You're right, thanks Kurt
-Kyle On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > Minor quibble point, Kyle, but "overdrive" doesn't refer to the rear wheel > spinning faster than the engine but simply that the transmission output > shaft spins faster than the input shaft. > > Most transmission gears are reduction gears. An overdrive gear (and some > vehicles have several) produces an increase in revolutions through the > transmission, then the final drive (differential in cars, chain/shaft/belt > in bikes) always performs a reduction from transmission to wheel. In the > case of a Nighthawk 650, which has an overdrive 6th, the final drive shaft > still produces a reduction in rotation of almost 4:1 in spinning the wheel. > 4k engine RPM may only produce 1100 rear wheel RPM through that set up. > > Yeah, it's a small point, but I feel it's an important one. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> 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]. >> 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]. > 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]. 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.
