OH ok. Yeah, mine only shifts up to 5th gear. I appreciate you taking the time to write me. Thanks a lot.
Safe Journeys brotha -Sky On Monday, December 29, 2014 12:54:58 PM UTC-8, Kyle Munz wrote: > > Those are two different things. Honda's marketing department absolutely > loves to brag about *OverDrive* so if the bike actually had it they would > have that plastered all over the materials. On the Nighthawks with > overdrive it's just a 6th gear, you shift into it like any other gear. On > some vehicles (mostly cars) overdrive is an electrically or hydraulically > actuated extra gear, usually at the tail of the transmission or buried in a > transaxle, that you select once you're up to cruising speeds to lower your > RPMs and save gas. In the 90s it was a big deal for automatics to have a > separate Drive and OverDrive selections on the shifter. However a lot of > consumers thought the OD meant more power rather than better efficiency so > that went away. Wikipedia has more info: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdrive_%28mechanics%29 > > > -Kyle > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Skyler Goldstein <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I can't find the exact site that read "5-Speed + Overdrive" But this site >> says "5-Speed + 'O-ring-sealed chain as the Final Drive'" >> >> http://www.jwcycles.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?veh=40301&CatDesc=&=#detail >> >> -Sky >> >> On Monday, December 29, 2014 12:22:31 PM UTC-8, Kyle Munz wrote: >>> >>> Over Drive simply means that the gearing is tall enough that the rear >>> wheel is spinning more revolutions than the engine. This saves gas but can >>> cut down on responsiveness when twisting the throttle. I thought the CB250 >>> was a 5 speed though. >>> >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Skyler Goldstein <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Can someone please explain the 6th gear (Over Drive). This is my >>>> first year riding, and I own the Honda Nighthawk 250. >>>> Appreciate a short, clean answer. Thank you >>>> -Sky >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
