RE: Whaddaya shift at???

[tyler.lindsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Even in the twisties, I like to keep it around 4k -6k.  The bike easily
accelerates out of corners and slows by letting off the gas.  These bikes
have enough torque, that I rarely have to shift.

Tyler

- -----Original Message-----
From: Rich Weyand [mailto:weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 9:19 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Whaddaya shift at???


At 07:57 AM 7/21/2000 -0400, The Flowers wrote:

><Jconne6305@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > i tend to short shift a little myself when in heavy traffic to dampen
out the
> > noise.  otherwise i let her rip a little
>
>And I do the opposite.  In traffic I let the RPMs climb up into the peak
>torque band, shifting between 6K and 6.5K.  This gives me the most "GO"
when
>and if I need it to avoid blue hairs in caddies that pull out into my lane,
>or SUV drivers with cell phones pressed to ear and a coffee cup in the
other
>hand that swerve into my path.

I'm with Bill on this one.  I like one less gear around the cagers.
More go on tap, and compression braking free for the asking.



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