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riverbucks50 · 05-12-2010, 08:30 AM

can any one tell me way when i shift to overdrive my bike feels like it is lugging at highway speed just checking to see if that was normal

riverbucks50 · 05-12-2010, 08:52 AM

[quote=riverbucks50;241549]can any one tell me way when i shift to overdrive my bike feels like it is lugging at highway speed just checking to see if that was normal thank's any body

Kenneth_Moore · 05-12-2010, 09:59 AM

It shouldn't feel like it's lugging. What RPMs are you running when this happens?

riverbucks50 · 05-12-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore

It shouldn't feel like it's lugging. What RPMs are you running when this happens?

i seam's to do it at 65 to 70 then smooth's out at 80 i just got the bike only has 1,000 mile's on it. it only do's it in over drive. first bike i very owned with a over drive

Kenneth_Moore · 05-12-2010, 10:51 AM

Unless you think there is a problem with the bike, select the gear that keeps the RPMs in a range where the engine isn't bogging down.

MOKE1K · 05-14-2010, 04:46 AM

Cruiser or sportbike do as ken says and keep the throttle where when you hit it it goes immediately. I find this to be a common problem with people and leaves me scratching my head with alot of my old customers.

Never be affraid to have the rpms up higher than your ear thinks is appropriate. Also if you really want to know look into getting a tach installed that will really tell you if your lugging the motor in over drive.

05-12-2010, 08:30 AM	#1
riverbucks50 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3	2009 nomad can any one tell me way when i shift to overdrive my bike feels like it is lugging at highway speed just checking to see if that was normal

05-12-2010, 08:52 AM	#2
riverbucks50 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 3	2009 nomad [quote=riverbucks50;241549]can any one tell me way when i shift to overdrive my bike feels like it is lugging at highway speed just checking to see if that was normal thank's any body

05-12-2010, 09:59 AM	#3
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	It shouldn't feel like it's lugging. What RPMs are you running when this happens? __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

05-12-2010, 10:51 AM	#5
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	Unless you think there is a problem with the bike, select the gear that keeps the RPMs in a range where the engine isn't bogging down. __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

05-14-2010, 04:46 AM	#6
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Cruiser or sportbike do as ken says and keep the throttle where when you hit it it goes immediately. I find this to be a common problem with people and leaves me scratching my head with alot of my old customers. Never be affraid to have the rpms up higher than your ear thinks is appropriate. Also if you really want to know look into getting a tach installed that will really tell you if your lugging the motor in over drive. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

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