R56 I've decided: 5th gear is superfluous in the R56 Cooper S
07-16-2008, 01:51 PM
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Accelerating onto the highway, it's usually 1st, 2nd, 4th, & 6th. I do downshift to 5th when approaching a turnoff.
07-16-2008, 03:22 PM
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ski-doug
Guys stop complaining, I drove a Ducati 999R and it did 82mph in 1st and 115 in 2nd. I couldn't figure out what the other 4 gears were for.
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I rarely use the top gears on my aprilia. You should try lowering your final drive ratio...makes the lower speed stuff even more fun!
07-16-2008, 05:29 PM
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On the track I hit the rev limiter in 4th at 115 so need 5th
07-06-2011, 09:48 AM
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Mach V Dan
I've been noticing that I never, ever use fifth gear. I think it's useless. What's it good for? ...
I was wonder if I was alone in rarely using 5th in my Justa.
About the only time I use 5th is downshifting from 6th to pass at highway speeds ... 55mph+.
07-06-2011, 11:58 AM
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I'd like for 5th to get the gear ratio that 6th has now, and make 6th at a "super economy" overdrive. The "S" engine seems to have plenty of guts to make that work.
07-06-2011, 12:25 PM
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My non geared stock ratio zx-10r race bike runs 110pmh in first, gps rate 106
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my geared one runs 78 gps verified
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NSX JR
+1
I rarely use the top gears on my aprilia. You should try lowering your final drive ratio...makes the lower speed stuff even more fun!
07-06-2011, 12:34 PM
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Holy old posts Batman!
I guess old posts are better than all the spam that hit this forum recently. boo!
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