I have 103,000 miles on my bike.

I have never hit the rev limiter.

I believe there is a connection.

 

Occasionally I'll run mine well into the upper 4k's,
Not planning on touching the rev limiter....don't see any need to.

 

I'll give it some beans, but there's no point in cranking it up that hard.

 

OK, I'll be the dummy. What exactly does the bike do when you hit the rev limiter? (I never have)

 

I've hit it on the sportster, but not on the RK. No power by the time you get there anyway.

 

this exactly what I was thinking. I've tried it just to do it and all that happens is making noise and torturing your bike.

why not just have a contest with your buddies to see who can go the fastest in 1st gear!!!!

next you'll all be on the forums complaining about weird noises and fluids leaking looking for someone to tell you what is wrong......

 

You need to get that garage queen out and ride it!

 

Ideally you don't want to hit the limiter because that throws off your acceleration run, you want to shift just before you hit it, so you have to hit it a few times to figure out where its at, so you know how to avoid it. Theres nothing wrong with running your bike hard, and nothing wrong with getting into the rev limiter occasionally, thats what its there for, to keep you from pushing it to hard. If the motor couldn't handle the RPMs then the rev limit would be set lower at the factory. Anything can happen at anytime to shorten the life of your motor, ride it the way you want until it breaks, fix it, then ride it again.

 

No need...my "touring bike" runs at "cruising speeds" just fine & that's why I bought it...to take "enjoyable" cruises. If I wanted to be hitting a rev limiter - it would be on a 1/4 mile track in pro-stock bike class.

 

I don't think the RPM's on my '09 Ultra Classic have ever been over 3k.