01-10-2018, 07:07 AM
OK just in from 111 smile ride (see what I did there? lol)
Yes 4th and 5th will both rev past 5K. I took both to 6K. 6 K in 4th is exactly 95 mph.
6K in 5th I have no idea how fast I was going I was afraid to look but, I was going REALLY fast lol. Over 100. Fastest I have ever been on this motorcycle by a bunch.
Wasn't about to try 6K in 6th, but (like the video) I'm sure you'd be against the speed limiter at those rpms.
Like I said, a really slow revver and it takes a lonnngg time to get there if you start at a normal cruising speed of 3500 rpms in either gear. Not so much if you jump it up in the lower gears and then keep banging away on the shifter. I thought to myself you don't time 60-100 with a stopwatch on this bike, you time it with a sundial lol.
But that matters not to me, I had a great ride, reaffirmed my love affair with her..and had new Pilot Road 3's leaning against my garage door when I got in from my ride. Life is good.
I also thought while riding, this is unequivocally the WRONG bike for VLJ, but the RIGHT bike for me.
VLJ...do yourself a favor, keep the XSR.
Yes 4th and 5th will both rev past 5K. I took both to 6K. 6 K in 4th is exactly 95 mph.
6K in 5th I have no idea how fast I was going I was afraid to look but, I was going REALLY fast lol. Over 100. Fastest I have ever been on this motorcycle by a bunch.
Wasn't about to try 6K in 6th, but (like the video) I'm sure you'd be against the speed limiter at those rpms.
Like I said, a really slow revver and it takes a lonnngg time to get there if you start at a normal cruising speed of 3500 rpms in either gear. Not so much if you jump it up in the lower gears and then keep banging away on the shifter. I thought to myself you don't time 60-100 with a stopwatch on this bike, you time it with a sundial lol.
But that matters not to me, I had a great ride, reaffirmed my love affair with her..and had new Pilot Road 3's leaning against my garage door when I got in from my ride. Life is good.
I also thought while riding, this is unequivocally the WRONG bike for VLJ, but the RIGHT bike for me.
VLJ...do yourself a favor, keep the XSR.