Posted by Konrad Viltersten on October 2, 2007, 12:43 am
I've been told a while ago that bikes generally and Hondas
especially should go at between 4000 and 7000 rpm's when
ridden. I just wish to recheck the statement because i'd
hate to break/damage my beauty by a misunderstanding.
My impression is that Varadero makes a lot of noise when i
approach 5000 rpm's so i use to gear up then, often even at
4000 rpm's. It accelerates a little bit shaky, then.
Should i keep doing so or should i adapt a different way?
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Konrad
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Posted by oasysco on October 2, 2007, 7:37 am
> I've been told a while ago that bikes generally and Hondas
> especially should go at between 4000 and 7000 rpm's when
> ridden. I just wish to recheck the statement because i'd
> hate to break/damage my beauty by a misunderstanding.
>My impression is that Varadero
A Brazilian cowboy?
>makes a lot of noise when i approach 5000 rpm's
I would think so! Wouldn't you?
> so i use to gear up then, often even at
> 4000 rpm's. It accelerates a little bit shaky, then.
> Should i keep doing so or should i adapt a different way?
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> Vänligen
> Konrad
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> Sleep - thing used by ineffective people
> as a substitute for coffee
> Ambition - a poor excuse for not having
> enough sence to be lazy
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Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on October 2, 2007, 7:50 am
> I've been told a while ago that bikes generally and Hondas
> especially should go at between 4000 and 7000 rpm's when
> ridden. I just wish to recheck the statement because i'd
> hate to break/damage my beauty by a misunderstanding.
I don't think a general rule of thumb like that has much particular
value.
> My impression is that Varadero makes a lot of noise when i
> approach 5000 rpm's so i use to gear up then, often even at
> 4000 rpm's. It accelerates a little bit shaky, then.
> Should i keep doing so or should i adapt a different way?
Your bike (if I'm not mistaken) has a 1-liter V-twin engine that
redlines at 9,800 rpm. If the bike has been broken in, you can safely
ride it anywhere up to 9,800 rpm. If you are upshifting at 4,000 rpm,
you are probably not in the meat of the powerband, and in the higher
gears, it is possible that you are lugging the engine. I would
suggest holding the bike in gear longer. You are not going to damage
a Honda engine with a 9,800 rpm redline by taking it up to 7,000 or
8,000 or 9,000 rpm.
Posted by Beav on October 6, 2007, 5:53 pm
>> I've been told a while ago that bikes generally and Hondas
>> especially should go at between 4000 and 7000 rpm's when
>> ridden. I just wish to recheck the statement because i'd
>> hate to break/damage my beauty by a misunderstanding.
> I don't think a general rule of thumb like that has much particular
> value.
>> My impression is that Varadero makes a lot of noise when i
>> approach 5000 rpm's so i use to gear up then, often even at
>> 4000 rpm's. It accelerates a little bit shaky, then.
>>
>> Should i keep doing so or should i adapt a different way?
> Your bike (if I'm not mistaken) has a 1-liter V-twin engine that
> redlines at 9,800 rpm. If the bike has been broken in, you can safely
> ride it anywhere up to 9,800 rpm. If you are upshifting at 4,000 rpm,
> you are probably not in the meat of the powerband, and in the higher
> gears, it is possible that you are lugging the engine. I would
> suggest holding the bike in gear longer. You are not going to damage
> a Honda engine with a 9,800 rpm redline by taking it up to 7,000 or
> 8,000 or 9,000 rpm.
He's not going to damage it at 9800 either because the rev limiter will stop
it being ragged to death.
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Posted by Konrad Viltersten on October 7, 2007, 2:34 pm
Beav wrote/skrev/kaita/popisal/schreibt :
>>
>>> I've been told a while ago that bikes generally and Hondas
>>> especially should go at between 4000 and 7000 rpm's when
>>> ridden. I just wish to recheck the statement because i'd
>>> hate to break/damage my beauty by a misunderstanding.
>>
>> I don't think a general rule of thumb like that has much particular
>> value.
>>
>>> My impression is that Varadero makes a lot of noise when i
>>> approach 5000 rpm's so i use to gear up then, often even at
>>> 4000 rpm's. It accelerates a little bit shaky, then.
>>>
>>> Should i keep doing so or should i adapt a different way?
>>
>> Your bike (if I'm not mistaken) has a 1-liter V-twin engine that
>> redlines at 9,800 rpm. If the bike has been broken in, you can
>> safely ride it anywhere up to 9,800 rpm. If you are upshifting at
>> 4,000 rpm, you are probably not in the meat of the powerband, and in
>> the higher gears, it is possible that you are lugging the engine. I
>> would suggest holding the bike in gear longer. You are not going
>> to damage a Honda engine with a 9,800 rpm redline by taking it up to
>> 7,000 or 8,000 or 9,000 rpm.
> He's not going to damage it at 9800 either because the rev limiter
> will stop it being ragged to death.
What's rev limiter?
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Konrad
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> especially should go at between 4000 and 7000 rpm's when
> ridden. I just wish to recheck the statement because i'd
> hate to break/damage my beauty by a misunderstanding.
>My impression is that Varadero