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dannboss

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Power Loss
« on: May 05, 2006, 04:18:08 PM »
I was out riding earlier and came around a corner in second gear.  I really rolled on the throttle and right before I shifted to third, the bike must have hit the redline because it seemed to "flutter" for a second.  I know that is not a technical term, but it is like it maxed out as far as power goes rather than a steady increase.  I just wanted to ask you guys and make sure it probably was just the redline and not some other problem.  Thanks.h
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'05 VTX 1800 F25 Vance & Hines Bigshots, Kuryakyn Hypercharger Pro-R, Power Commander, Answers to Bad Cranberries

twistedrcpilot

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2006, 04:21:41 PM »
mine has done that several times.  Sucks not having a tach
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hipshot

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2006, 04:26:39 PM »
Sonnds like you just met Mr. Rev Limiter. He's in charge of keeping those big ol' nasty pistons out of our shorts.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2006, 07:35:29 PM by hipshot »
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twistedrcpilot

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2006, 04:29:07 PM »
could you imagine throwing a rod out of the back jug :'(
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Dusty

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2006, 04:39:49 PM »
Quote from: twistedrcpilot on May 05, 2006, 04:29:07 PM
could you imagine throwing a rod out of the back jug :'(

High "C" would no longer be a problem to reach.   :o
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dannboss

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2006, 07:32:01 PM »
Ah, I didn't know it had a rev limiter.  I didn't think I really pushed it that hard, but I guess I did.  Chalk up one more item on the list of why this bike is superior to everything else!
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Arch

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2006, 11:20:04 AM »
An easy rule of thumb for the 1800 is shift points are 30, 60, 80 and 115 MPH. Sounds like your short shifting but it keeps you out of the rev. limiter

Ed
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snake

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2006, 12:23:52 PM »
The majority of motors, car or motorcycle, are now built with rev limiters that keep your motor from reaching redline, or just barely  reaching it. If you blow up a stock motor these days because of overrevving the motor, its really a oddity or a defective motor. Love these new features like this! I was riding a new Yama Roadliner yesterday, and found out that 4th gear hits the limiter at about 110 mph. Belt drive smooths out the driveline and takes away the "jerk" of hitting wot, but I do believe it is as strong pulling as our 1800's!
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galpd320

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Re: Power Loss
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2006, 12:37:25 PM »
Yeah the rev limiter hits pretty low on our 1800's 5700 or 5800 rpm I believe.
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