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  1. 03-13-2008, 11:33 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarzanman
    Lol...I'd take that with a grain of salt. Yamaha had issues with their marketing dept claiming a certain redline on the tach which was eventually proven to not be true.

    I like Yamaha (owned two of them), but I would be very wary of any such claims. Even R1's don't go that fast (stock)
    Your talking about the 2006 17,500 tach that only goes to 16,000...that was bad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EJ25RUN
    Your talking about the 2006 17,500 tach that only goes to 16,000...that was bad.
    LOL!! i figured that out when i 1st ran my bike up
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    I drive a low is3 just so it gives me a reason to drive super slow on these rough ga roads.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stay_up
    LOL!! i figured that out when i 1st ran my bike up
    did it actually stop at 16,000 cause i thought you could only tell if you straped it to a dyno.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EJ25RUN
    did it actually stop at 16,000 cause i thought you could only tell if you straped it to a dyno.
    yes the rev limiter hits right around 16k
    I check sluts off my list like a maintnence man
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