How low do you go

[Den]

I change gear too much. I cant help it. Dont use the torque enough
When Im oot with anyone on gs,s. And Im speaking about 1150s. Nobody seems to change gear as much as I do.
How low do YOU normally go before howking it doon a gear.

Difficult to quantify, but lets say .. top gear, flat road .. down to what speed or what rpm before you change down or just whack it open and chug off ?

 

[cookie]

no figures, but i change down a lot. rarely lug it on the torque.

 

[Bigtwin]

1.2-1.5 grand seems to be the lowest my Adv's happy at.

 

[Mzokk]

Mine seems to be smoothest between 2.5 and 6k.. Single spark mind. I've ridden twin sparks that seem smoother but maybe not as fast?

 

[allan]

My last bike before I become a gs’er was a triumph tiger, the tiger would pull away in 6th from anything above 20mph but since I got the GS I have been changing down to 5th a lot earlier.

Having said that I still prefer the GS.

Allan

 

[Civey.D]

LISTEN

Listen to the engine forget about the tacko, if she singing sweetly if she's singing like the wife in the shower show it the boot drop her down one

 

[ianboydsnr]

Listen to the engine forget about the tacko, if she singing sweetly if she's singing like the wife in the shower show it the boot drop her down one

think I would be taking it into the dealers if it sounded like my wife singing in the shower, as there would be definatly something wrong

 

[Civey.D]

Good one!

Nice one ianboydsnr good to see a sense of humour

 

[Bigtwin]

1.2-1.5 grand seems to be the lowest my Adv's happy at.

This post is complete arse. What I meant to type was 2.2-2.5.

 

[Fanum]

Depends entirely on the sort of ride I'm having......Today out in Kent I was letting her pick up from 2k and taking it up to 5k but we were on a bimble and not pushing at all.....after we split up Nadeem and I had a bit of a faster ride back up through some twisties and unless cruising behind a car for a few seconds, I was changing down below 3.5 to 4k to keep the power on tap.......

The Adv will pull from 2k though and it all depends on my mood.

 

[The Slow Granger]

gears.....? recent returner to bikes so I bought the auto version like my cars...

I just like the sound at 60 but can't get any faster out of it...

 

[Taff]

I always remember some advice a trainer once told me, while on a bike course. He kept banging on about being "in the right gear" but as in your case, how do you know which is the "right gear"? His answer was the "right gear" is always the highest gear that will slow you down significantly if you shut the throttle. Eg if in your example your on a flat road doing say 70mph ish and you shut the throttle but the bike doesn't slow down significantly - you're in too high a gear. He reckoned you should aim for a gear that keeps the rev needle "around the middle of its range" so you can control the speed using throttle control, rather than constantly changing gears, and if you don't feel a marked drop in speed when you close the throttle, you need to drop down a gear.

 

[Bigtwin]

I always remember some advice a trainer once told me, while on a bike course. He kept banging on about being "in the right gear" but as in your case, how do you know which is the "right gear"? His answer was the "right gear" is always the highest gear that will slow you down significantly if you shut the throttle. Eg if in your example your on a flat road doing say 70mph ish and you shut the throttle but the bike doesn't slow down significantly - you're in too high a gear. He reckoned you should aim for a gear that keeps the rev needle "around the middle of its range" so you can control the speed using throttle control, rather than constantly changing gears, and if you don't feel a marked drop in speed when you close the throttle, you need to drop down a gear.

Guess he didn't pay for his own fuel then eh?

 

[Taff]

Guess he didn't pay for his own fuel then eh?

No. Copper in a previous life.

 

[John Armstrong]

Guess he didn't pay for his own fuel then eh?

Which is cheaper - fuel or brake pads?

 

[Shep]

Which is cheaper - fuel or brake pads?

Brake pads

 

[Mouse]

Fuel consumption notwithstanding, Taff is right - you should try and be in a gear that gives you throttle response in case you need it in a hurry.

Of course rules are meant to be broken and cruising in top on the motorway is unlikely to be hazardous especially if you practice good observation