Do our bikes even have rev limiters? I'm pretty certain the 80s bikes don't.
-Kyle On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]>wrote: > Porsche and VW used rev limiters when I worked on them and the engines > never shut down when they reached the > high RPM > limit. The engine just stumbled, the car sort of hesitated and did an > oscillation between accelerating and decelerating, and would go no faster. > There may be another problem, but I am not that familiar with such on > Hondas, either cars or bikes. > Sometimes the rev limiters would cut out at an extremely low RPM but then > they were actuated by centrifugal force against a spring and grounded out > the spark so it didn't reach the cylinders. > Bottom line? It didn't pay to purchase a cheap aftermarket produced rev > limiting rotor when it was time to replace the current one... > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* surfswab <[email protected]> > *To:* Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Mon, March 14, 2011 6:59:42 AM > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: worried about cut out > > Sounds like you hit the rev limiter. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > Porsche > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
