For most street riding, I seem to be in 4th gear, I know the bike generally needs to be reved but I have found sometimes at low or mid revs flat spots happen, anybody else.
Mine pulls away from as low as 5-6000, **** stong from 7-10,500 then slightly tapers off.
goes a little flat from 11500-12,2250 but hopefully a Full system and fuel controller will tidy that up.
R3 s are rev Monsters, so keep your rpms up (After Yamaha approved break in, of course.). Ravens mechanic told me to keep her between 8 & 13k rpms. Ravens pushing 35,000mi these days, and shes an absolute Sweetheart! He said she doesnt even begin to make real power until around 9k rpms!!
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