Riding home from an appointment today, cruising 65, right before exiting 9a my low fuel light kicked on. I looked at the trip odometer and it read 69.2 miles
confused i filled up and it took 3.81 gallons. Ok little over a gallon left until push mode. An astonishing 15.4 miles per gallon.
Ok, thinking....big engine...lots of room to play with gear/speed selection.
Trying to use the ole butt-o-meter to determine best shift speeds was apparently waaaaaaaaay off!
Got home, broke out the trusty owners manual and checked recommended up/down shift speeds.
1 to 2 = 12mph
2to 3 = 19 mph
3 to 4 = 25 mph
4 to 5 = 31 mph
down shifting
5 to 4 = 22 mph
4 to 3 = 16 mph
drop to first below 9 mph
this whole shifting speed on this bike confuses me. Such a large bore engine one would think the shift speeds would be way higher to get the power out of it.
why such a low gear to speed ratio?:dontknow:
confused i filled up and it took 3.81 gallons. Ok little over a gallon left until push mode. An astonishing 15.4 miles per gallon.
Ok, thinking....big engine...lots of room to play with gear/speed selection.
Trying to use the ole butt-o-meter to determine best shift speeds was apparently waaaaaaaaay off!
Got home, broke out the trusty owners manual and checked recommended up/down shift speeds.
1 to 2 = 12mph
2to 3 = 19 mph
3 to 4 = 25 mph
4 to 5 = 31 mph
down shifting
5 to 4 = 22 mph
4 to 3 = 16 mph
drop to first below 9 mph
this whole shifting speed on this bike confuses me. Such a large bore engine one would think the shift speeds would be way higher to get the power out of it.
why such a low gear to speed ratio?:dontknow: