Honda XR400 Manual page 31

Basic Operation
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Changing down the gears
Changing down gears provides greater
acceleration in situation such as overtaking.
Avoid changing down at high speed, which
can damage both the engine and the
transmission by running the engine at
excessively high rpm.
The table shows the maximum speed for
each shift down.
th th
5 - 4
th rd
– 3
4
rd nd
– 2
3
nd st
– 1
2
30
Maximum Speed
95 km/h
75 km/h
50 km/h
35 km/h