Hi folks,

I recently bought a '96 F3 and while I was going through town, accelerating fairly hard after a red light, it popped out of 2nd and into neutral. Before I knew it it the tach was in the red area (don't think it made it all the way to max though). I closed the throttle immediately of course and the whole thing lasted less than a second. The engine was thoroughly warm when it happened.

Is there any risk of damage? I suppose the red area of the tach is red for a reason..

Thanks!

/Joe

 

Yes its there for a reason, but you should have been stopped from going to high by the rev limiter (I think its set at 15000 RPM?) Ive done it on mine, just after I got it, missed a gear & revved the crap out of it. There have been a few other times when its happened though (accidentally on purpose). When the rev limiter kicks in the bike power falters. Just dont make it a habit.

 

ive done it before too..should be fine just dont keep doin it

 

is tehre any specific reason why this happens?

 

What happens? That you can rev our engine to the moon and it acts like it was made to do it?

There's nothing wrong with bouncing the rev limiter...thus the idea "Rev limiter" ding, here's your sign

It sounds pretty violent because we are all used to hearing engines barelly get over 4k RPM, our bikes on the other hand have pistons smaller than a beer can and can move that light mass very...very fast! There should be no worrys about reving too high, just make sure the engine is at operating temp and don't to it for days at a time.

 

Thanks guys!

But is there a difference between revving to redline in neutral and doing it while the engine is pulling.. Is one thing more "healthy" than the other?

/Joe

 

Should be fine either way just so long as you don't do it for hours. I've done it plenty of times with the clutch pulled, no issues for me...yet