sschering Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 What RPM do you like to turn at highway speeds? say 60mph or 100kph I've been running about 4,500rpm in 6th but it feels a little bogged down. I ran for a little today at 7,000 in 4th. It Sounded great and ran really nice. I don't want to abuse it but it just like it was more at home in the higher RPM's. My bike is a 77 XS-400D http://www.pontiacs.org/modules/gallery/album11/IMAGE_008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 10, 2008 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2008 What RPM do you like to turn at highway speeds? say 60mph or 100kph I've been running about 4,500rpm in 6th but it feels a little bogged down. I ran for a little today at 7,000 in 4th. It Sounded great and ran really nice. I don't want to abuse it but it just like it was more at home in the higher RPM's. My bike is a 77 XS-400D http://www.pontiacs.org/modules/gallery/album11/IMAGE_008 i like driving in the 6 -7k area as the engine smooths out then (70 -80 mph). BTW 7k is max power/torque for the engine although mine will pull to 10k (only 5 k into the red nice bike BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cy Welch Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 What RPM do you like to turn at highway speeds? say 60mph or 100kph I've been running about 4,500rpm in 6th but it feels a little bogged down. I ran for a little today at 7,000 in 4th. It Sounded great and ran really nice. I don't want to abuse it but it just like it was more at home in the higher RPM's. My bike is a 77 XS-400D http://www.pontiacs.org/modules/gallery/album11/IMAGE_008 Mine runs about 5500 at 60 which for that speed feels just about right. 4500 seems a little low, like the sprockets are not right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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