Reply To: 2008 Kawasaki ZZR600 as beginner cycle?
May 14, 2009 at 4:00 pm
#18502
briderdt
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They’re giving you the whole “usable” range of each gear. Doesn’t mean you should shift when you get to that speed. On my SVs, I can go 35 in 5th no problem, and it’s a nice quiet cruise at about 3000 rpm. But if I try to jump on it from there, it’d be a real good idea to drop a gear first. That chart is essentially showing you where you can cruise along in that gear as long as you’re not trying to accelerate.
Don’t get me wrong — one of my planned mods coming up is to re-gear my bike to take it down a bit on the highway. 60 mph yields about 5400 rpm in 6th. I’d like that closer to 4000, so that it’s not screaming (in my terms) at 70+. I figure going +2 in front should take care of that.