Why does my motorcycle Bog down in 6th gear?
1994 CBR 600 F2 (Street Fighter) Just got the bike yesterday on the way home on the interstate, I noticed it wouldnt go over 7k rpm in 6th gear. Every other gear it bounces off the REV limiter. Is it starving for fuel or am I flooding it? I dont know where to start.. Should I start by syncing the carbs or what?
How would you stop a motorcycle at a red light if you were in top gear?
A sport bike will not move forward in 5th gear unless you use tons of throttle and slip the clutch until the bike has reached about 45 to 50 mph. Using your scenario, you are in top gear and light goes red. Pull in the clutch, apply the brakes and start down shifting. Say you have to get on the brakes hard and can't down shift until you are at a stop. Often you will not be able to down shift from say top gear at complete stop. Ease out the throttle just until bike is trying to move forward. Pull in the clutch and down shift. The transmission gears need to "move" to a different position to engage the next gear. Don't blow the stop light. If you are making a right turn on red, come to a complete stop, then make the turn. No need to attract the attention of the police. Also, are you aware a big displacement sport bike is a terrible machine for the beginner? A four cylinder 600 cc sport bike should not be considered for your first bike. See articles below. Good Luck
Why does my car momentarily lose power after shifting gears?
You've asked several questions here...and also given some information that may have an impact on the answers you might get. You mention that the clutch is about to "go". If this is the case, it is typically manifested by "clutch slip" which is when you press the accelerator and the engine speeds up, but the car doesn't go any faster..i.e. the clutch is "slipping" against the flywheel/pressure plate without transferring the increased rpm of the engine to the transmission. If the clutch is indeed slipping, then this phenomenon is most noticeable right after you change gears, because your putting more demands on the engine (i.e. accelerating) and attempting to put more torque from the engine into the transmission (via the clutch) which causes it to slip more than it might in steady-state driving at a constant speed. If you are experiencing a slipping clutch you most likely need to replace it and afterward the car should accelerate smoothly and there will be a synchronicity between engine speed and car speed.Now, if your clutch is NOT slipping and your experiencing a perceived loss of power after shifting gears, it may just be that the engine rpm are dropping off too far before you reengage the clutch and resume acceleration. If this is the case, you may be taking too much time between disengaging the clutch (by pressing the clutch pedal) and re-engaging it (by lifting off the clutch pedal) When shifting gears, the clutch pedal should be pressed and released fairly quickly as part of a smooth, movement synchronized with moving the shift lever from one gear to the next. If you are pausing in the middle of the shift, or taking too long to reengage the clutch, the engine rpm will fall and the engine will be making less power than it was at the higher rpm level it was when you initiated your gear change. The idea is to keep the engine in a range of rpm that produces enough power to smoothly take up the level of acceleration you're trying to achieve while changing up through the gears.
Is it okay to ride my clutch on my motorcycle?
Often when riding my bike downhill, or when gradually slowing down, I will hold in the clutch and let the momentum carry me instead of braking or throttling. Is there anything wrong with riding the clutch like this?
What is overdrive on a motorcycle?
Overdrive is when the output of the transmission is faster than the input. It should only be used when you are driving at a high enough speed that the bike will not bog down when accelerating.
Why does my cbr 600 f3 have no power past 3rd gear and spits and sputters 4th thru 6th?
I would try putting standard jets back in, checking that the float-level/s are within the specified height/s and inspecting the float-needle-valve/s are in good condition and not sticking. If the bike then runs perfectly smooth, try to find out more about these stage-5 jets to see if other modifications/adjustments need to be made for them to function properly if you wish to put them back in. I don't know if stage-5 jets are larger or smaller than standard (probably larger) but the bogging/spitting would most likely be from too weak or too rich (probably too rich to the point of flooding at full-bore) a fuel mixture.