RPM while cruising at 80mph

[warp9.9]

You can tell by the seat of your pants, sound of engine etc what gear you are in I hate the gear indicator on my Roadster if I knew how to make it go away I would.

What about you guys who wear skirts

 

[WyldCFH]

I would prefer to be around 22-2300 @ 80 just for the gas mileage.

Sure you are just under power range at 3k, but I have no problems dropping to 3rd and hitting warp speed around other traffic.

 

[Starmanut]

First on the Touring I have no tach so I have no idea what I am running as far as RPMs.

The engine is so different than anything else out there I am not sure I would want to compare it to a Harley Twiin.

With the torque this thing has I always thought the proper gearing would be a 2 speed transmission. Start and GO

You should install a tach on your Touring. First thing I did to mine and really great to drive with. Tach and speedo put together and you can tell which gear your in.

First thing I did was put a tach on my Touring, too. I rode a 4 speed Kawasaki for about 5 years without one, but always wished it had it.
I wanted a Rocket classic mainly for the 240 rear tire and the tach, but got a sweet deal on a 2010 R3T.
I don't get the tach-speedo gear thing yet, but I often discover I have an extra gear to use when over 70 MPH on this touring!!

 

[mexican]

I can smoke all of you with my honda cb500!!

 

[warp9.9]

With tune ecu you can be doing any speed at 3000 rpms

 

[Tal]

Maximum torque is measured at 2750rpm on the Roadster if i remember correctly so at 3000rpm you can still twist the throttle in top gear and bugger off at a rate of knots....fuel usage while cruising at 2750 revs in 5th gear should be pretty efficient too im guessing...im as happy as a sand boy galloping along at 100-110kmh in 5th.

 

[1olbull]

Now thinking a bit more about it you could have a new gearbox designed , manufactured and installed for about the price difference between the two bikes so I say go for it
Every-time someone starts complaining about this or that please for a second compare the price difference between the items.
Rockets are not designed to be the smoothest bike on the road they are built for one reason only pure grunt now riders try and soften them up with windshields, radios etc etc but it is a bike for the hard rider not the Sunday cruiser.

Tis the ONLY true cruiser for the "HARD" rider!
However, me thinks it can also work fine for the casual cruiser as well.

 

[rocketjohn]

Yep, a Rocket is what you need it to be...tame as a kittycat, raucous as a lion, just tell it what's on your mind!

 

[Tal]

Yep, a Rocket is what you need it to be...tame as a kittycat, raucous as a lion, just tell it what's on your mind!

I reckon mine knows whats on my mind.....it smiled at me when i opened the crate to unpack it when new!!!

 

[albertaduke]

You can tell by the seat of your pants, sound of engine etc what gear you are in I hate the gear indicator on my Roadster if I knew how to make it go away I would.

why bother it is soooo tiny hardly visible .. I do not think it is safe to try to read the gear you are in while moving due to the size of the digit