What exactly does the redline on the rpm meter signify?What does it mean?If a bike isin redline,what happens?

Question

What will happen if I take my motorcycle into the redline? What does it mean? is redline the best time to change gears during a race?

Answer 1

Redline indicates the point at which the motors internal parts are moving at their maximum speed to still operate effectively. Going into red not only puts unnecessary stress on the motor,but usually causes a "Loss" of power. As far as shifting, get to know your bike,if red line is where your power peaks then shift there. Some bikes power band peaks before red line.

Answer 2

Redline is the rpm limit the manufacturer has decided on for a specific engine. Above redline, the engine will be in a situation where the pistons, valves, etc. may not be able to handle the stress of the rpms.

Valves are usually the victims of over revving because they can get hit by a piston if they can't move up and down fast enough to keep up with the rpms. In more extreme cases, a connecting rod for a piston can break under the imposing forces, often blowing a hole through the engine block.

All modern cars (and most bikes) that I know of have rev limiters to keep the engine from going very far into redline if at all. Contray to popular belief, going to redline every now and then is not going to hurt the engine as long as the engine is properly maintained.

On the other hand, you should avoid hitting the rev limiter. Hitting the rev limiter is a very stressful act on the engine.

In most cases, power drop off at high rpms will put your optimum shift points at or below redline (big gaps between gears cause exceptions). Racing engines are not designed to last a long time like street engines, so they trade long-term reliabilty for higher redlines in order to gain the ability to hold a gear longer.

Answer 3

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What exactly does the redline on the rpm meter signify?What does it mean?If a bike isin redline,what happens?
What will happen if I take my motorcycle into the redline? What does it mean? is redline the best time to change gears during a race?

Answer 4

Going to redlne on your bike will not hurt it. Todays bikes are designed to be run to redline. It is the maximum engine speed the manufacturer has set for the engine you have a rev limiter that will keep you from doing any damage. most bikes make their peak power before redline so shift when you bike stops pulling the hardest. The reason they are like this is so you can hold a gear in a corner without shifting or bumping the rev. limiter. Go to any sportbike race and you will hear almost all of them hitting the rev. limiter. On the back strech at road atl. you can hear spies and mladin hitting it from just before the kink and all the way through it.

Answer 5

Redline Definition

Answer 6

Redline Motorcycle

Answer 7

The redline is the engines maximum safe rpm and rpm's higher than that will cause damage to the engine...During a race one would want to shift when the rpm's are just past the engine's peak power so that it will be at peak power again in the next gear, this is usually at or near the redline...

Answer 8

at redline the computer will not let the certain cylinders fire so as to keep the rpms from climbing yet higher.
you havent reached redline? too bad. i've seen modern sportbikes stay at 16,000 rpms for about an hour straight.

this is what hitting the redline and the rev limiter kicking in sounds like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iIf7rddlkc
about 36 seconds into it you can hear the limiter kick in.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

This means that you're reaching the maximum RPM range for your engine. This is hard on the engine and if you want to have a racing bike, this is what it's for. But you'll trash your engine for sure if you do this often enough.