Why are we worried about these charts?!!!!
I've never owned a motorcycle with a tachometer(or at least a working one). I just ride and shift when needed. It's not hard to tell when power flattens from stretching a low gear too far (over-revving
is to motorcycles
as The Law of Diminishing Returns
is to Economics
) or when hanging onto a taller gear too long (or grabbing it too early) makes the motor struggle to chug along, i.e. lugging.
Besides, every bike and every rider is different. I'm 6'3" and weigh 250 lbs (I'm working on that weight now lol). My is mostly stock bike might lug at a specific speed in second gear when I'm on it, but it could chug along fine if my 120 lb wife was riding it at that same speed in the same gear. But what if I'm going up hill, downhill, on a flat or riding at higher elevations? These conditions are constantly changing. Do we need charts for that too?
What we hear, see and feel are what matters most and probably why we all ride in the first place. So what's the point of these charts and why do any of us really care about them?????