What RPM do you typically cruise at?

[Locol]

I have found that I usually cruise at about the same RPM when I am out for a ride. At what RPM do you run your Connie at while on a typical ride?

[DGOLD]

I like running between 3 and 4 thousand rpm. That keeps you where you can have acceleration when you need it and it seems to be the best milage for me.

[Pokey]

Fifth gear or lower when cruising, unless I am going faster than 75 MPH "per GPS".

[Son of Pappy]

Tough question, commuting/slabbing I tend to short shift, twisties and track 6k and up.  But, flyless, full pipe, PCV, Autotune, and ZX14 TBs.

[IRULE]

I stay at 4k rpm most of the time.

[Rhino]

I spend most of my time in 5th gear unless I'm crossing Kansas or Texas, something just completely straight and low traffic. Then I get into 6th, econ mode and set the Rostra to about 9 mph over the limit for hours on end.

[jjsC6]

It's a mystery to me why anyone would not put the bike in the highest possible gear when just cruising.  Less rpms is always better unless you have a specific need to be ready to accelerate, such as moving through heavy traffic, on on a winding road.   I'll put mine in 6th gear at 35-40 mph if there is no impending need for hard acceleration.

[momo65]

Usually am always on the last gear (6) when cruising, the motor seems to just mellow out, and is always around 3 to 3 1/2 rpm's.

[Bosco]

I don't look at the rpm. The RPM is whatever it is at the time. Highway, 6th gear. If there is traffic 5th or 4th or lower depending on the speed so I can get a burst of acceleration if needed.

[maxtog]

I have found that I usually cruise at about the same RPM when I am out for a ride. At what RPM do you run your Connie at while on a typical ride?

Deja Vu.  http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=4542.0

It depends on my "mode".  If I am in cruising mode, I ride at the lowest reasonable RPM.  At highway speeds (60-65), that is around 3K in 6th.  But at those speeds, the bike has almost no power at 3K, so I will often drop to 5th gear, which I think puts me around 3.8 to 4K, when I feel the need to be less passive.

When in "fun" mode, you pretty much always need to keep the bike over 4K.

[maxtog]

I'll put mine in 6th gear at 35-40 mph if there is no impending need for hard acceleration.

Holy crap.  I would never try to run the bike much below 3K like that.  The bike would almost not be able to even hold any speed, and would shutter and strain with almost no acceleration.  I don't think lugging will be good for any engine.

[rtarp1]

@jscc  6th gear at 35 to 40 MPH???!!!!!  you are lugging the motor and hurting it .  Unbelievble ignorance and foolishness.

[So Cal Joe]

I run about 3000 RPM's, good gas mileage, (42+)  not bogging the motor and if I need to pass I down shift to 5 if I need a fast pass or tuirn the throttle for a normal pass. I don't run constanty high RPM's 6000 + like a lot of other riders, but I have never had any loose header bolts either.

[Makz58]

I usually run about 4000 RPM seems kind of like the sweet spot bike just purrs along at this RPM.

[W14]

I think my cruising rpm is fairly stable. On interstate posted speeds of 70 mph, I typically run 75-80 mph, in 6th gear, rpm's something less than 4K rpm. On primary roads with posted speeds of 55-65 mph, I typically take 5-7 miles above the posted speed, in 6th gear, rpm's 3.5 or less. On facilities such as the Blue Ridge Parkway with a posted speed of 45 mph, probably mostly in 4th and 5th gears, rpm's in 3 to 3.5 range

[IRULE]

It's a mystery to me why anyone would not put the bike in the highest possible gear when just cruising.  Less rpms is always better unless you have a specific need to be ready to accelerate, such as moving through heavy traffic, on on a winding road.   I'll put mine in 6th gear at 35-40 mph if there is no impending need for hard acceleration.

You are kidding!  6th gear at 35-40mph? 

[ZG]

I'll put mine in 6th gear at 35-40 mph if there is no impending need for hard acceleration.

 

[Mister Tee]

I'm in agreement that one should ride in the highest gear, but 55 seems to be the lowest speed you can use sixth in without lugging the engine. I'm usually in fifth or whatever below 60.

[just gone]

@jscc  6th gear at 35 to 40 MPH???!!!!!  you are lugging the motor and hurting it .  Unbelievble ignorance and foolishness.

 

Really? You effectively called someone else ignorant and spelled unbelievable wrong?  Hmmm didn't you say....

...Bottom line is we are all riders and deserve respect equally.

   

Shifting up 5th-> 6th 34 mph; shifting down 6th -> 5th 19 mph

I think I'll go along with jscC6 (and Mama Kaw) when he says "just cruising". I'm not saying that I "just cruise" all that often,
but when I choose to in 6th at 35-40 mph, I'm not hurting my motor.

[Pokey]

 

Really? You effectively called someone else ignorant and spelled unbelievable wrong?  Hmmm didn't you say....   

I think I'll go along with jscC6 (and Mama Kaw) when he says "just cruising". I'm not saying that I "just cruise" all that often,
but when I choose to in 6th at 35-40 mph, I'm not hurting my motor.

Nope......you are just boring the hell out of it, and that engine was not made to run like that.  6th gear is an "overdrive" gear, almost useless for me 85% of the time. Your life your bike and your ride.