07-10-2014, 08:55 PM
As most of my riding is done in the Western NC mountains I had not used the 5 th and 6 th gear yet till yesterday.
I took my 2014 on the Interstates for a 130 mile trip (bike only had 422 miles on it ).
This gave me a chance to use the 6th gear ,at 75 mph the refs dropped about 250 going from 5 to 6.
AS the wind noise was greater than the engine noise any way (I do wear earplugs) I could not really hear much difference ,
The bike still pulled well in 6 th gear but to ME the 6 speed was not really needed, I do like the gear indicator but not the less visible indicator lights in the different location.
I took my 2014 on the Interstates for a 130 mile trip (bike only had 422 miles on it ).
This gave me a chance to use the 6th gear ,at 75 mph the refs dropped about 250 going from 5 to 6.
AS the wind noise was greater than the engine noise any way (I do wear earplugs) I could not really hear much difference ,
The bike still pulled well in 6 th gear but to ME the 6 speed was not really needed, I do like the gear indicator but not the less visible indicator lights in the different location.