1 K100RS / Reliant Trike - Speed/Revs question. Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:38 pm
FatRakoon
active member
My K100RS is a 1983 Model. It has a Reliant Regal Back axle.
The speedo does not work and so I need to do something there. I have plopped on a pushbike one for now, and its sort of about right-ish.
Now, my thing is, that the Trike does have a Mini Race Exhaust and so it does have a nice lovely howl at low speeds, however, when I do anything over about 40mph, the bike sounds like a demented banshee having an orgasm!
The revs are also seriously high too, suggesting that the gearing is not just a little off, but hugely off, and by some serious margin too!
Som, is a joint question, could I ask... What speed should I be getting and at what revs?
For example in 5th gear, if my ravs are at 4000 then what speed should I be seeing?
I am very much disabled and my rides have been very limited and I have yet to finish off the modifications to make me fully happy with the trike, but I have been out a few times for test runs, and on the expressway, I was running along with the traffic at around 70mph and I was revving in the 6000RPM area and the bike was souning like it was being murdered. It was silky smooth mind you, but hell was it painfully noisy.
Any thoughts?
The speedo does not work and so I need to do something there. I have plopped on a pushbike one for now, and its sort of about right-ish.
Now, my thing is, that the Trike does have a Mini Race Exhaust and so it does have a nice lovely howl at low speeds, however, when I do anything over about 40mph, the bike sounds like a demented banshee having an orgasm!
The revs are also seriously high too, suggesting that the gearing is not just a little off, but hugely off, and by some serious margin too!
Som, is a joint question, could I ask... What speed should I be getting and at what revs?
For example in 5th gear, if my ravs are at 4000 then what speed should I be seeing?
I am very much disabled and my rides have been very limited and I have yet to finish off the modifications to make me fully happy with the trike, but I have been out a few times for test runs, and on the expressway, I was running along with the traffic at around 70mph and I was revving in the 6000RPM area and the bike was souning like it was being murdered. It was silky smooth mind you, but hell was it painfully noisy.
Any thoughts?