Blasphemy!!!!!!!!
Well for those of you that may not realize, here's what your owners manual said about it. Check out page 8 of "How to Ride the Motorcycle"
http://www.kawasaki-techinfo.net/showOM.php?view_lang=EN&spec=US&book_no=99987-1608&lang_code=EN
Well for those of you that may not realize, here's what your owners manual said about it. Check out page 8 of "How to Ride the Motorcycle"
Yes, it's for true....Maw Kaw is ok with you riding at 20MPH in 6th!!!
I believe Steve D was referring to the down shifting section which says 19mph for 6th-> 5th, thusYes, it's for true....Maw Kaw is ok with you riding at 20MPH in 6th!!!No, the manual shows 34 MPH. But that isn't much better (it is almost insane)
Well there ya' go- Hey Jim, you might want to drop your upshift speed a bit to bring your riding practices in- line with Kawasaki.
To the best of my knowledge, only really small engines suffer internally from lugging; single cylinder engines normally found on things like outdoor power equipment should really be used at full throttle or close to it to keep the bearings from being pounded on. Otherwise, I do not really believe an engine can be damaged by running it on the slow side. Besides that, lugging is more of a blanket operation thing than a direct engine speed; after all, idling engines are not lugging. If the load is light then low RPM use is not a problem and the engine will always let the rider know if it is- if it bucks, bogs and / or just does not respond to throttle inputs other than changing tone then it is probably turning too slowly for the load applied. There is a big difference between loafing down a flat road, not heavily loaded, at 40 MPH and climbing a hill, two- up, at the same speed and in the same gear.
Brian
Quote from: RideBellChain on Today at 12:01:38 am
-snip- Changed fluids at 500 mph. -snip-
Changed fluids at 500 mph.
Brian, I am hanging my head in disgrace. I am VERY sorry to everyone on the forum for trying to mislead you into thinking you should be shifting into 6th a 35 mph. I hope you all will forgive me for suggesting that 35 mph was acceptable, when in fact it could be harming your engine over the long run. I hereby submit to the fact that if we all can learn a valuable lesson here and move that down to 34 mph our gas mileage will likely skyrocket and we may be able to extend our valve adjustment check out another 10,000 miles or so.
@jscc Anvlievble ignoranze and folizhness.
Well for those of you that may not realize, here's what your owners manual said about it. Check out page 8 of "How to Ride the Motorcycle"
http://www.kawasaki-techinfo.net/showOM.php?view_lang=EN&spec=US&book_no=99987-1608&lang_code=EN
No, the manual shows 34 MPH. But that isn't much better (it is almost insane)
I believe Steve D was referring to the down shifting section which says 19mph for 6th-> 5th, thus
all is well at 20 mph in 6th (according to Mam Kaw ).
...and page 144 is the 8th page of the "How to Ride the Motorcycle" section.
Not what mine says.
Hey, I like that kind of owners manual. It's like having it's own "find and replace" function.
Using the venturi effect, perhaps? In order to change the oil at that speed it would have to be an 08. Other colors can't go that fast.