Re: High RPMs at highway speed?

[Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr <gwen@reptiles.org>]

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Bernard Littau wrote:
> My BMW K bike cranks up to 9000 RPM.  I've seen other bikes go as high as
> 13000 RPM.  Either of these redlines make the 6000 RPM redline on the Audi
> seem tame.  It would be difficult to convince me that RPMs in the 6000 range
> are inherently damaging to a motor.

Interestingly enough, when I first started riding bikes, I rarely rev'd
above the 2500-3000 that cars are supposed to like...

Once I'd gotten used to bikes (and high RPMs), it seemed that cars tended
to respond well to higher RPMs as well.  If you look in the back of the
manual, the speed/torque tests are often done at much, much higher revs
than people commonly drive...

cheers!
cat
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