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Old 03-18-2009, 10:19 PM   #1
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Old 03-18-2009, 10:25 PM   #2
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I haven't needed to get out of 4th gear since I bought the 1098.. even into triple digits...

But before that, yeah.. especially on my old F2.
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Old 03-18-2009, 10:27 PM   #3
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I have, but let's face it..

If you think you *need* a 7th gear on a Hayabusa, well, you're just a greedy bastard.

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Old 03-18-2009, 10:34 PM   #4
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I haven't needed to get out of 4th gear since I bought the 1098.. even into triple digits...

But before that, yeah.. especially on my old F2.
you get 100 in first? stock gearing my 10 can.
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Old 03-18-2009, 10:40 PM   #5
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you get 100 in first? stock gearing my 10 can.
In theory yes, but I haven't tested it.
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Old 03-18-2009, 10:42 PM   #6
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I do it every once in a while wen Im not paying attention to my shifts. Sometimes I think Im in 6th and its just to check, most of the time I just forget how many times Ive shifted.
I do it all the time just to make sure I am all the way up.

Plus...I am SOOOOO bad at remembering what gear I am in.
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Old 03-18-2009, 10:47 PM   #7
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In theory yes, but I haven't tested it.
theory isn't reliable in the real world.

ask any EE if you can jump a bike with a car battery, in theory it works, in practice I have seen electronics fried.
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:09 PM   #8
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theory isn't reliable in the real world.

ask any EE if you can jump a bike with a car battery, in theory it works, in practice I have seen electronics fried.
Well unlike you flatland folks in Kansas and Oklahoma, I don't have much room to find out. Our roads actually turn here. And we like it.
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Old 03-18-2009, 11:12 PM   #9
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I ride a Ninja 250... I don't think I've ever been anywhere when I haven't tried for 7th...
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Old 03-19-2009, 12:13 AM   #10
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Well unlike you flatland folks in Kansas and Oklahoma, I don't have much room to find out. Our roads actually turn here. And we like it.
yeah, yeah, yeah, I used to live in SW MO. I know what twisties are.
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