No...it's called stupidity.
revving an engine when it is NOT under load like that is how you spin a bearing.
Most of the vid's on YouTube....the guys are revving them like that...when all I want to hear is it at idle.
~Joe
Joe, if you were 25 years older and been around at the time you would know different.
These motors were meant to work that way and the word idle didn't exsist.
On todays video footage you only get to see what the person who took it wants you to see.
If you see a six being held at a very fast idle (around 12k) soon after fireing it's because the motor has been warmed earlier.
All the old GP motors were filled with pre warmed to opperating temprature oil.
The twins up to RC145 were warmed at a much more sedate pace between 7 and 9k rpm due to them having flywheels.
The 125 fives were warmed up between 18 and 20k rpm at break neck pace, if the motor dropped below 15.5k when cold it would oil plugs and die. Similaly, the six was warmed between 16 and 17.5k rpm, death coming on around 14.5k rpm.
When fully up to temprature, all the bikes would run well under their respective power bands but sounded like $hit.
Listen to the bike ridden by Jim Redman at Mallory Park, at those revs a road going CB400 four would give it a run.
Listen to the last bike in this video, this six is only running on five cylinders, still sounds good though.
Sam.
