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Stock XJ650 Maxim - How fast can it go?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by mikegustus, Aug 13, 2009.

  1. mikegustus

    mikegustus Member

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    Yesterday I jumped on the freeway, and got up to about 70mph and it seemed like that was about as fast as I could go without pushing the RPMs up really high.

    I have no tach, so I don't know what the RPM's were but at 70, it sounded very high, almost like I should have a higher gear if I needed to go faster, especially if I was going to go any kind of distance.


    Does this seem right?
     
    mikegustus, Aug 13, 2009
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    Top speed is 122mph. Dont be afraid to push the rpm's. These bikes dont redline until 9.5 rpm. Just make sure you are in 5th gear by counting the gears.
     
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    70mph should be around 6000-7000 rpm. I've had mine to 110 mph that was pushing it hard.
     
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    Yeah... it like rpms... give it more!

    You will accelerate a hell of a lot better if you keep the RPM's up while you're bouncing through the gears too.

    I would now, at the risk of being flogged, like to point out that the Max does 70 in second gear :)
     
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    I seem to recall that one of the criticisms of the XJ650 when the were released is that they were a bit flat at low revs and needed higher revs - then there was plenty of ooomph!
     
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