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I have a 1980 GS850. If I'm traveling down the highway at 70 I'm turning a lot of rpm. Like 5750 is there anything I can do. It's shaft drive. Different gear in rear end anything like that thanks
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No gear change possible, other than larger rim, if they made a larger one for a shaftie. I think that's about what my 650g does at 70mph.sigpic
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Unless you have a lot of vibration don't worry about the rpm. The bike is designed to run that way.'83 GS650G
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Yeah, that's pretty close, don't worry about it.
My wife shot this over my shoulder on my 850 a couple of summers ago:
By the way, your speedo will be most accurate if you use a 100/90-19 tire.
At an indicated 70 mph, my GPS will show 68 or 69.
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#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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