RicK G

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@Themason wrote:Yes, but we have members talking about cruising around at only three grand. That is too low and is not good for the engine.
Something to keep in mind. When the techs and engineers at BMW tested these bikes, it was always flat out, either on local Autobahns or at the big track in Nardo Italy. They didn't trickle along at low rpm, they were trying to accelerate wear and break things before the bike reached production. To them, a proper rider wouldn't ride their bike at such ridiculously low, in their view, rpms. As a result, such low speed drivability didn't receive much attention. For riding in snow in the German winters, they would unplug the TPS to defeat the closed throttle fuel shut off feature above 2000 rpm and smooth out low rpm throttle response in slippery conditions (with the TPS plugged in and working, there is a surge as rpms decrease below 2000 rpm as the fuel comes back on, and the TPS makes on/off throttle transitions too abrupt to ride the bike on snow as some techs did).
Just because they tested them at high RPM does not mean that we need to ride them in that range. I really don't see why riding at a steady 3000RPM on the road will do any harm at all. I certainly would not recommend that they are ridden under that at high loads but with a light load at steady revs on a flat road I dont believe it would do any harm at all.
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