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What is the red line on ' 05 M620? When does the rev limiter kick in? Are they the same? It's all stock by the way.

I think the rev limiter should kick in around 9K.

Why don't you wind it up and let us know? [evil] ;D

I did that on my last bike and it scared me to death.

Don't be afraid... ;)

How high have you revved the 620?

The small bore Ducs respond well to revs.

Just over 8000. Seemed to still be pulling strong.

Keep twisting! [evil]

just make sure there's not a brick wall in front of you or a car steaming up behind you at 150 mph. I hit the z-z-z-z-zone at about 9k as dp said.

It's in the manual, you know.

No one reads that shit ya know. ;)

it was 8700 rpm on my 03 620 (ok, somewhere right in the middle between 8500-9000).

you couldn't miss it...

Yes. I absolutely do know that.

I actually read the manual (crazy, huh?). It said 7000 should not be exceeded. I know that's not right. Why don't they just put a 'red line' onn the tach? Novel idea.

i think on my 05 it kicks in around 10g i usually shift round 9 its obvous when it kicks in its dead in the water and the guy on the bike behind me gets around and i yell damn it [bang].  is it race season again yet[bacon]

Because a redline infers disaster if you cross the line.

You can't hurt your 620 by revving. The crank is plenty strong enough to handle anything you can dish out and the Desmo valve system eliminates valve float.

A 620 doesn't even come alive until 6K so a 7K limit is ridiculous.

Wind that little girl up tight and have fun...you'll know when you hit the limiter.

I looked at my soft copy of the '05 620 OM, and indeed it does not have the max rpm.
The 7000 rpm limit is for the last part of the break-in.
Going back to the '03 manual will net you an official max rpm of 10k.
Manual states peak power rpm is 9500.

Power curves for 620 Sport here:
http://www.bikeboy.org/620sport.html (http://www.bikeboy.org/620sport.html)

In that era, Ducati used the same instrument cluster across at least 3 different displacement Monsters, so a 'red line' on the tach wasn't appropriate.

You can apply your own red line if you so desire, I think the '05 gauges will allow you to remove the bezels.

huh,....i remember the limiter kicking in before 9k.

The Rev limiter on my 03 620 kicks in a little bit over 10,000.

on my 03 620 the fuel cut off comes in around 9500 or so but basically when you are riding it, the peak is something like 8500 or something for the hp anymore than that you can actually feel that the bike isn't giving you anything more than that.

really after 8k on mine at least it doesn't feel like you are getting much more hp out of the bike it sounds cool, but by that point when it goes to 8k i'm shifting and then by the time i do its probably around 8.4 or so.