6th gear light
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Slumped Over
Most of my riding is in town and back and forth to work. I know I'm in 6th 'cause the bike is chuggin' and telling me to downshift.
6th gear light is about as useful as the fuel gauge thing on the left gas cap. Trust it about as much as the one on a outboard motor gas tank.
6th gear light is about as useful as the fuel gauge thing on the left gas cap. Trust it about as much as the one on a outboard motor gas tank.
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2008
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I always know when I'm in 6th gear. It's the one just above 5th, and 5th is real easy to identify on my '08 FLHRC because it has the "5th gear whine". Actually it is more of a humming: Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Tourer
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 265
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From: Fairfax VA
Supporter
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 6,724
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From: Altoona, Pa.
The sixth gear spoild me. When I take the Deuce out for a seldom done ride, I keep trying to force it into 6th gear. Just wont happen.
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Tourer
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 265
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From: Fairfax VA
My 07 Dyna actually cruises very nicely at 40 mph in 6th at 1,500 rpm on a flat level road. Very smooth. Can't pull up hills well though like that. An 07 dyna is only 630 lbs with the 96 engine. I was surprised that it would cruise so well at that speed/rpm. 6th is a good gas saver.
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Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 512
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From: Johnstown, PA
Wish my deuce told me what gear i was in all the time..I know I am in 6th when i cant shift up anymore. Even with the light i still try going to 7th all the time..dont know why.. Sometimes i get lost in the middle gears..be nice to look down and see what gear i am in...If they put a light for 6th, why not all of them?