28-08-2018, 03:59 PM
Lo all,
To you this may sound like a stupid question however, to someone who has been driving cars for over 30 years and new to biking I think its valid.
So, being new to biking I'm very conscious that bikes rev significantly higher than cars do, if I drove my car at the same RPM as my bike i'd be waiting for it to explode. Riding my 2018 Africa Twin Adventure Sport (manual variant) I feel like I should be changing up from 1st gear almost straight away then 3rd at about 30mph and 4th at about 40 (urban riding) however, 30mph in 3rd is too slow and the bike starts labouring, similarly at 40 if in 4th. I think i should be sitting in gear until about 3500-4500 rpm which when in 2nd and driving around town is alien to me but probably right, is this right? Hope my ramblings make sense, new biker syndrome.
Many thanks in advance.
To you this may sound like a stupid question however, to someone who has been driving cars for over 30 years and new to biking I think its valid.
So, being new to biking I'm very conscious that bikes rev significantly higher than cars do, if I drove my car at the same RPM as my bike i'd be waiting for it to explode. Riding my 2018 Africa Twin Adventure Sport (manual variant) I feel like I should be changing up from 1st gear almost straight away then 3rd at about 30mph and 4th at about 40 (urban riding) however, 30mph in 3rd is too slow and the bike starts labouring, similarly at 40 if in 4th. I think i should be sitting in gear until about 3500-4500 rpm which when in 2nd and driving around town is alien to me but probably right, is this right? Hope my ramblings make sense, new biker syndrome.
Many thanks in advance.