Vsouth
Standard Bore
- Joined
- Sep 26, 2007
- Messages
- 6
This is my first post as a new member of the forum, so please bear with me. I purchased a 2007 R3 in July. I have never been able to rev past 5200 rpm's in 5th gear. It goes a little like this. 1st gear 7000 rpm, 2nd gear 7000 rpm, 3rd gear 7000 rpm, 4th gear 6500. Shifting into fifth brings undesirable results. At 6500 in 4th the speedo indicates 132 mph and starts bumping off the limiter. I shift into 5th and I am immediately into another limiter that cuts my speed to an indicated 120 mph. It will slowly climb to an indicated 125-127 mph but is constantly dropping speed when I reach these speeds. Rpm's in 5th never go above 5250. This really sucks as I was expecting 140ish as a top end.
So I searched the forum and found the gear box resistor mod. I quickly went to radio shack and bought my parts. After a quick install I was back on the road to test. Nothing! I checked and double checked my work. It is all good and resistance reads 687 ohms. The bike has the tune it came with. It is the 2007 Rocket III classic tourer. Any help with this frustrating problem is appreciated.
So I searched the forum and found the gear box resistor mod. I quickly went to radio shack and bought my parts. After a quick install I was back on the road to test. Nothing! I checked and double checked my work. It is all good and resistance reads 687 ohms. The bike has the tune it came with. It is the 2007 Rocket III classic tourer. Any help with this frustrating problem is appreciated.