making 6th gear more useful
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usmcvet0331 (08-01-2024)
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RE: making 6th gear more useful
ORIGINAL: swipter
I don't know why anyone would want to cruise in 5th at 75 or 80 on the 07 bikes. Passing I can see it or evading, maybe. I guess if you are used to the high RPM of the older models when you only had a 5 speed I can see it. I know my 07 is ready to shift way before 75. To each his own.
I don't know why anyone would want to cruise in 5th at 75 or 80 on the 07 bikes. Passing I can see it or evading, maybe. I guess if you are used to the high RPM of the older models when you only had a 5 speed I can see it. I know my 07 is ready to shift way before 75. To each his own.
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RE: making 6th gear more useful
Anybody ever hear of overdrive?? 6th is more like an overdrive gear, its not intended as a pulling gear. Ride in 6th at 65 or 70, if you need to pass you shift down.....ya know shifting down isn't really all that hard to do. I had a 96 Yamaha Royal Star and Yamaha kept telling us that both 4th and 5th gears were really overdrive gears not intended for hard acceleration, so if you were cruising in 5th you were expected to shift down 2 gears if you needed to pass.....never could figure out why any bike would need 2 overdrive gears. But one is kind of nice.
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RE: making 6th gear more useful
I only rode one stock 07 SG before I bought my 08. I thought the power through all the gears was a huge improvement over my 05 Heritage. Power and torque are not a concern with my current bike.
I really like the 6th gear in my SG. On a calm day at 70 mph, the bike is running so smooth and quiet that I can clearly hear the radio and talk to my wife. 70 mph on my heritage was working the bike moderte, to hard.
My only complaint is that 1st gear is a little to high for my taste. I like a bike to power away from a dead stop by releasing the clutch and adding little or no throttle. I also like it to idle in first gear so slow that I can barely balance it. My current set-up requires a decent amount of throttle to pull away from a stop and at idle in first gear, I am going faster than most people walk.
Dennis
I really like the 6th gear in my SG. On a calm day at 70 mph, the bike is running so smooth and quiet that I can clearly hear the radio and talk to my wife. 70 mph on my heritage was working the bike moderte, to hard.
My only complaint is that 1st gear is a little to high for my taste. I like a bike to power away from a dead stop by releasing the clutch and adding little or no throttle. I also like it to idle in first gear so slow that I can barely balance it. My current set-up requires a decent amount of throttle to pull away from a stop and at idle in first gear, I am going faster than most people walk.
Dennis
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usmcvet0331 (08-01-2024)
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RE: making 6th gear more useful
I have had friends make a primary change and thought about it myself.
My 2007 Ultra has considerable motor work and tons of torque down low and mid range but 6th is still not all that useful. Runs OK but not much throttle response.
Remember that the gear ratio of a 6 speed in 6th IS THE SAME as a 5 speed in 5th. These are both "direct drive" trannies NOT overdrives. The SE 6 speed is a true overdrive with a 6th at .87 to 1 I believe.
If you change the primary, it will snap your neck but you will be turning higher rpm's than an older 5 speed. Granny gear for 1st too.
Save your money until you can buy a true overdrive like the SE 6 speed or a Baker. JMHO
My 2007 Ultra has considerable motor work and tons of torque down low and mid range but 6th is still not all that useful. Runs OK but not much throttle response.
Remember that the gear ratio of a 6 speed in 6th IS THE SAME as a 5 speed in 5th. These are both "direct drive" trannies NOT overdrives. The SE 6 speed is a true overdrive with a 6th at .87 to 1 I believe.
If you change the primary, it will snap your neck but you will be turning higher rpm's than an older 5 speed. Granny gear for 1st too.
Save your money until you can buy a true overdrive like the SE 6 speed or a Baker. JMHO
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usmcvet0331 (08-01-2024)
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RE: making 6th gear more useful
"Remember that the gear ratio of a 6 speed in 6th IS THE SAME as a 5 speed in 5th".
Where did you get that from? I'm doing around 2000 rpm's at 65 what are you turning on a five speed? I agree with rochkes, sixth is great over 60 and I had no problem accelerating without downshifting.
Ride well & get your 5 speed back,
Jim
Where did you get that from? I'm doing around 2000 rpm's at 65 what are you turning on a five speed? I agree with rochkes, sixth is great over 60 and I had no problem accelerating without downshifting.
Ride well & get your 5 speed back,
Jim
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