01-11-2018, 01:28 AM
hmm looking back at my previous comments in the thread you highlighted, they seem to me to be the exact thing I said in this current thread, so I don't see where you are surprised
Previously posted
"I'm probably one of the more conservative riders on the board. For the most part my bike lives in the 45-60 mph zone, and a lot of that, even at 45 mph, is in 6 th gear (between 2500 and 3500 rpms). My normal shift point is around 3000-3200 rpms, and my bike has never been over 5000 rpms, and never anywhere near redline ..... but there is no problem running this engine to redline, either occasionally, or all the time for that matter. Engines are designed to run within a certain " range " and the range on this bike is from 2500-8000 rpms. It's ok to run this bike in any gear between those rpms (although it is electronically rpm limited in certain gears meaning you will not be able to run it at 8000 rpms in certain gears) but other than that, it will not harm this motor to run it anywhere between those rpms and it's not " better" for it to run it at any given rpm than another rpm in that range
BTW that's how I ride my ST 1300 too"
That's exactly what I said here in this thread isn't it?
I only ran the CB to 6K at VLJ's request, and to relate the experience. BTW ran the ST 1300 today from 3500 to 6K in 4th and there is no comparison, it smokes the CB. Not even close.
Previously posted
"I'm probably one of the more conservative riders on the board. For the most part my bike lives in the 45-60 mph zone, and a lot of that, even at 45 mph, is in 6 th gear (between 2500 and 3500 rpms). My normal shift point is around 3000-3200 rpms, and my bike has never been over 5000 rpms, and never anywhere near redline ..... but there is no problem running this engine to redline, either occasionally, or all the time for that matter. Engines are designed to run within a certain " range " and the range on this bike is from 2500-8000 rpms. It's ok to run this bike in any gear between those rpms (although it is electronically rpm limited in certain gears meaning you will not be able to run it at 8000 rpms in certain gears) but other than that, it will not harm this motor to run it anywhere between those rpms and it's not " better" for it to run it at any given rpm than another rpm in that range
BTW that's how I ride my ST 1300 too"
That's exactly what I said here in this thread isn't it?
I only ran the CB to 6K at VLJ's request, and to relate the experience. BTW ran the ST 1300 today from 3500 to 6K in 4th and there is no comparison, it smokes the CB. Not even close.