
Originally Posted by
jamephipp
You;ll prob find that if you allow ten to fifteen miles an hour per gear and adjust your ear to this pattern it will help with your shifting. I've been riding since the sixties and we didn't have automatics then. An automatic was a luxury to us, Usually you'll find that 5 or 6 th gear will be mainly used on speeds over 55 and usually on the open road. I've got a metric and if I'm on the back roads most of my cruising is done in 4th gear because it lags the engine too much which is not good. Any how just try this and see if it helps ya until that ear is tuned to what you need to listen for.
Congrates on the new bike