Topic: Bumped neutral, should I be concerned? '77 550

[Sporkfly]

Hey guys,

I didn't shift quite hard enough from 1st to 2nd this morning, hit neutral and revved the engine pretty high. I hit between 8-9000 rpm with no load on the engine. Between my reading here and the service bulletins I know that is possibly detrimental down the line.

Should I be concerned? Any precautions I should take to prevent throwing a rod through my cases later on?

Thanks for any input, I'm looking at you TT and Hondaman

[mlinder]

8 grand for a short period of time with no load is prolly not an issue.

[BobbyR]

Yeah, you probably caused some unnecessary wear that will give you some trouble in 20-25 years.

[Hush]

You may now have to move house, surely your neighbours wont put up with that sort of racket for long!
Seriously dude, we all do this from time to time weather through not enough boot applied or slight wear in the shifting mechanism so don't sweat the small stuff all right.....

[bender01]

Only 9k??

[Gordon]

Only 9k??

Exactly.  8-9K is nothing. 

[wardenerd]

it seems like i do that everytime i ride.  77 550 also

[fasturd]

LOL I have PEGGED the tach many times. Everytime, I say a little thank you to Mr.Honda! Not saying you should sit there at a light doing it but in the heat of battle @$&# happens. I wouldn't worry about it. Even if something bad happened what are you going to do? Take the engine apart for a pre-emptive rebuild?
Probably just cleaned out a bit of carbon.

Good luck!

Bill