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One thing to remember is that spinning up the stock flywheel is like accelerating a 150-200lb mass in 1st gear, and that adds up! So shift out of 1st earlier if you can so the drop in rpm doesn't represent as much lost energy. In the rest of the gears I push the engine to 2500-3000 depending on situation.
@PaleMelanesian, Honda's "poorly chosen gearing" is still a lot better than Toyota's poorly chosen gearing. 2200rpm is 40mph flat for me :P I think I say this every time though lol, and how you get such good mpg with the 5 speed transmission that the penny pinchers at Honda gave you is beyond impressive.
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