think?

Lisa[sm=thanx.gif]

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2003 Anniversary V-Rod
CFR Racing Pipes
CFR Racing Fueler

2005 Sportster 1200C

I don't really know,...but I saw a Vrod racing a Suzuki on pinks last night,...that was pretty cool,......and I like your legs.

Thanks, I really like your bike. Sometimes hard to get answers to stupid questions. How did the V-Rod do against the Suzuki?

Lisa

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Don't you just love the wind in your hair at 90MPH?

2003 Anniversary V-Rod
CFR Racing Pipes
CFR Racing Fueler

2005 Sportster 1200C

Lisa, is the bike stock?
If so you can safely cruise at lower RPMs.

Too low and you have unburnt fuel build up on valves and internal parts and get poor perfromance and gas mileage.

It may have some customizations that require it to run at higher RPMs, but I wonder.

That 4-5 thousand mark is noramlly where the sweet power turns on .

I like 4 grand myself.

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well,....the Vrod lost,.......Booooooo,........but it was still cool.

If I knew anything about the vrods,......i'd suspect your question isn't stupid

The bike isn't stock - it's got CFR racing pipes and fueler and KNS topless or high volume air filter?. I definitely noticed that the power picks up at those RPM's. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

Lisa

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Don't you just love the wind in your hair at 90MPH?

2003 Anniversary V-Rod
CFR Racing Pipes
CFR Racing Fueler

2005 Sportster 1200C

The Revolution engine is designed to run at a higher RPM than it's air-cooled brothers. I think the "lugging" is lost between the two engines. It is safe to run the twin-cam at 1500 RPM for extended periods of time but to do so with the Revolution would be lugging. I would try to stay at or above 2500. You're not going to hurt anything to be below that, you will be below that when you take off from a stop light, but my comment comes from where you should be at when you're out on the road. 5K is where the bike is at 80 mph, that doesn't mean that you cannot ride at 70, just try to stay at orabove 2500 for long periods of time

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At what r.p.m.s, in 5th gear, does it get the best gas mileage?

No idea, I don't ride for gas mileage. That's what the Geo Metro is for.

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The Moco cares ~ and, if I understand it correctly, if the 1st 5 gears were lowered a bit, (which people are already doing by swapping the 28 tooth belt gear to 26 teeth for faster low end acceleration),and there was a 6th gear that brought the r.p.m.s down to 4,000 r.p.m.s at 80 m.p.h. ~ you'd have a quicker and more economical beast; probably would work best with 1350 c.c. displacement. Minor changes in gearing, displacement and an additional gear and we're there. Damn, easy, couldn't have figured it out without your help. Thanks!