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Re: shifting tips
Previously, you (Keith Winter) wrote:
> On 28 Mar 00, at 15:25, Neil Halbert wrote:
>
> > Face it, this bike has too many gears :) On the interstate it is very common to
> > find one's self forgetting to use 6th.
>
> Heck, I forget to use 5th half the time. :-)
You too? Isn't it great? :-)
I frequently find myself riding around side streets in 1st or 2nd, and
in 4th on faster roads.
On a recent ride I was behind a slow moving (45 in a 55 zone) cage.
When I finally got to a passing zone I gave it some good throttle, then
realized I'd hit the rev limiter ... in 3rd (triple digits indicated).
The amazing thing isn't how fast I ended up going (fun though) but that
the bike felt perfectly comfortable riding along at 45 in 3rd.
I'm sure I'd get better gas economy if I would remember to use those
upper gears, but the only times I ever see 6th is the very occasional
long, straight highway cruise.
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