accidental downshift/over-revving, aftermath?
accidental downshift/over-revving, aftermath?
I was riding along, went to shift from 2nd to 3rd and I have no idea why but I downshifted into 1st gear. Boneheaded move for sure, it hasn't ever happened before, and as soon as I heard the motor I upshifted. Should I be worried about anything? I'm not sure how bulletproof these motors are. Its a 2010 Iron883 btw.
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I got to agree with what the others said. I chirp my tire occasionally during down shifting, and I've been known to run mine up to the rev limiter banging through the gears coming off the line. You should be fine. 
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Reminds me of a story from when I was a young punk cyclist/roadie. I had a Ford Explorer with one of those bike racks that hooks into the trailer hitch and the bikes hang off the back. I kept the front wheel from slopping around by securing it to the front chain ring with a bungie cord. So I show up for a group ride, and I'm appropriately early so there are a bunch of people there (like 30 or so), milling around the lot waiting for things to firm up. By FAR I appear to be the youngest of them all, and I'm fast, so I'm thinking I am the ****. I get my gear on, pull my bike off the rack and climb on to tool around the parking lot. I clip in with my right foot as normal, start to pedal and just get far enough in the pedal revolution for two things to happen - 1. get my left foot clipped in, and 2... for the slack to run out of the bungie. I have a split second of "WTF, OH FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!" go through my head before the bungie recoils, my balance is lost, and I'm a yard sale all over the parking lot as my bike crashes at ZERO miles per hour with me on it. Of course EVERYONE sees it. Oh yeah, I'm cool..... good thing I'm fast it makes up for a lot of lack of cool.
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Haha I actually have a similar story. Me and a couple of buddies went cycling on a paved bike trail that follows some old railroad tracks in the area. We came up to a section that crosses a major roadway and I had unclipped my left foot, but while talking to one of my friends just plainly forgot to unclip my right. guess what way I decided to lean upon coming to a stop. Yep....RIGHT!! Started leaning, panicked when my foot couldn't get out, flailed a little and fell over at 0mph in front of friends and all the other bike traffic on the trail.
lol.
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http://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/737231-do-you-hit-your-rev-limiter.html
Concerning rev-limiters ... thought you guys may be intersted in reading a thread I started last month on the touring side. Responses were split about 50/50 with some interesting comments.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...v-limiter.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...v-limiter.html