What RPM do you ride around at usually?

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Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:35 am

What RPM on your tach do you find yourself riding around at usually?

Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:52 am

For me, I find myself riding around 4-5,000rpm in the city and 5-6000rpm on the highway on my ZR750F (750cc). I of course like to goose it up to 9000-10,000 rpm sometimes if I'm in the "need for acceleration speed" mood. (my bike does have a 12,000 RPM limit)

But mostly I ride at a RPM that is smooth enough that it still has plenty of power to pass and isn't lugging the engine. I always seem to want a 6th gear on the highway in any of my bikes. haha.

jstark47 · #3 Unread post by **jstark47** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:12 am

Trophy and V-strom are both geared to be around 4500 between 70 and 80 mph in top gear. Both engines are basically snoozing at that speed, waiting for me to wake them up to do something fun.

Bonneville, I have no clue, since it doesn't have a tach!

Haven't ridden my wife's F650GS enough to get a feel for normal RPMs.

#4 Unread post by **Wrider** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:18 am

Where's the WOT option? lol
No honestly it's around 4500-5000 on most bikes I've ever ridden to be comfortable.
On the 2 cylinder cruisers, it's usually around 3500-4000.

#5 Unread post by **pchast** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:10 am

about 4600 at 60 in 6th gear..... I take it easy.
Around town I'll use a lower gear and stay just under 4000.
Its quieter if I don't do too low in RPM.

Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:33 am

Wrider wrote:On the 2 cylinder cruisers, it's usually around 3500-4000.

Funny enough when I had the Harley-Davidson Cruisers out I wanted to go beyond 5,500 RPM. haha.

Mike

Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:22 am

For me, closer to 4000 and not usually greater than 4500.

flw · #8 Unread post by **flw** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:30 pm

Seems that without separate categories for type of engines its meaningless. Crusier/touring tend to run low where for the same speed a sport bike run alot higher.

Just my 2 cents. Just don't spend it all in one place :- )

Grey Thumper · Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:33 pm

I'm on a pretty old-fashioned air/oil cooled twin that has fairly good torque. I usually ride it at as low a rev range as is reasonable. But the engine's particularly sweet between 3-4k (maybe 4-5k if I'm gunning it a bit).

Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:24 am

flw wrote:Seems that without separate categories for type of engines its meaningless. Crusier/touring tend to run low where for the same speed a sport bike run alot higher.

Just my 2 cents. Just don't spend it all in one place :- )

It's just a general survey, nothing specific. It does show where people like to ride on average. For me, funny enough as I pointed out, I ride my 750cc sport standard in the same RPM range I rode 3 Harley-Davidon's (cruiser, muscle bike and tourer) in. Maybe 4000 rpm is pretty ideal? But who would of guessed so many of us ride in the same range of RPM.

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