Over-revving the engine causes damages and may cause oil … It's hard to explain in words. To do this, when you are at the rpm range you want to shift up, you preload the shifter lever with a bit of pressure from your foot and then decrease the gas a little. It all depends on what you have. If I'm in a real hurry, I'll shift at 6000RPM and this will give me a shift recovery point of 4000RPM, right at my torque hump for a huge pull in the next gear. I've only seen 7000 RPM a couple of times on mine and I've only hit the rev limiter once accidentally after missing a shift into 2nd. Yes you can drive around town at 40 mph in 4th at around 2000 rpm. Of course, this will vary with your particular cam, cubes, compression, bike … What I was trying to say was, when you make the shift into 2nd (after you have just about redlined in first-shift at about 6800rpm because by the time you get your foot on the clutch and off the gas it'll be at 7200rpm) if it bogs and drops RPM suddenly you've shifted too fast to let the AWD catch up. You quote my post and then you say stuff that is not even in my quote, don't know where you got this information. If your RPM reaches a warning number or a warning light comes on, you need to up shift immediately. Can you run at 2,500 - 2,800 RPM … You say that you know when you engine is lugging and you down shift and then you say that you don't want to ever lug your engine, huh. The HD manual suggests gear shifting at speeds which approximate 2,000 RPM. I will usually shift at 2500RPM to 6000RPM depending in the situation. I bought my first HD bike oen year ago - 2007 Road King Classic with 103 Upgrade. The shifting pattern on Harley-Davidson motorcycles is "one down, four up" (or "one down, five up" for six-speed bikes). Staying stationary when traffic accelerates around you is dangerous, so you'll want to pull the clutch, start up the bike, shift into first, and get moving as soon as possible.
You don't experience the power of the enginge at those speeds. There is no right or wrong RPM to up-shift as long as it is at or below the designed RPM for the motor! My Harley is a stump puller with gobs of torque right off idle... but it red-lines at 5k. For my HD I cruise around town at 2-2.5. Skipping Gears If you wish to rev higher but skip a gear, doing so will result in roughly the same rate of acceleration (though each gear change will take longer). Can you really shift without using the clutch. 6000 RPM is plenty for me and is a great shift point as it drops you right at peak torque. The Sportster and Buell Motorcycle Forum ... or maybe it's the sound of my pipes, or maybe I just like to hear my motor wind but I'm curious, At what rpm do you guys Normally shift at during everyday driving. A 2010 Harley Davidson Sportster can range from $6,999 to $10,799. Some sport bikes can crank over 13K and don't do well under 8K RPM. That would leave you with an average cost of $9,456 for a 2010 Harley Davidson Sportster. I agree, the type of bike makes a huge difference. ... Harley Davidson Forums. A Harley vrod don't even get into its power band until after 7K. Z ... you CAN shift without a clutch on almost any engine. It doesn't have anything to do with the clutch being hydraulic or not, it is a matter of matching engine speed with the gears and timing your shifts. It's all feel. Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 7 of 7 Posts. In other words, the first gear is located below neutral and all higher gears are found above neutral on the shift lever.