I was paying attention to it today and I had it down as low as 1500 a few times. No problem as long as you don't need to accelerate fast or pull a big hill.

If I was going to put cams in it, I'd go for more bottom end torque! I had a 750 Shadow a while back that pulled like a freight train from idle.

 

I don't shift into 6th until well past 75-80mph

 

Here's another question for you guys. When do you shift OUT of 6th?

I come into a town mid-way to work every morning and afternoon. It's a sleepy little town and I can ease into town in 6th on a gentle throttle down to about 40-45 mph when it seems to start lugging and then I can shift down to 5th (but usually go on down to 4th since I"m still decelerating).

As long as you're decelerating (and hopefully not lugging), how low do you go?

 

6th is for the hwy, as soon as I slow down from hwy speeds I start down shifting. I normally keep my rpms around 3,000 rpms.

 

At least 70 for me

 

that seems really slow to me tp be in 6th
at 40 I think I would be in 3rd

 

wow You guys are shifting into 6th at 65?
i don't hit 6th till 90mph i hardly ever run below 3000 rpm

 

Yeah there are 6 gears in there for a reason

 

 

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I know that how we ride our bikes is a very individual thing.....and I appreciate all points of view, but I swear, some of you should buy sport bikes instead of Harleys.

No wonder there are so many who seem so dissatisfied after they buy an HD.