Im just wondering what a good cruising RPM range is?  For instance around town do you keep your RPMs around 7000 or 5000?  When you hit the highway do you keep the RPMs at the same or higher/lower?

Right now Im just riding by myself and my bike experience is from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

Thx

i keep the revs at the speed i want to be travelling. 80 or 90 mph so around 7k rpm mabee more maybee less. it doesnt really matter

Quote from: Bulwark on November 30, 2006, 09:40:08 AM
Im just wondering what a good cruising RPM range is?  For instance around town do you keep your RPMs around 7000 or 5000?  When you hit the highway do you keep the RPMs at the same or higher/lower?

Right now Im just riding by myself and my bike experience is from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

Thx

I cruise at redline....always.....everywhere

i can go 70 on the highway and be around 55 hundred rpm

i keep my lower speeds with my lower  gears i.e if i'm in 4th gear i'm between 40 and 50 mph once i get to 6th its where ever after 60

Quote from: Bulwark on November 30, 2006, 09:40:08 AM
Im just wondering what a good cruising RPM range is?  For instance around town do you keep your RPMs around 7000 or 5000?  When you hit the highway do you keep the RPMs at the same or higher/lower?

Right now Im just riding by myself and my bike experience is from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

Thx

Around town I just try to keep it above the rpms where it would lug, so usually 4-5000 rpm, but I will downshift once or twice if I'm anticipating a hairy situation.

Bombing around town I keep it as low as I can above about 4500.  If I expect to need a burst of acceleration at any given moment, I keep it around 7000-8000.  If I'm in 6th and need to accelerate, I always downshift, sometimes twice.

Ok, thanks for all your input.  I have been around 5000 or so in town myself so I guess Im in the range where most are.

Thx again

The real answer is do what feels good. 

Cruise in highest gear possible in which you are above 4000rpm.

Quote from: tussey on November 30, 2006, 11:05:06 AM

Quote from: Bulwark on November 30, 2006, 09:40:08 AM
Im just wondering what a good cruising RPM range is?  For instance around town do you keep your RPMs around 7000 or 5000?  When you hit the highway do you keep the RPMs at the same or higher/lower?

Right now Im just riding by myself and my bike experience is from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

Thx

I cruise at redline....always.....everywhere

+1 , I dont like shifting much so this helps.

  Guess I'm a little lower than most,  I'll ride around in town at low speeds shifting at about 4 - 4,500 rpm's, and will cruise at 35-40 mph in fifth gear, and in area's were the speed limit is 45mph or higher I use sixth gear and shift at anywhere between 5 - 6,500 rpm's, and I usually never cruise any faster than 6,000 rpm's (about an actual 70-75mph), and I save the upper power band for the times it may be needed. 

I like to cruise at about 4,000rpm around town up to 80km/h.

5000rpm = 100km/h

6000rpm = 110km/h

there isnt anything wrong with cruising low rpms at low speeds, just dont lug the engine by not downshifting when needing to accelerate.  Lugging the engine causing inefficient burn of air fuel mixture and causes it to create alot of carbon which is not good for your engine.  I am pretty sure thats right about carbon buildup, can anyone second that?   But either way the easier it is for your engine to move you the better it is on your engine.

I usually cruse in the 4-5k range on the GS unless I'm feeling naughty!  If I'm riding with other people (spirited riding  ) I usually cruise above 7k incase someone jumps.

-Turd.

7-8k most of the time

For you guys that cruise over 5000rpm, how does that effect your fuel economy 

I usually run 4K in t he 35-45mph speed zone in 5th gear I think....unless I'm on the main road I might be in 4th depending on traffic conditions where I'll be mid 5k rpm's to about 45mph.....Highway I some times forget to go into 6th till I'm like a couple miles down the road I like noise:) In which case at 65mph in 5th gear I'm in the 7k rpm's then at 6th gear it drops to about 5.5k-6k.....Gear ratio for 5th gear is like 1:1 I think.....6th is 1:1.2 something like that...I'd look it up but ...na....3.5K rpms is the lug point IMHO


I get 48mpg average, 42ish in city only and about 24-27 @ the track

Quote from: galahs on December 01, 2006, 06:38:09 AM
For you guys that cruise over 5000rpm, how does that effect your fuel economy 

Over 5000rpm doesn't deserve that icon.  That's less than half the max rpm.

7-8 g's