11-06-14, 09:01 PM
Thank you so much. This might very well be the case - I bought the bike off a dude who said he bought it off a Driving School. He said it's not restricted, so I assumed that's right and got it restricted with washers. Oh dear!
Anyway, I tried to get it to rev past 8k in lower gears today on the motorway, and it won't. Say I am going as far as 6th will take me (hitting the 8k limit), I pull the clutch, and the bike free revvs to 10-12k, but as soon as I let off the clutch and put load on the engine, it goes brrr.. brrrr.. holding back and serious engine braking. This was the case even when I took it all the way down to 2nd gear! Finally back in 6th, I pulled the clutch in, let it revv to 12k, and let the clutch out and the RPM dial starts going from 0 - 4k - to real RPM I am doing - back to 0 - 4k - like that 2-3 second each at each position. It reverted back to normal once I stopped, turned the bike off and back on again.
If it is indeed restricted with the spring / needle mechanism, is that something I can DIY, or would I need to bring it to my mechanic?
Anyway, I tried to get it to rev past 8k in lower gears today on the motorway, and it won't. Say I am going as far as 6th will take me (hitting the 8k limit), I pull the clutch, and the bike free revvs to 10-12k, but as soon as I let off the clutch and put load on the engine, it goes brrr.. brrrr.. holding back and serious engine braking. This was the case even when I took it all the way down to 2nd gear! Finally back in 6th, I pulled the clutch in, let it revv to 12k, and let the clutch out and the RPM dial starts going from 0 - 4k - to real RPM I am doing - back to 0 - 4k - like that 2-3 second each at each position. It reverted back to normal once I stopped, turned the bike off and back on again.
If it is indeed restricted with the spring / needle mechanism, is that something I can DIY, or would I need to bring it to my mechanic?