02-18-2015, 04:09 PM
(02-18-2015, 02:42 PM)Motogeezer1949_imp Wrote: Isn't it funny? After you've ridden long enough that you become one with your machine, you don't even know what gear your in, but you know it's the right one
I still haven't become one with my CB11 yet. I've always used the feel of the engine to determine shift points. The CB11 has a strange quirk. In top gear at 4250 (i.e. 75 mph), there's a slight buzz in the bars. At rpms of 5K and up, it actually gets smoother. As such, I often find myself not shifting all the way up (inadvertently). Last weekend I rode down a highway for about 20 miles before I happened to look at the tach and realize that I was still in 3rd gear at around 6K rpm. It may also be because the CB750 I've been riding for 19 years does 75 mph in top gear at 5K rpm, which is also in the dead smooth part of its rpm range.