RPMs
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Bagram, Afghanistan
You are lugging the engine in 6th at 55....
Try 2700 RPM and you will notice you not only have better performance...but you will most likely burn less fuel.
Try 2700 RPM and you will notice you not only have better performance...but you will most likely burn less fuel.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 423
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From: Sunshine state.
I've always heard...
...lugging the engine causes premature wear on internals of the engine. I've never been a fan of lugging, but for me, if it's 55mph, it's 5th gear. My bike is always in the 2300-3000rpm range. It's funny though, my mileage is exactly the same doing 55mph @ 2300rpm's or 65mph @ 2300rpm's. You'd thing that with the added wind resistance @ 65mph, even with the same rpm's, that I'd get better mileage in 5th gear.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 423
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From: Sunshine state.
another question...
...for you gents that have the 88's or Evo's. What are your RPM's @ 65mph in 5th gear. Before I bought my '08 new, I tested a '99 Ultra for a few days. I didn't know it at the time, but it had been cammed (sp?) and bored. Don't know if it had been regeared at the final drive or not, but at 65mph it was turning over 3500rpm's. Seemed high to me.
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: McHenry, IL
go ahead rub it in, thanks. at least there was no snow today, but I did have to put on the old water wings to stay afloat.
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