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Arragonis · 10-04-2013, 01:49 PM

I do this all the time with Hermann but he tends to upshift quickly on a light throttle anyway so it makes maybe 2-300 rpm difference in most gears. He will hold a gear for about 5-10% speed under the up-shift point except on hills when he wants to downshift all the time and I have to prod him back up again.

Possibly going to look at whether the induction system is gummed up, but that is for another thread...

10-04-2013, 01:49 PM	#34 (permalink)
Arragonis The PRC. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 5,304 Thanks: 285 Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts	I do this all the time with Hermann but he tends to upshift quickly on a light throttle anyway so it makes maybe 2-300 rpm difference in most gears. He will hold a gear for about 5-10% speed under the up-shift point except on hills when he wants to downshift all the time and I have to prod him back up again. Possibly going to look at whether the induction system is gummed up, but that is for another thread... __________________ [I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]