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Old 02-05-2010, 04:34 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Adam
This sounds good in theory, but if you shift at 2,500 rpm then you are putting the engine in a very low rpm range essentially lugging the engine some which is a no no. The rpm difference between 1st and 2nd gear is about 2,000 rpm so shifting from 1st gear to 2nd gear at 2,500 rpm would drop the revs to aprox 500 rpm.
If you're going easy on the throttle (as you should be during warm up), it is not lugging.

Shifting at 2,500/15 mph in 1st does not drop the revs to 500 rpm in 2nd. It drops them to around 1,500 in 2nd, and that's fine.
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