Susan
That Romance Author Lady
I agree.
Doesn't matter what gear you are in anyways.
As far as people trying to shift into 7th gear??
Are you going 130 mph+? I don't see why you would be trying to shift upwards anyways unless you were going over that speed, you RPMs would be too low to warrant shifting upwards(on stock gearing).
I can think of a reason: gasoline isn't cheap.
At 100km/hr in 6th, I'm running at around 5000 RPM (stock), which is OK. (It is, right?) Not that I would ever ride like a hooooooon... :spank: but theoretically, if I were to be going a wee bit faster than that, I'm sure my frugal nature (and my sad, sad math skills) would make me try to shift up another gear just in case I could squeeze an extra little bit of mileage out of Precious. Unless it's twisties, of course.