04-12-2016, 06:50 AM
I'd like to get some feedback from my CB1100 Forum Compadres. First, my experience: When I ride my bike, I tend to shift around 2,500-2,800 RPM's...Meaning, for example when I shift from 3rd to 4th I'm generally at around there. I tend to do it by feel...I sort of sense the bike wants the relief it gets by upshifting, plus I'm generally moving faster so it all seems to make sense and feel right. So why am I asking? It's because I'm always hearing about red-line this and high RPM's that, yet I rarely get my RPM's above about 3,300. I do not mean to sound naïve, but am I doing something wrong? Should I be running 6,000 RPM's in 5th gear? Educate me!