Thread: Downshifting
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Old March 18th, 2012, 12:50 PM   #10
tac12345
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Name: Alexandre
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Originally Posted by akshay11 View Post
Taking a look at the manual I just found a chart for downshifting and recommended speed.. good guide to follow?
6->5th at 19mph
5->4 at 15
4->3 at 12
3->2 at 9
2->1 at 9

These seem really low? Is the chart useful?
unless you ride like grandma, i would say no. i'm not too familiar with mph, but slowing under 55 i would already be in 5. under 45, in 4, etc... but i don't know how is the 650, and again, i'm not familiar with mph.
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