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Originally Posted by Boatguy
While we are on this topic, What does everyone think about running continuously at like 7200 RPM? Early grave also?
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I do it all the time on my Hawk, did it on the last one. The piston acceleration at those RPM's with such a small stroke is well within safe limits. As long as the fueling is dialed in and not too lean, you could run all day without much issue. Even if it may cause an "early grave" you would be looking at a new top end, which is just a couple hundred bucks and can be done in a few hours. Thousands of miles with no issue to report so far though, and I am far from the only one. Patrick Choi did a huge tour of the US on a Hawk, mostly highway for several weeks and several thousand miles with no trouble whatsoever.