Hi all I am a new Katana owner. I just picked up a 2006 750 with only 2500 miles!
Anyway, I have a couple questions.
1. I was out riding around today and I am noticing that the RPMs range a little strange. Now this is my first sports/touring bike (had all older cruisers before) so it might just be me, but it seems like the RPMs are a little high for the speed and gear I am in. For example, when running at 55 mph, the RPMs are at 4k and higher obviously as I speed up. Also the bike feels like it needs to shift as well. Kind of like that high RPM vibrating feeling you feel when your about to up shift or when your downshifting. Is this a normal range for RPM vs. speed?
2. Also, on the same ride while on the freeway I was running about 70 mph. All of a sudden the bike lost power like it was out of gas. The gauge was in the red but not all the way down. I dont have to tell you how difficult it was to merge 5 lanes in Los Angeles traffic to get off the freeway. Here is the strange thing though, as soon as I got on the offramp, the power picked back up and the bike ran fine. I turned on the reserve just in case and made my way to a gas station and filled it up. After that it was fine.
Overall the bike is flawless, low miles runs great, but I just wanted to run these things by you guys.
Thanks
Anyway, I have a couple questions.
1. I was out riding around today and I am noticing that the RPMs range a little strange. Now this is my first sports/touring bike (had all older cruisers before) so it might just be me, but it seems like the RPMs are a little high for the speed and gear I am in. For example, when running at 55 mph, the RPMs are at 4k and higher obviously as I speed up. Also the bike feels like it needs to shift as well. Kind of like that high RPM vibrating feeling you feel when your about to up shift or when your downshifting. Is this a normal range for RPM vs. speed?
2. Also, on the same ride while on the freeway I was running about 70 mph. All of a sudden the bike lost power like it was out of gas. The gauge was in the red but not all the way down. I dont have to tell you how difficult it was to merge 5 lanes in Los Angeles traffic to get off the freeway. Here is the strange thing though, as soon as I got on the offramp, the power picked back up and the bike ran fine. I turned on the reserve just in case and made my way to a gas station and filled it up. After that it was fine.
Overall the bike is flawless, low miles runs great, but I just wanted to run these things by you guys.
Thanks
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