Do any of you forget to shift into 5th gear at times on the highway?

[cusso ken]

A five speed Rocket gear box is not that difficult to keep track of which gear you are in, you should have a go at a Eaton Fuller 18 speed (Road Ranger) Gearbox I never went for an imaginary 19th gear grossing 40Tonnes crawling up Queensland's Toowoomba Range working on a 500 rev Torque band,it was always a sigh of relief to see the Mobil servo at the top

 

[BigKel]

Yep Shane's my neighbor, hes still there. His bro lives down the road too and drives a cool blown Dodge RT challenger.

Shane's doing it a bit tough life-wise. No job, wife and kids left etc etc but he seems pretty cheery overall don't really see him round to often as he's out and about.

I will send you a PM with my email addy if you can give it to him for me

 

[Porky]

I like Cheeseburgers

Sam

 

[Fingers]

Çusso Ken how about keeping track in an old quad box

 

[cusso ken]

Çusso Ken how about keeping track in an old quad box

My first "big" truck was a International Loadstar with a GM 671 and 5speed main box and 3 speed Joey box twin stick shifting was a bit of an art in itself,I leaned to twin stick shift on a B61 Mack with a quad box double declutching every change, I have driven with Spicers and Roadrangers ,but IMHO the Mack 10 speed is the easiest to use 5 low and 5 high with a flip change up or down, because of the massive torque of the thermo and Maxidyne engines you didn't need so many gears ,a bit like the rocket I reckon

 

[mcather]

After the retune, sometimes I skip 4th gear.

 

[Bedifferent]

Been there and done that when I first got the bike. Now with ATRE-pro gear indicator, not so much.

 

[Lickety Split]

No

 

[S.C. Trike Rider]

I rode the ROCKET this morning on my usual Breakfast ride and put 186 miles round trip on her, after consuming enough high calorie stuff at the Buffet to kill the average man!

I rode from Carthage, Missouri to Marionville to Crain and skirted the western edge of Branson, then went west into the Mark Twain National forest and past Roaring river state park, through Cassville and north back to home base.

it started out at 75 degrees and with the Humidity it actually felt cool, however it was 90 when I got home with a 100 degree heat index.

I noticed today that there were long stretches of highway where I was cruising along at 55-65 mph and I glanced down at the gear indicator gage and I'd been in 4th gear for quite a few miles. This sure isn't the first time I've done this of course but it seemed like today, I did it a lot. I guess big bikes don't easily give away the fact that they are in a lower gear, since the rpm's are so low anyway.

How about you? Does it happen to you?

Sam

I have done that. I have 2014 touring trike and done have a tack or shift gage so yes it happens no and then 55 to 65 in fourth doesn't seem to be a problem

 

[barbagris]

My bike has also seen that speed, but it was in 5th gear, and on PowerTripp's dyno.

We can get the curry burner to go as fast - it may dent a bit when it hits the ground from 5 miles up though.