14nooby
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posted March 06, 2009 05:00 PM
Just bought my 14 monday
I used to race a ZX6 and would leave at 8k rpm. Whats a good rpm to leave at on my 14?
  
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Bently
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posted March 06, 2009 05:10 PM
It would help to know your weight and year of 14 and mods. but somewhere between 3500 and 4500 works for most.
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eklipse636
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posted March 06, 2009 05:12 PM
If its all stock, especially height, 4000 is a good starting point like fish said
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Bently
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posted March 06, 2009 05:15 PM
Who's fish?
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pazx14rider
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posted March 06, 2009 05:21 PM
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Who's fish?
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NinjaNick
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posted March 06, 2009 06:56 PM
Bently! He just called you a fish man. You going to take that??
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LAB3
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posted March 06, 2009 07:20 PM
fish_antlers is The Big Cheese on Bikeland, your new and most members say Hello I'm new etc. There are some really experienced ZX-14 owners here and most do Drag Race.
Read and learn :-) I have been riding/Racing bikes for years and I have learned a lot about my 14 here. Welcome and have fun with your 14. Every bike is different and I have asked what seem to be stupid questions but they put up with it, well most of the time.
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Rook
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posted March 06, 2009 07:21 PM
Congrats on the new bike. Welcome to the forum.
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dubious
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posted March 06, 2009 07:38 PM
 Edited By: dubious on 7 Mar 2009 03:38
Congratulations!
depending on your weight, tire pressure, traction, wheelbase, and if you have it lowered...
3500- 5500 rpm
if its a 2006 pull the fly's.... hell I would on any of them...
the bike has mongo torque with the fly's out and you'll find a sweet spot where you can throw the clutch out and twist and it will torque through the rpm much more efficient than most could everdream of slipping a clutch...
Forget everything you learned about shift points and launch rpm on that 600,
the 14 has massive midrange which is awesome and controlable for the corners too...
Rarely did I ever hit a curve leaned over, above 7000 rpm.... no need .
Unless I am drag racing, Let the the thing pull, thats the forte of the 14.
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Rook
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posted March 06, 2009 08:18 PM
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if its a 2006 pull the fly's.... hell I would on any of them...
the bike has mongo torque with the fly's out and you'll find a sweet spot where you can throw the clutch out and twist and it will torque through the rpm much more efficient than most could everdream of slipping a clutch...
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If it's a G2 you got, might as well pull 'em when you get a chance. There is a slight improvement for street riding. I can definitely still feel the full torque hit at ~3000 rpm even with the flies out. I imagine the stock map is leaned down a bit below 3000rpm so I'm not getting as much fuel as I need to match the flies flies out throttling way down low. Still plenty.......but plenty is never enough as long as there's more to be had.
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Bently
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posted March 06, 2009 09:36 PM
Lab 3 I know who fish is but when eklispe said what fish said, fish had not replyed to this thread.
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NinjaNick
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posted March 07, 2009 06:24 AM
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Lab 3 I know who fish is but when eklispe said what fish said, fish had not replyed to this thread.
Which is why I decided to entertain myself with lame humor and posted what I posted. 
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Bently
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posted March 07, 2009 06:53 AM
I know and I wonder what kind of fish he thinks I am? LOL
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LAB3
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posted March 07, 2009 06:56 AM
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Lab 3 I know who fish is but when eklispe said what fish said, fish had not replyed to this thread.
It was for the new member not you.. :-)
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Bently
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posted March 07, 2009 08:35 AM
he asked what rpm to leave at, not who fish was.
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Bad in Black
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posted March 08, 2009 05:37 AM
This threads starting to smell like fish 
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