top speed limiter
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From: Bali
top speed limiter
I tuned a breakout using the screaming eagle street interface and on the dyno the bike will only pull to 114 mph. which it reaches at 5700 rpm's in 4th gear.
I did a couple searches and can not find any threads on this which I find surprising.
any one have any insight if this is normal and if it can be disabled
thanks
I did a couple searches and can not find any threads on this which I find surprising.
any one have any insight if this is normal and if it can be disabled
thanks
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Rev limiter is there for a reason and most cams quit making horsepower before reach the max anyway. Would really suck to grenade a motor just because you wanted to dick around on the dyno, seen it happen....
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Why would you push your bike to 5,700 RPM's? I love my bikes too much to do that. My 6 speed Road Glide I got to 115 in 5th gear but don't think the tach was close to that. My 98 cu S&S Road King about the same speed but too busy to notice the aftermarket tach.
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From: Sandy Eggo's North County
Wanna go beyond 5700rpm? Why? Stress testing for HD? It's a cruiser type engine. Root word here is "cruise."
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114 MPH Hmmmmm good to know but I have no plans to see it go there. As long as I am comfortable cruising all day and can jump up easily to 85-90 if I need it to pass on the interstate then drop back to a comfortable cruising speed around 75 I am good to go
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My Evo has a Sreamin' Eagle ignition module (no rev limiter), among other performance things. I lifted the front end one day, and snapped the belt going into second. It revved high enough to flatten a vavle seal. It ran OK (smoked a little at idle), but we pulled the heads and fixed it at the first opportunity. It's been clocked at 117 mph (and still pulling).
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