Does anyone here occasionally run their evos to redline before shifting?&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; I'm looking at a bike that has occasionally been driven like that &amp\\;\\\\\\; I was wondering if that might have damaged it.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\; I've ridden it several times &amp\\;\\\\\\; the engine sounds fine.

 

Its fine. I rode with a guy a few weeks back and he had an EVO. He ran the **** out of it. He is the second owner and was commenting how when he bought it he knew it was not babied and he continued to ride it like you stole it. When he bought it had something like 17,000 miles and He now has over 80,000 miles on it.

 

My EVO has a Screaming Eagle ignition module which has the limiter shifted for a touch more rev range. Coming from a Jap race bike where the redline is 13k+ RPM I couldn't help but hit the red.
50k miles and still going strong&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\;

 

When I am trying to educate some throttle jockey my 124" gets shifted near red line/Rev Limiter.Always have always will,good maintainance will let the motors live a long life.&nbsp\\;

 

If it was messed up you would know. keep it full of oil.

 

On occassion, I'll run mine up to the limiter on my Dyna 2000 ignition module.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I think it's around 5400 rpm(?)&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;
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Let it warm up and ride it hard, if it's gonna break, it's gonna break no matter how you ride it...&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;
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I'd suggest a better set of valve springs, if you're gonna keep it at those high rpms for any extended amount of time...&nbsp\\;

 

With hydraulic lifters, you'll float the valves before you do any damage from over reving.

 

Thanks for all the great, informative info.&nbsp\\; I think I'm gonna go ahead &amp\\; get it.
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Thanks again,
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John

 

I ride the **** out of my bike most of the time, only thing it hurts is your gas mileage.... I'd rather ride it hard than baby the hell out of it and not enjoy it anyway.

 

Evo's love to be power shifted also. My Evo shifts the best when power shifted.
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Full throttle, pull in clutch with throttle open, shift, then let go of clutch.
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Of course this is second gear and up.
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Very rarley do I miss a gear.