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22nd June 2012
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Title town Wisconsin
Posts: 259 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200c 105th Anniversary Sportster/Buell Year: 2008
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I wondered about the speed as well, my rev limiter kicks in about 40mph in 1st.
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22nd June 2012
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Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 261
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Yea I have a tach on my power vision tuner. As you can see I've never raced much. And RPM's makes me nervous.
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22nd June 2012
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Known Troublemaker !
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Lexington, NC
Posts: 7,347 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster 1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 06
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A Note on Shifting, You want to shift at a point where you will be back at the bottom of the torque curve, Too high and you Bog, Too Low and you'll Bog.. It takes practice...
My bike is still pulling like a train when it hits the rev limiter so unless I watch the tach I will hit the limiter everytime....
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22nd June 2012
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Home
Posts: 369 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 hugger/1125R Sportster/Buell Year: 1/8 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH 900 maybe... Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jchap
And RPM's makes me nervous.
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don't fear the RPM's... they want to be your friend...
next time you are in a no-stress situation on your sporty, open it up a bit and let your sporty play in the +4K RPM's range... it will thank you for it...
actually if you had a solid mount evo, you would be able to see much easier/clearer just how happy those upper RPM's make it...
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22nd June 2012
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 998 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2001 Other Motorcycle Model: Fairlane 500 Other Motorcycle Year: 1964
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Who needs a rev limiter anyway? Just one more un-needed thing to idiot-proof a Harley.
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22nd June 2012
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Amateur Hour
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 2,938 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Xl Sportster/Buell Year: 1992
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I need a Rev limiter when I run my pump gas street sporty at the drag track.
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22nd June 2012
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Amateur Hour
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 2,938 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Xl Sportster/Buell Year: 1992
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Hold your throttle wide open, don't let off, fan your clutch as fast ad possible. Do that to redline, or wherever your bike runs out of power.
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22nd June 2012
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Home
Posts: 369 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 hugger/1125R Sportster/Buell Year: 1/8 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH 900 maybe... Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1968
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I need a rev limiter too... at least in first, if I don't crank the throttle open fast enough I will get to my 7K rev limit somewhere around 1/2 throttle... actually it is usually a bit of a race to see if I can get to WOT before I start bouncing off the rev limiter...
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22nd June 2012
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Amateur Hour
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 2,938 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 Xl Sportster/Buell Year: 1992
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I like to have it when I'm not at the track too. When the majority of time is spent over 5grand when riding, I hit it once in awhile
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22nd June 2012
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Home
Posts: 369 Sportster/Buell Model: 883 hugger/1125R Sportster/Buell Year: 1/8 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH 900 maybe... Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1968
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also, just a a general, but mostly useless FWIW type thing...
from about 1957 to about 2001 (or to 2003 if you don't count the vrod) (and definitely not counting Buells...)
the fastest stock HD in the 1/4 mile for any given year was usually (always?) a sporty... if my foggy memory serves, generally by a good bit... like a 1/2 second or so faster then the next fastest model (usually the lightest Dyna?)...
so, you shouldn't be too surprised if your sporty at least keeps up... sporty's are pretty fast for girl's bikes  |
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