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I have been wondering about some things as far as the best way to ride for conditions.
1) I drive 45 miles to work each way and 12 miles of it is up Parley's canyon a steep long hill. The bike does fine in 5th gear if I remain at 65 or 70 mph, but not sure if it is better to keep it in 4th. I have heard pulling up a hill in lower gears is hard on trans.
Is it better to have higher rpm's going up a hill or is it ok to stay in 5th doing 65 around 3000 rpm's.
(related) I am not sure if it is better to keep the bike at lower rpms say doing 50 or 55 and be in 5th gear or should I be in 4th doing 3300 to 3500 rpm's?
2) My father always told me if you are stopped at a light you should always go into neutral and release the clutch. He said it is better than keeping the clutch depressed (oh ya he said this about a car) wondering if it is the same as a bike, or does it matter?
3)Going down the same hill from work if I hit a certain point between compression and decompression the engine makes a rather bad rumble and vibrates a bit. If I increase throttle or decrease it stops. I either need to do 75 or 50 in a certain section to keep this from happening. Is this a sign of something bad pending or is it just natural.
I have been wondering about some things as far as the best way to ride for conditions.
1) I drive 45 miles to work each way and 12 miles of it is up Parley's canyon a steep long hill. The bike does fine in 5th gear if I remain at 65 or 70 mph, but not sure if it is better to keep it in 4th. I have heard pulling up a hill in lower gears is hard on trans.
Is it better to have higher rpm's going up a hill or is it ok to stay in 5th doing 65 around 3000 rpm's.
(related) I am not sure if it is better to keep the bike at lower rpms say doing 50 or 55 and be in 5th gear or should I be in 4th doing 3300 to 3500 rpm's?
2) My father always told me if you are stopped at a light you should always go into neutral and release the clutch. He said it is better than keeping the clutch depressed (oh ya he said this about a car) wondering if it is the same as a bike, or does it matter?
3)Going down the same hill from work if I hit a certain point between compression and decompression the engine makes a rather bad rumble and vibrates a bit. If I increase throttle or decrease it stops. I either need to do 75 or 50 in a certain section to keep this from happening. Is this a sign of something bad pending or is it just natural.