Gearing

i keep hearing about everyone changing the gearing for wheelies and such but has anyone on here done the oposite im thinkin +1 -2or3. how much accelaration am i gonna lose with that?

Enough you probably wont like it. Unless you're doing an Iron Butt Rally, it doesnt seem necissary.

here's my take on gearing.

what are you going to do with the bike? stunt ie. wheelie? drag? canyon carving? street race? something totally off the wall?

one needs to know how their bike is going to be used from day to day? if it is commuting, then don't bother changing gearing. it's more or less optimal for day in day out riding.

now, if one is drag racing or stunting, then more acceleration is required, change the rear to more teeth, more than 3 to start making a difference.

if outright speed is the game, then change down more teeth, smaller rear.

in either case, you will lose top end or bottem end. just depends on what the game is.

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here's my take on gearing.

what are you going to do with the bike? stunt ie. wheelie? drag? canyon carving? street race? something totally off the wall?

one needs to know how their bike is going to be used from day to day? if it is commuting, then don't bother changing gearing. it's more or less optimal for day in day out riding.

now, if one is drag racing or stunting, then more acceleration is required, change the rear to more teeth, more than 3 to start making a difference.

if outright speed is the game, then change down more teeth, smaller rear.

in either case, you will lose top end or bottem end. just depends on what the game is.

+1
but for stunt go really huge on the rear, like more than 50 tooth, I've seen some 70 tooth stunt gears.

www.sumofallparts.net has a nice 530 chain/gearing conversion for the Cane' and it seems to be really pimp. I've been thinking about doing this upgrade but I ride my cane to work every day(weather permitting), and drag race on the weekends(and sometimes the street). They also can do custom gearing and coating for the sprockets.

Before spending $50.00 on a rear sprocket, try this first.

It's a 14 tooth counter shaft sprocket for the 600 Hurricane.

$15.00 on ebay.

I put one on my cane and it helped a bunch with the low end, cheep easy mod.

I paid for it on Monday and it was at my house on Thursday.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-CBR600-CBR-600-14-Tooth-More-Power-Front-Sprocket_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35600QQihZ010QQitemZ200043122266QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

i dont see to much stunting going on with me or my bike so im not worried about getting the front comming up. im gonna be doing alot of highway riding and im gonna have some long clear roads and im about going fast top end.

them just go with a smaller rear or front and that will give u more top end but stock it will run like a bat out of hell have u reved it out yet like gone as fast as the bike will let u go?

once or twice but not for long cops around here are harsh.

Hey Junior hows the valves coming? What speed did ya top it out at? and Somebody get me to go to sleep please!

been busy, havnt had a chance to mess with it. as for topping out it was just under 145 by the speedo, it still had a little more but i didnt want to press my luck just yet. i still gotta get some tires with tread and a new chain. fastest ive been on 2 wheels so far. suprisingly smooth at least more so than i thought it would be.

this bike is going to be smooth so long as the suspension is in good shape. the steering angle on this bike is very neutral, whereas newer bikes are steeper to allow quicker turn in. unfortunately that causes the front end to get sketchy at high speeds hence the need for a steering damper. almost all the fast repli-racers have one to dampen out the harmonics due to the steering angle.