03-09-14, 08:53 PM
All done at last Hoorah 
. Now 16 tooth front and 46 tooth rear. Taken it out for a couple of spins today and here is what I have found:
At low speed the engine is less stressed so less cog swapping needed.
At medium speed not much change as the bike is fick as quck anyway.
At high speed the improvement in overtaking grunt is very noticable (big grin).
There are only two minor downsides:
I found myself looking for another gear once, only once mind.
I will have to get used to the fact that the speedo is now wrong.
All in all an excellent mod IMHO well worth it. And I have a nice gold coloured Renthal sprocket too
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BTW For anyone else thinking of changing the gearing the chain length was ok but would not allow a third tooth added (I presume mine is standard length).
. Now 16 tooth front and 46 tooth rear. Taken it out for a couple of spins today and here is what I have found:At low speed the engine is less stressed so less cog swapping needed.
At medium speed not much change as the bike is fick as quck anyway.
At high speed the improvement in overtaking grunt is very noticable (big grin).
There are only two minor downsides:
I found myself looking for another gear once, only once mind.
I will have to get used to the fact that the speedo is now wrong.
All in all an excellent mod IMHO well worth it. And I have a nice gold coloured Renthal sprocket too
.BTW For anyone else thinking of changing the gearing the chain length was ok but would not allow a third tooth added (I presume mine is standard length).