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Hey Jim,
I wasn't talking about SPEEDING around, but just shifting into a lower gear so the engine can run at a slightly higher rpm so the engine isn't lugged. At 25mph, I ride in 1st or 2nd gear!
Loho,
What 3rd jet??
There's the Pilot jet, and then the Main Jet, that's it! Yes, the mains are being used around 3.5k and above, the pilots still contribute but thru a diminishing affect as rpms and load increases. Depending on the riding situation determines the rpms you want to run in. 4k is fine for once you've reached cruising hwy speed on a flat road, but getting up to that speed is part of the fun, revving the engine to 6-7+Krpm in the first few gears to get you ONTO the hwy and up to traffic speed quickly, then shift up to the cruise gears. And when you want to pass, downshift a gear or two for a much faster passing event, than a slow ROLLON throttle acceleration. I want to get past a cage in minimal time!
During my runs in the mountains at XS East, on many of the roads that had 35-55mph range of curves, I quite often just kept it in 3rd gear, and revved up and down as I went thru the curves, provided much more crisper throttle responses, and more effective engine braking at the higher rpms coming down!
SO...it depends on what you're doing and what you want from the bike, that's why we have all of these wonderful gears go choose from!!
T.C.
I wasn't talking about SPEEDING around, but just shifting into a lower gear so the engine can run at a slightly higher rpm so the engine isn't lugged. At 25mph, I ride in 1st or 2nd gear!
Loho,
What 3rd jet??
There's the Pilot jet, and then the Main Jet, that's it! Yes, the mains are being used around 3.5k and above, the pilots still contribute but thru a diminishing affect as rpms and load increases. Depending on the riding situation determines the rpms you want to run in. 4k is fine for once you've reached cruising hwy speed on a flat road, but getting up to that speed is part of the fun, revving the engine to 6-7+Krpm in the first few gears to get you ONTO the hwy and up to traffic speed quickly, then shift up to the cruise gears. And when you want to pass, downshift a gear or two for a much faster passing event, than a slow ROLLON throttle acceleration. I want to get past a cage in minimal time!During my runs in the mountains at XS East, on many of the roads that had 35-55mph range of curves, I quite often just kept it in 3rd gear, and revved up and down as I went thru the curves, provided much more crisper throttle responses, and more effective engine braking at the higher rpms coming down!
SO...it depends on what you're doing and what you want from the bike, that's why we have all of these wonderful gears go choose from!!
T.C.
I've learned alot in the last few years being on the forum, and I'm learning more every day!! Since my last post in this thread....note date:June, I have since come to realize that the emulsion tube IS another jet, the needle jet to be exact! I just didn't think about it that way, just an atomizer that the Main jet screwed into, kinda like the pilot screw for the pilot jet.....in my feeble mind anyways!
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