when i watch videos of sport bikes accelerating hard, with the camera

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wheatthins

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pointing at the rpms, they let it? rev until right before red lining. if i want to accelerate very fast, should i do that? i normally shift around 6000 rpm. my bike red lines at 9000, and it goes up to 12000. kawasaki 550 ltd. 1982. is it bad for the bike?
 
Unless your engine is not being maintained, going to red line is fine. Just because the tach reads up to 12000 doesn't mean it will rev that high, and it would be bad to go that high above red line. I have a small two stroke, and it runs most of the time at 9/10's to red line, and is 20 years old.
 
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