6th gear mph?
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Joined: Jul 2007
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From: sand mountain Alabama
Lugging the engine is using too low of rpm vs speed.
If the engine is below 2,300 rpm you are lugging, period.
60 mph in 6th gear is lugging. This is a single pin crank v-twin engine, not a flat 6 or inline 4 cylinder.
Yes HD has done a good job make these bikes smooth and masking the lugging feel.
With the new specs on the crankshaft as far as run out by lugging you are taking a risk of starting a problem.
It is your bike do as you see fit. who am I to convince you of anything.
Me, none of my HD's will fall below 2,300 rpm's
It is better to be at 2,800 rpms in 5th than it is running 2,000 rpm's in 6th.
just a thought.
If the engine is below 2,300 rpm you are lugging, period.
60 mph in 6th gear is lugging. This is a single pin crank v-twin engine, not a flat 6 or inline 4 cylinder.
Yes HD has done a good job make these bikes smooth and masking the lugging feel.
With the new specs on the crankshaft as far as run out by lugging you are taking a risk of starting a problem.
It is your bike do as you see fit. who am I to convince you of anything.
Me, none of my HD's will fall below 2,300 rpm's
It is better to be at 2,800 rpms in 5th than it is running 2,000 rpm's in 6th.
just a thought.
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