Honda Transalp goes to 4k rpm by itself

 

I noticed that sometimes my Transalp spins up to and
stays at around 4000 rpm. That has happened both on
first gear and on neutral as well.

It looks like if i'm giving the bike gas (allthough i
don't even touch the right handle). I have no idea
what that is and - most important - if it's normal.

I made the bike cease to spin by actually giving it
som gas for a short while and then releasing the
throttle. The bike has (this far) got back to normal
pace of around 1500 rpm.

Any comments or suggestions?

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Konrad
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No, it's definitely not normal. Most likely, your throttle cable needs
to be replaced. It sounds like it gets stuck sometimes.

    Mike

 

On Jul 30, 4:12 am, mike_schenkS...@planet.nl (Mike Schenk) wrote:

Yep, Mike's right...sounds like the throttle/cable/slide all need a
good going over to check for wear and "other problems".

 Chances are it does it in other gears, you just don't notice it
because you are under load and cruising at the time.

 

Bike Guy Joe wrote/skrev/kaita/popisal/schreibt :

That, or just the fact that i only have tried 1st and 2nd
gear, since i'm still feeling Honda up. I'll be a quick
detour to the store to make them sweat about this, hehe.

Thanks for the info.

As long as we're on the subject of Transalp and rpm's,
i'd like to enquire on the subject of suitable number of
such during a normally conditioned drive.

I'd like to go around 3000 and then shift it up but by
the sound i can tell that it's better to wait until 4k or
even 5k and then throw in an higher gear. Now, my
expertise on this subject is heavily limited so i really
can't tell jack. Just guessing...
What do you think? About the shifting, not me knowing
jack, hence being ignorant, of course.

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Definitely the latter. On most bikes with a displacement of around 600cc
it makes sense to keep the engine above 4000revs, to make the engine run
smoothly and have enough power. For the Transalp I usually keep it a bit
higher.

    Mike