BlindLOKI
4/12/2005 10:38:29 AM
Hey guys, hows it goin. Im looking to take my "geared up" bike a step back to normal, as it is way too busy for the highway commuting I sometimes do. Now... supposedly, the guy who had it before me went 1 down in the front and 2 up in the back, but I dont believe him.
Redlyner, certainly not to disrespect you, (99.9% of the time you are deadly accurate), but I found 2 sites that say something other than what you suggested was stock sprockets at: "17 front and 45 rear"
http://www.sportsbikeworld.co.uk/race-team/bike-profiles/bike-profiles.htm here, they say stock is 16 and 42.. certainly that cant be right...?? (its towards bottom of page, after you hit the 600 rr bike :P I know I know, the top bike is a zx7 :P)
then another site listed stock sizing for 600 rr as 16 and 43.... im so confused right now, im about ready to shit a brick and stick w/ the gearing i have now... despite the fact that its wearing out my engine (4th gear to keep the engin rev's under 5 grand at 25 mph! come on!)
now... if i were one to do wheelies 24/7, i might deal with it... but I am a "squid" on the street game, and would like to learn a bit before I trash this thing... well... at least get it paid off first ;)
thanks for any help, and the suggestion/complete how to redlyner, very helpful,
Chris
gdharp600
4/12/2005 4:56:32 PM
According to the 2004 CBR600 RR owners manual the stock gearing is Engine sprocket is 16 teeth and Rear wheel sprocket is 43 teeth. Hope this helps
BlindLOKI
4/13/2005 12:55:30 PM
thanks gdharp, your a great help
I just thought it would be hard to go down 1 in the front from stock and keep the rear normal, when i dont know what stock really is hahahaha.
im still debating though, should I go down one in front, or go stock both ways? ive never ridden a stock cbr600 RR, so i dont know exactly what it does at highway speeds and all. I dont want to go down 1 in front to find out its still waaayyy tooo busy.
thanks again gd,
Chris
gdharp600
4/13/2005 10:01:45 PM
I know at 65MPH on stock sprokets its running a low 6K RPM
sirlimpzalot
4/14/2005 12:51:06 AM
I too thought a stock CBR600RR is a bit busy on the freeway, I cannot imagine it with LOWER gearing!!!
gdharp600
4/14/2005 12:26:28 PM
6,000 RPM is not a real lot of rev if you think about it. The bike has a 15K RED line with peak HP maxing out at 13.7K RPM 6K is just a drop in the bucket I tend to run low gear in traffic about 6 to 7K RPM so people hear me untill I get my slip on
