Anyone w/ a tach help me confirm

[Sideoftheroad]

It's been a while since I have had a tach on the bike so to me the #'s are a bit high, but could be wrong.

 

45 mph, 5 gear, 2k

50 mph, 5 gear, 21k (small gap between the 2k bar and the needle)

 

Thanks

[painterman67]

ok so mine is a 1st gen. Geard different so the readings will be a bit higher.

 

4th gear @45 mph is 3000

5th gear @ 50 mph is 2500

 

 

not sure if it will help

 

David

[Scooter Bob]

This isn't the chart I was looking for, but it may help till I find the other one.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5881

[Scooter Bob]

Moderators,

 

I got this chart from that "other" venture site. Please remove this post if that was inappropriate.

 

But it is a nice chart...

[massey130]

I don't look at it that much, but I do note idle is about 950 RPM and 5th gear @ 70 MPH is about 3200 RPM. between watching traffic and scenery, my tach is mostly ignored.

[BuddyRich]

Yea, the chart is right for a corrected speedo. I take 2nd to 63 or so sometimes. I NEVER even think about 5th below 70. At 55 I am still in 3rd lots of times.

[dingy]

Attached is an excel spread sheet that was started by lilbeaver and I expanded on the concept.

 

It is set up when opened for a 1st gen Venture with a Venture final drive and a 140/90-16 rear tire.

 

Any of the tan fields can be modified to see what different parameters would do.

 

Gary

[Sideoftheroad]

This isn't the chart I was looking for, but it may help till I find the other one.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5881

 

This seems to be pretty close since members have said w/ the vmax swap it raises RPM by about 500.

 

My driving lately has been around town so not sure when I will be able to get it up to 70 mph next. Knowing my luck a LEO would be lurking around the corner and catch me doing 70 in a 45.

 

If anyone can look next time they are on the scoot, I would appreciate it.

[Bummer]

It's been a while since I have had a tach on the bike so to me the #'s are a bit high, but could be wrong.

 

45 mph, 5 gear, 2k

50 mph, 5 gear, 21k (small gap between the 2k bar and the needle)

 

Thanks

 

Yep. That's about right. (Corrected speedo.) I checked on the way to work last night. Then I downshifted twice to get the rpms back up where they belong. 45 in 5th? Oh no. I'm a 3rd kind of guy.

[Sideoftheroad]

I'm an overacheiver I guess being in a higher gear at lower speeds. LOL.

 

Took a major road this morning and got 3k at 70 mph. Also to make sure we are talking apples to apples, when I say 45, 50 & 70 mph this is looking at the speedo, not gps.

[BuddyRich]

If you don't have a speedohealer installed then your about 8% slower then what the speedo is reading. That's why I was using the phrase "corrected speed". When your stock speedo reads 70 your actually only doing about 64.

[Scooter Bob]

I'm an overacheiver I guess being in a higher gear at lower speeds. LOL.

 

Me too, I think it comes from 18 years of riding HD's before the RSV.