Bike shifting?

Question

reasentally on you tube i was watching some people driving the same bike as me. The ZX6R and i saw and heard that they were shifting at around 6-8000 RPM's and i was wandering if thats the norm. because i shift around 9500-a little over 10000. So i was wandering if its me not shifting right or them. because i dont want and thing ot happen to my bike

Answer 1

10k is to high for just running around lots of extra wear and tear on you motor

Answer 2

Unless you are trying to win a race, 10,000 is too high.

6-8000 RMp is more like it for normal riding.

Answer 3

If you want to go real fast you keep your revs up, you shift at a higher RPM.  You get more power out of the engine, but you use more gas.

If you are 'cruising', you can shift at a lower RPM.  You get less power, but usually sufficient.  You get better gas mileage.  And you stress the engine less, but not that much.  Kawasakis are made to rev freely.  You might not have to adjust your valves as often if you keep your revs down.

You can feel when your engine feels 'happy'.  If you go down too far in revs you can feel when you're 'lugging' the engine.  So long as you stay above that, and below the red line, you're fine.  For long trips at high speed (like on the freeway), you want to stay around, say, 75% or 80% of the red line.

Answer 4

You are shifting near peak torque (11,000(ish) rpm), that is precisely what the engineers intended, that area is where the engine is performing at its intended best – to change at half the rev range is to not use half the engine, naturally you don't want to be riding at 8/10ths the whole time and short-shifting is an acceptable riding style for those times.

Answer 5

10,000 RPM seems a touch high to me.

The question is where does your bike redline?

No engine likes to be stressed and it's a matter of how close to your redline you are before you change gear.

Now and then is one thing but all the time is another.

Most inline fours pick up around the 7,000+ mark.......V-twins  a little lower.

So yes, 10,000 seems a little high.