while short shifting and reving to the moon from stand still, my warning light came on and i lost power for a brief second. what gives?
Could be the Rev limiter? ..........which breaks off Ignition for a few seconds I believe. "Short Shifting" generally implies shifting before max revs..........so.......I'm not clear on the situation.
Some people mistakenly describe short-shifting as upshifting without using the clutch. Perhaps that's what he means, since he says he was "giving it the business." If that's the case, I reckon he was hitting the rev limiter.
Ok, for everyone's future reference: "Short Shifting" is shifting earlier (lower) in the RPMs than you would normally shift while accelerating. Sometimes it is good to be in the next gear to avoid shifting at an awkward transition. "Speed shifting" or "Power shifting" is jamming the gears with just a blip of the throttle, and is perfectly normal on a dog box transmission like is in most motorcycles.
Thanks for the replies. I was hoping it was the rev limiter and nothing more. Neat feature. Also, you guys are absolutely correct, I was "long shifting", not short shifting
Why wring it out so far, you're well out of the peak torque range by that point anyway, it's not a 2-stroke.
No doubt, a tool move by me. However, last night was my first real deal ride since last year, so I was a bit zealous to say the least Hey, don't get me wrong, the bike has an awesome midrange. Pulls like a tractor in the middle. Just wish it did the same from bottom to mid. So I guess hitting the rev limiter, after exiting the freeway, between a stop sign and third gear is the result of that wish. Will be mindful and careful not to do that again though. Love this bike way too much to dog it out. If time and money allows, will try a tuner this season. Perhaps that'll give me the bottom end that I'm looking for.
Edit: I don't catch the part in your post saying you don't have a tuner yet. All I can say is GET ONE! It will change the bike! Not sure of your set up, but my 09 TE 610 pulls from idle to top very strong. I do have a few mods, like pipe ( X3 ), JD tuner, air box mod (EHS prefilter) and 15/49 gears which makes a big differance, but was good with stock 15/45
It sounds like you know what you are doing Dualie. You'll get it figured out. The 610 just won't explode in revs like a dual cammed/multi cylinder street bike, but it does pretty darn well.... tuned up and running a little racy rich.
I bought the bike in early 2011 from a dealer that had a few brand new 2009's. Changes to the bike so far are: seat concepts, hammerhead shifter, conti SM tires, iridium spark plug, power up mod, oury grips, ballistics lithium battery, auto up kick stand removal (LOL) and a leo V slip on. My gearing is stock. Also removed the heat shields and replaced them with exhaust wrap, cos the rear shield fell off. That's all I've done so far. Well that and oil and oil filter changes of course. So next performance mod would in fact be the JD tuner. Money is tight though, so we'll see. Thanks again. Love discussing this bike.
What size Ballistics battery? Keep us advised on how that works out...........reference starting cold and hot, etc.
I don't have the Ballistic, but I can tell you the 8cell Moty works great! Just a regular start is normal cranking, but I had bad gas and trouble starting and that's when it shines! I think it could have started my truck!
