Newbee performance question?

Buckaroo said:

I just purchased a 2017 totally stock triumph rocket. I noticed today while cruising 60 miles an hour the RPM was 2500 RPM. My Harley friends and other bike friends like to do roll-on’s from 60 or 70 miles an hour up. I’m kind of new to the horsepower versus torque performance on these bikes. My question is if I was going to do a roll-on from say 65 is it better to just accelerate in fifth gear or down shift into fourth or even third to get more RPM to take on these other bikes?

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breeze said:

my 07 runs 60 mph at 2000 plus minus rpms 60 to 80 no downshifts gets there pretty quick

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Buckaroo said:

Yes it would be interesting to see say at 70 miles an hour a roll-on in fifth gear versus fourth gear which one pulls the best and fastest!

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Buckaroo said:

The reason I am asking by the way is I have two friends one with a brand new CVO Harley and aNother with a brand new Gold Wing and I know they’re going to want to do to roll-on from 60 or 70 to try to beat me so I want the best geat possible.

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warp9.9 said:

A couple lower speed burn outs and they won't even try

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Buckaroo said:

The reason I am asking by the way is I have two friends one with a brand new CVO Harley and aNother with a brand new Gold Wing and I know they’re going to want to do to roll-on from 60 or 70 to try to beat me so I want the best geat possible.

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Buckaroo said:

Do you think I can take them at 70 miles an hour on up easily?

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Kojack1970 said:

I have a buddy with a 2017 CVO with a stage 3 and I walk a away from him without trying. He gave up trying to play games with me at the traffic lights after a few feeble attempts. I recall a couple of his tries, hammering on the throttle, making all kinds of noise.

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Buckaroo said:

My ride got 400 miles on it now is all and it seems like it’s getting better and quicker.

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