How bad wasthe cut,start,cut,start? I used to have a Ninja 1000 and when I hit the rev limiter on that thing it almost felt like I was goin to be tossed off the beast. I still haven't hit the limiter on my Eiger and thats why I wonder if its defective or something.

 

it just cuts in and out... buzz..buzz...buzz

The Eiger isn't accelerating like the Ninja when it hits...


I've hit my GL1800 Yellow Gold Wing a few times. It only has a 6K red line, but oodules of torque.

 

Late reply...

CDI stands for Capacitive Discharge Ignition. In a solid state ignition, where's the capacitive part? There's no condensor (capacitor), so why is it still called CDI? Why not just solid state ignition?

Anyway, yes, it SMOKES to top speed, but feels limited by something. I raced my friend (he's a small guy, maybe 135 lbs) on his newer YZ180 (yz?) and I was just ever slightly faster. For a bike that is that light, and being a 2 stroke, I didn't feel too bad about it. Once I figure out whether it's the intake or exhaust (my suspected limitations) then I'm looking at maybe a few hundred more RPM, and couple of MPH. But, the engine is SCREAMING at 55mph, so I'm not sure how much more I'm realistically going to get.

this seems to be a good place to learn about the history of CDI.

http://www.vw-resource.com/cdi.html

 

i tell you what, unless im racing 55 is as fast as i want to go on a utility

 

I agree with that. 55 does seem pretty damn fast on a quad.
BUT, it's not always about top speed. Even if your quad DOES go 75mph, it doesn't mean you have to go that fast. The power you need to go that fast is useful at slow speeds for spinning bigger tires in mud, for climbing steep hills in anything higher than 2nd gear, for pulling the fronts up to negotiate an obstacle, etc... Just because it CAN go fast, doesn't mean you have to. My jeep probably would have gone 85, but it would have been totally out of control. The power to go that fast was nice though, in the mud, at the dunes, and when I wanted to roost my friends.

 

mine is a 5 speed an it will also do about 52-54