Reverse Gear

[DRMD421]

I posted wrong before the Rocket will pull 239 mph. now as for having a 6th gear for fuel mileage if Triumph put a 6th gear in the bike it would hv ethe same ratio as fifth and they would just do some changes in the lower gears to increase the torque curve. Yester day I ran a striped aoe tune given to me as a base tun foe gracie. after riding and watching the A/F meter made by innovate and installed by G-Man I could see it was to rich down at low throttle percentge wher you would already be byif yoy were een slightly getting on it. so the first fuel stop slightly over 29 mpg criusing at 65 to 70 mph. Pull out the net book and made some changes in the loweer throttle Persectage range and the next tank of fuel just slightly over 40 mpg,. so if you want fuel mileage which is usually in areas you do not even race in. face it you come off the line at higher Thottle positions and rpms then tune the bike right. I cannot wait for the tune new tuen boy on mine where you use a wide band sensor like the PCV's autotune only it will work with the ecu making adaptations depending on the quality of the fuel you have in the tank to get the optimum programmed burn. as for power well the site glass will site in the A?F on the dot and then the site glass for the timing will alow you to make sight timing changes and see the HP difference on the dyno. live tuning not run her make some changes and then flash the ecu.
Anyway that being said they would use th esame less then 1:1 ration for a sixth gear and make changes between first and 4th so all you will obtain is more shifting not more fuel mileage.

I wonder if it would be possible to have a new differential gear cut with a higher ratio for those that mainly just cruise the highways? I thought about purchasing a used differential sometime and seeing what our machine shop at work might be able to do with it.

 

[mr hunt]

Are we talking stock bike here? (Keep in mind that I'm still running-in a 1 week old bike so I'm may be completely full of sh*t)

One of your yankee miles equates to 1.61 of our aussie kilometres - so, if the Rocket can theoretically hit 239mph that equals 385km/h??? At 3000rpm my beastie does 120km/h so at 6000 theory is she'll do about 240km/h depending on wind/fuel etc? that equals 139mph.

Someone tell me I'm missing something here before I send my bike back to the shop to find my extra 100mph!!

 

[bruce aussie]

Reverse gear? Just park smart and you won't need it.

Six speed? Here I am thinkin the rocket would be better suited to a four speed with all that torque. I think what you blokes want is an overdrive. A six speed would be direct in top the same as a five speed.

 

[bruce aussie]

Are we talking stock bike here? (Keep in mind that I'm still running-in a 1 week old bike so I'm may be completely full of sh*t)

One of your yankee miles equates to 1.61 of our aussie kilometres - so, if the Rocket can theoretically hit 239mph that equals 385km/h??? At 3000rpm my beastie does 120km/h so at 6000 theory is she'll do about 240km/h depending on wind/fuel etc? that equals 139mph.

Someone tell me I'm missing something here before I send my bike back to the shop to find my extra 100mph!!

Warp9.9's rocket has a few modifications.

 

[baconboy]

Reverse gear? Just park smart and you won't need it.

Six speed? Here I am thinkin the rocket would be better suited to a four speed with all that torque. I think what you blokes want is an overdrive. A six speed would be direct in top the same as a five speed.

I live in wales and there are **** loads of hills. Most of the time no probs but every now and again its a problem

 

[warp9.9]

Are we talking stock bike here? (Keep in mind that I'm still running-in a 1 week old bike so I'm may be completely full of sh*t)

One of your yankee miles equates to 1.61 of our aussie kilometres - so, if the Rocket can theoretically hit 239mph that equals 385km/h??? At 3000rpm my beastie does 120km/h so at 6000 theory is she'll do about 240km/h depending on wind/fuel etc? that equals 139mph.

Someone tell me I'm missing something here before I send my bike back to the shop to find my extra 100mph!!

Your not missing much except the proper horse power and a 9000 rpm rev limit. (Special Tune Boy maps) Supplied in every Carpenter Silver back. Oh and well some of us fellers had them also. It works great with 11.8:1 pistons big cams .443" Lift ,2 mm larger Titainium intake valves, custom porting and O-ringing of each cylinder to with stand the boost level of the Rotrex Supercharger. The only thing else your missing is the stones to ride that fast. MYself I have not gone over 207mph yet

 

[echoraven]

Reverse would be bliss. Where I work the owner is impressively cheap so we have lots of gravel and sand in the parking lot, 2 things that are not good for backing up 800+lbs of motorcycle and catching that inevitable "foot slip".