Pushing your bike

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Apitoxin · #11 Post by **Apitoxin** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:13 pm

Hands on handlebars, keep bike balanced, walk forth and bring the bike with you. Carefully.

camthepyro · #12 Post by **camthepyro** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:30 pm

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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2006 12:25 am Post subject:
http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mccompare/ ... kdyno.html

(Just an FYI) Your bike makes its max power between 8 and 9,000 rpm, max torque at around 7,000.

It just depends on the bike, where and how you should shift, etc. On a 600cc sportbike, for example, you will have to downshift to maximise your power in a pass. On Zootechs Meanie (or something like a V-Rod) you would probably have enough torque on tap at highway speeds to pass without shifting.

As for "pushing it" that comes with experience. Suspension, weight, tire quality all have a say in how far you can lean your bike (Not to mention ground clearance.) Sometimes you only learn the limits of the bike if you push it too far and lowside (Actually, this is the only way to "really" know the limits of your bike!)

Laughing

Well, that dyno was for a 750, I'm not sure if it's the same, but it may be for my 450. It's possible that's where the power was, it's hard to tell for me because I don't have a working tach, but I was guessing the most power was around 6-7k RPM, but again, I could be wrong. Thanks for the help though, I guess I'll just have to practice, and get a feel for it. I go for my first ride on the streets tomorrow.

Oh, and lol, to everyone who thought I meant physically pushing the bike.

SuperRookie · #13 Post by **SuperRookie** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:57 am

You want to learn to push your bike to the limit? Two words. Track Days.

CNF2002 · #14 Post by **CNF2002** » Tue May 02, 2006 3:03 am

The problem with finding your bikes limit is you too often exceed your bikes limit in the process.

VermilionX · #15 Post by **VermilionX** » Tue May 02, 2006 3:10 am

CNF2002 wrote:The problem with finding your bikes limit is you too often exceed your bikes limit in the process.

w/ the bike that i want, im not worried about pushing it to its limit.

i am concerned more about pushing myself to my limit and hopefully don't overdo it too much.

CNF2002 · #16 Post by **CNF2002** » Tue May 02, 2006 3:15 am

VermilionX wrote:
CNF2002 wrote:The problem with finding your bikes limit is you too often exceed your bikes limit in the process.
w/ the bike that i want, im not worried about pushing it to its limit.

i am concerned more about pushing myself to my limit and hopefully don't overdo it too much.

Good idea. Did that darn insurance company pay up or what?

King Frog · #17 Post by **King Frog** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:42 am

Pushing a bike?

Ah I don't know........ Ask a Harley rider....

skinnyjoint · #18 Post by **skinnyjoint** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:40 am

King Frog wrote:Pushing a bike?

Ah I don't know........ Ask a Harley rider....

oooooo burn hahah

DivideOverflow · #19 Post by **DivideOverflow** » Fri May 12, 2006 10:21 am

camthepyro wrote: Well, that dyno was for a 750, I'm not sure if it's the same, but it may be for my 450. It's possible that's where the power was, it's hard to tell for me because I don't have a working tach, but I was guessing the most power was around 6-7k RPM, but again, I could be wrong. Thanks for the help though, I guess I'll just have to practice, and get a feel for it. I go for my first ride on the streets tomorrow.

Oh, and lol, to everyone who thought I meant physically pushing the bike.

You might have a harder time without a tach when starting out. For example, when I'm on my interceptor and I'm going into a corner (when I feel like riding in a sporty fashion), I will check my tach, if I am under 7,000 rpms, I'll downshift and then take the corner. What this does is push my bike's engine back into the maximum powerband, so it will accelerate quicker coming out of the corner.

It helps to know your bike's power curve, so you know where you want to be to make max power. It also helps to have a tach! Usually bikes without tachs aren't meant to be performance oriented (a lot of cruisers lack them). I personally think all bikes should have them.

old-n-slow · #20 Post by **old-n-slow** » Fri May 12, 2006 3:00 pm

Sevulturus wrote:I've had my rear end come loose a couple of times before, but it was always when taking a hard turn after working the night shift (cold weather) after only being out for a minute or two. It was just a feeling like the back end was slipping to side nothing major. Look through the turn and keep on going. But the first time it happened my heart was in my throat.

My rear end has gotten loose a few times too. It didn't really scare me all that much but I did find it inconvenient to say the least. Usually a little Imodium or milk of magnesia helps to settle it down.

I don't think it was the hard turns that did it though............