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re: Is revving a Harley Davidson up and down the only way to keep it running at a stop sign?
Posted on 8/19/22 at 9:49 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 8/19/22 at 9:49 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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and as you hit bottom rpms then you downshift.
This is incorrect.
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Posted on 8/19/22 at 10:05 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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This is incorrect.
Well exscuse me... I meant as the RPM's drop they sncronize with the transmission. You cannot jam into a lower transmission gear with the tranny spinning faster than the engine... Therefore you must (in most cases) raise the engine rpm's to match the spinning tranny...
Because then you let off the gas and hit the clutch the rpms on the engine drop but the tranny does not.
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 8/19/22 at 10:16 pm to WWII Collector
quote:I went to Disney a few years ago. Drove thru Dothan, AL. Apparently there was a giant women's softball tournament there. Tons of bull dikes on Harleys. Hundreds.
Women usually don't operate Harleys.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 10:49 pm to WWII Collector
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Therefore you must (in most cases) raise the engine rpm's to match the spinning tranny...
Because then you let off the gas and hit the clutch the rpms on the engine drop but the tranny does not.
No shite.
But that's not what you originally said. You said you blip the throttle and for some reason wait for the revs to then drop again prior to downshifting.
You hit the throttle and then let the clutch back out while the revs are higher. You don't wait for them to "idle back down" like you said in your original post.
The link you provided agrees with me and contradicts you.
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 8/20/22 at 12:51 am to Walkerdog14
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No, we just like to be seen because most drivers don’t pay attention. All of us don’t wear white shrimp boots so we have to do what we need to do !
Knowing this, it seems rather ignorant to continue riding a motorcycle…or is this death-wish lottery part of the thrill of riding?
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 12:52 am
Posted on 8/20/22 at 1:28 am to keakar
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as far as the engines, motorcycle engines only run with around 5 lbs oil pressure, so at idle little to no oil reaches the top to lubricate the camshafts. for this reason its best to bump up the throttle every few seconds at stop lights, so it gets all the oil it needs
We can send a probe that takes beautiful pictures of a planetoid over a billion miles away in space but we can’t engineer a motorcycle to have enough oil pressure at idle…I for one believe that.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 1:36 am to greygoose
AMC moon, baw!!! $100 before $20!
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 1:37 am
Posted on 8/20/22 at 1:54 am to Bobby OG Johnson
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GSXR 1k I did a lil wrenching on back in the day.
i ride a yamaha v-star xvs1100
Posted on 8/20/22 at 7:55 am to SlapahoeTribe
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I’ve been giving it serious thought lately of buying a sport bike. I know it’s probably an early mid-life crisis thing, but damn it’s been a hell of an itch I’m craving to scratch.
The riding position on those type bikes can be hard on the body, especially if a bit older and out of shape, or riding a fair distance.
I ride a cruiser and was parked outside a bar one afternoon when a couple sport bike riders showed up. I had just come back from a 320 mile round trip ride to check on my late father-in-law's property in CENLA.
They were talking about how they took a quick ride out to the Lakefront to check it out and then out to Fort Pike to get in some miles----probably no more than 75 miles total. They were saying how their backs and wrists needed a break from being humped over the bike like a monkey fricking a coconut.
When I told them how far I had gone, you'd have thought I had crossed the country from coast to coast the way they acted.
Serious question. Have you ever ridden a motorcycle before, especially in urban areas? I only ask because most new riders who get a sport bike have little to no clue how to handle what that type bike can do and get in over their head real quick.
I'll never forget the advice the guy I got my first bike from in 1970 told me. He said "Just when you think you've got this riding thing down pat, the ground will jump up and bite you on the arse".
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 8:03 am
Posted on 8/20/22 at 8:08 am to keakar
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i ride a yamaha v-star xvs1100
I've been on Kawasaki Nomads since 99. The first was the 1500cc and it got sunk during Katrina's floodwaters in my area. In the spring of 06 I got the newer model 1600cc and have had it ever since.
Great bike for hitting the highway and have been to Colorado to ride the Rockies, all through the southeast to ride in the Smokies, Blue Ridge Parkway, and up in Arkansas to ride in the Ozarks.
That bike eats up highway miles with ease and is rock solid at highway speeds and above.
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