04-09-2016, 12:28 AM
Routinely ride in the mountains on steep to stupidly steep grades but generally the roads are so tight 3rd or 2nd are the only gears I'd consider. Rode the same hills on my former bike, a BMW R1200GS, and used the same gears on the same hills. Granted the GS seemed to develop its grunt lower and sooner but I still had to downshift to keep from stalling.
There is one unpaved hill I could do in 2nd on the BMW that my Ural required 1st, truck uses 4wd - haven't tried the CB.
On the big wide open sweeping up hills with no traffic I do need to keep the revs up - that's a 4cyl vs twin cylinder issue. Different powerbands, big twins can be fun but a big single rocks in the hills.
Elevations in my mtns 2 - 3.7k normally, a few higher but you have to look for them.
There is one unpaved hill I could do in 2nd on the BMW that my Ural required 1st, truck uses 4wd - haven't tried the CB.
On the big wide open sweeping up hills with no traffic I do need to keep the revs up - that's a 4cyl vs twin cylinder issue. Different powerbands, big twins can be fun but a big single rocks in the hills.
Elevations in my mtns 2 - 3.7k normally, a few higher but you have to look for them.