PLEASE HELP NO SPEED :(

at20 wrote:

yes thats what im saying . after 55-60 u would think by hearing it i was doing 90-100

Well, that's just something you have to get used to. The bike has a small motor and don't produce a bunch of power, so it has to turn high rpm tp get you down the road.

Ear plugs and a helmet help out

I think your bike might do 85 to maybe 90 wide open, and at that speed the tach would probably be on the redline.

steell wrote:

at20 wrote:

yes thats what im saying . after 55-60 u would think by hearing it i was doing 90-100

Well, that's just something you have to get used to. The bike has a small motor and don't produce a bunch of power, so it has to turn high rpm tp get you down the road.

Ear plugs and a helmet help out

I think your bike might do 85 to maybe 90 wide open, and at that speed the tach would probably be on the redline.

Good call I think... Question is: What RPM is the bike turning @ 50mph?

My KZ1000 turns 2750rpm in top gear @ 60mph, and thats with a bumped up sprocket.

I'm guessing with a tiny bike like that, you're pushing 4000rpm?

It's fairly easy to figure out the bikes top speed/redline in 5th - do the math.

GL.

I had a 250 Ninja that I used for Commuting for about a year and at freeway speeds it turned 8k+ granted it redlined at 13k but that is what it was designed to do and to tell the truth I caught myself looking for another gear a lot until I got used to it. It's all relative to what it was designed to do. Harley's typically redline @ around 6k while 600 cc sport bikes are at. Around 15k so what sounds like screaming may be normal for your particular bike.

well when i get on the highway i hit fifth and around 55-60 mph my tach is only around 6k and the redline dont start till maybe 9k and it just seems like it struggles

TeK9iNe wrote:

steell wrote:

at20 wrote:

yes thats what im saying . after 55-60 u would think by hearing it i was doing 90-100

Well, that's just something you have to get used to. The bike has a small motor and don't produce a bunch of power, so it has to turn high rpm tp get you down the road.

Ear plugs and a helmet help out

I think your bike might do 85 to maybe 90 wide open, and at that speed the tach would probably be on the redline.

Good call I think... Question is: What RPM is the bike turning @ 50mph?

My KZ1000 turns 2750rpm in top gear @ 60mph, and thats with a bumped up sprocket.

I'm guessing with a tiny bike like that, you're pushing 4000rpm?

It's fairly easy to figure out the bikes top speed/redline in 5th - do the math.

GL.

Wait... you can do 2750 at 60 on your KZ1000? how come mines at like 3-4000 RPM at that speed, top gear? WTH:D mines probably geared differently.

at20 wrote:

well when i get on the highway i hit fifth and around 55-60 mph my tach is only around 6k and the redline dont start till maybe 9k and it just seems like it struggles

Sounds like maybe the clutch is slipping? Have you adjusted it? Definitely get a manual; you really can't own one of these bikes without it. Check eBay for a Kawasaki factory service manual for your year/model. Ed

oh yes i do have a manual for my bike that thing is always needed im just trying to get some advice from everyone here on steps to take cuz its my first bike but i wanna work on it my self instead of paying people and i still wont know whats going on. i really dont wanna mess anything up

Just one tiny speck from plethora of info at KZ400 link earlier suggested.

Good Fortune!

The clutch slipping is a good idea.

I was thinking the bike was geared low to make up for lack of power and around town hooligan-ing. compare your sprockets to stock, if you plan on commuting on the highway you might want to change your gearing.

My 900 is at 4000rpm doing 70mph with stock gearing. I'm going to go up one tooth on the front sprocket to bring those R's down a bit.

It's weird, because my 2000 ZX6R absolutely loved the highway. I could literally cruise at 100mph and not feel like I was wringing out the engine.

Looking at the chart it appears to my old eyes that the bike turns around 5800 rpm at 60 mph, and 9000 rpm at around 100 mph.

Wow!! I think I'm turning low 4000 somewhere at 60 mph with 17/37 gearing on my 750. Since I have been unable to ride it since last year I'm not saying anything with certainty. That's about to change though!!!

hey i did what you said about test to see if im firing from both cylinders and and you were right one size instantly sizzled and disappeared but the other just sat there . now i gotta find out whats going on

Kitten Tooth wrote:

TeK9iNe wrote:

steell wrote:

at20 wrote:

yes thats what im saying . after 55-60 u would think by hearing it i was doing 90-100

Well, that's just something you have to get used to. The bike has a small motor and don't produce a bunch of power, so it has to turn high rpm tp get you down the road.

Ear plugs and a helmet help out

I think your bike might do 85 to maybe 90 wide open, and at that speed the tach would probably be on the redline.

Good call I think... Question is: What RPM is the bike turning @ 50mph?

My KZ1000 turns 2750rpm in top gear @ 60mph, and thats with a bumped up sprocket.

I'm guessing with a tiny bike like that, you're pushing 4000rpm?

It's fairly easy to figure out the bikes top speed/redline in 5th - do the math.

GL.

Wait... you can do 2750 at 60 on your KZ1000? how come mines at like 3-4000 RPM at that speed, top gear? WTH:D mines probably geared differently.

Thats on my 81 CSR 1000, on the 79 LTD 1000 its more like 4k.