15 / 48 Gearing
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:52 am
Don't do it ! It's shite !!
Have bundles of front n rear sprockets for the bike but have never gotten around to experimenting with them until today !
With this set up the standard chain is on it's very first adjustment setting so plenty room for stretch
Initially fron cold I felt nothing , all the low down grunt has been lost, as the bike warmed up and I started to thrash it more that went to even lower levels , midrange seems to have a bit more pace about it and the top end is just plain dead !
All in all, it's all show and no go I was expecting arm wrenching wheelie popping take off's but nadda ! What it does do effectively is hit the rev limiter in every single gear with out hesitation , never had it hit the limiter in 6th before.
From an indicated 130MPH in 4th gear on the redline it is now a baw hair above 110 and well into the red in 6th was struggling to show 130 Normally by the time I am at the top of 5th it is already nudging onto 160 and set to go off the clocks on the next gear change so there is an indicated 30+MPH drop in top end performance so this set up is going. going, gone
I have always stuck with factory gearing in the past and when I built the bike 2yrs ago I remember looking at a gearing calculator and running through the combinations I had available, I can't remember why I came to the descion to use the set-up I chose but can now see I done something right
It's not all nightmare though, cruising at 4K in top you can crack it wide open and it's off up to the redline/ rev limiter like a whippet - just the speed isn't there ! I was constantly looking for another gear. In city traffic it's great for punching your way through with out dropping gears.
All in all, utter poo !
I will be going back to 17/43 , never thought the bike was a slouch , totally impressed with the top end , never struggled in the twisties with it.
Personally I feel the bike has more torque, better engine braking & a higher corner speed too with the 17/43. What I have discovered today though is the 17T needs the sprocket cover modified and will explain why some of the race engines I get just have a metal plate on spacers bolted across the holding plate. I had seen flats develope on the outer edges of the chain and was about it , I discovered today that it has been wearing a channel away into the standard sprocket guard so I may further modify before fitting it back on or come up with another solution.
I guess gearing is down to your riding style as to what you get out of it but I canm't see a tooth either way being at all noticeable , it needs to be something extreme like this to show the benifits/faults . My brain tells me it should be effectively getting to 100mph quicker with the 15/48 set up than the 17/43 but it sure as hell doesn't feel it It's like screaming a twostroke up hill to me
I do like the Gold sprocket though, almost perfect for the Ohlins so will invest in a 43T
MM!
Have bundles of front n rear sprockets for the bike but have never gotten around to experimenting with them until today !
With this set up the standard chain is on it's very first adjustment setting so plenty room for stretch
Initially fron cold I felt nothing , all the low down grunt has been lost, as the bike warmed up and I started to thrash it more that went to even lower levels , midrange seems to have a bit more pace about it and the top end is just plain dead !
All in all, it's all show and no go I was expecting arm wrenching wheelie popping take off's but nadda ! What it does do effectively is hit the rev limiter in every single gear with out hesitation , never had it hit the limiter in 6th before.
From an indicated 130MPH in 4th gear on the redline it is now a baw hair above 110 and well into the red in 6th was struggling to show 130 Normally by the time I am at the top of 5th it is already nudging onto 160 and set to go off the clocks on the next gear change so there is an indicated 30+MPH drop in top end performance so this set up is going. going, gone
I have always stuck with factory gearing in the past and when I built the bike 2yrs ago I remember looking at a gearing calculator and running through the combinations I had available, I can't remember why I came to the descion to use the set-up I chose but can now see I done something right
It's not all nightmare though, cruising at 4K in top you can crack it wide open and it's off up to the redline/ rev limiter like a whippet - just the speed isn't there ! I was constantly looking for another gear. In city traffic it's great for punching your way through with out dropping gears.
All in all, utter poo !
I will be going back to 17/43 , never thought the bike was a slouch , totally impressed with the top end , never struggled in the twisties with it.
Personally I feel the bike has more torque, better engine braking & a higher corner speed too with the 17/43. What I have discovered today though is the 17T needs the sprocket cover modified and will explain why some of the race engines I get just have a metal plate on spacers bolted across the holding plate. I had seen flats develope on the outer edges of the chain and was about it , I discovered today that it has been wearing a channel away into the standard sprocket guard so I may further modify before fitting it back on or come up with another solution.
I guess gearing is down to your riding style as to what you get out of it but I canm't see a tooth either way being at all noticeable , it needs to be something extreme like this to show the benifits/faults . My brain tells me it should be effectively getting to 100mph quicker with the 15/48 set up than the 17/43 but it sure as hell doesn't feel it It's like screaming a twostroke up hill to me
I do like the Gold sprocket though, almost perfect for the Ohlins so will invest in a 43T
MM!