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I was riding my new bike a bit and was wondering if this RPM is normal. I was in 4th gear and going 50kmph and the RPM was 5000. The bike has 5 gears and can go up to 100kmph so is this normal?

Yea

So will it say this way or change after a while?

Ummm what? It's a fixed ratio. If your clutch and chain aren't slipping it will always be a certain RPM in a certain gear at a certain speed.

Marc, you'll find (generally) the bigger the engine the lower the RPM at X speed (for the same type of engine, ie, 4 cyl or twin).

To answer your question, 4,000 rpm at any speed is fine. What you want is a sweet spot between "cruising along" and "get out of the way power" ... so if crusing along is at 3,500 rpm and get out of the way power starts a 5,500 rpm, then 4,000 is good.

Keep asking your questions, I'm sure you are learning more and more each day from the answers.

Mike

Thanks for the replies and I'll definitely keep asking questions.

Every bike is different, but generally prefer higher revs. I have an 85 Nighthawk 650, and at first I was running it routinely between 3K-4K. My dad then told me they like it higher....4K at the lowest, probably ideally at 5K.

All of a sudden I went from avg. 40 MPG to about 50 MPG. So I would consult a forum for your specific make/model.

xRider wrote:I was riding my new bike a bit and was wondering if this RPM is normal. I was in 4th gear and going 50kmph and the RPM was 5000. The bike has 5 gears and can go up to 100kmph so is this normal?

Wait a minute...in 4th gear @ 5000 rpm your doing 50 thousand miles per hour?

Johnj wrote:

xRider wrote:I was riding my new bike a bit and was wondering if this RPM is normal. I was in 4th gear and going 50kmph and the RPM was 5000. The bike has 5 gears and can go up to 100kmph so is this normal?

Wait a minute...in 4th gear @ 5000 rpm your doing 50 thousand miles per hour?

I guess it's not a Harley.

He's got a really big turbo and very high gears...