- Local time
- Today, 06:49
- Joined
- May 25, 2019
- Messages
- 3,304
- Points
- 422
- Age
- 64
- Location
- Houston
- My Ride
- 2005 Triumph Thruxton 900
- Riding Since
- 2019 licensed about a decade earlier.
During the past year I didn’t venture out much in any capacity. I’ve been riding around my neighborhood, it’s a large neighborhood with many small streets and plenty of stop signs. Most streets are either posted at around 20 mph and a few at 30 mph. In my first year with the Thruxton I put it into 2nd even in the 20 mph streets. I read some and listened and realized I may have lugged the engine on occasion. Now in most instances if I don’t go on streets with a 30 mph allowable limit I find myself not getting out of first gear. That’s not all bad, the engine sounds happy enough. I’m getting a lot of practice stopping and starting off from stop signs and making slow turns. I’m inside Houston and since I’m relatively inexperienced I have not ventured into streets with 45mph plus limits. They are usually more congested and with faster inattentive drivers. Anyway my observation, perhaps not a surprise, is that compared to the MSF course motorcycle I learned on the Thruxton wants the rpms to stay up. I remember the MSF course motorcycle managed 3rd gear in the parking lot with no issue. The shift points are definitely higher on the Thruxton. Anyone else do neighborhood riding? There have been days I never got out of first gear. LoL. Not sure that’s good or bad, at least I wasn’t lugging the engine.