13-02-15, 09:42 PM
Good evening Foccers!
just wanted to pick the brains of you gents. My Thou is still on its original chain and sprockets, and although its only done 10k miles, its also now 10 years old, and so has some surface rust and has generally seen better days. So I want to get it changed in the next few weeks before dragging the bike out and readying it for the coming season (I've also got new tyres to go on so the wheel will be off anyway).
I was thinking of either dropping a tooth on the front, or maybe going up 1/2 teeth on the back. Although I do the odd days commuting in nice weather, most of my riding involves weekend and evening blasts up the loch side (A and B roads), and so economy is not really a factor (nor is going over about 100mph at any point). Is this a wise move - altering the amount of teeth? has anyone does either of these tweaks and what sort of change is it in real world terms? I did have a look on gearcommander, and so know what sort of "on-paper" change it shows.
I would only be doing either or I think - I dont think I would want to go as extreme as dropping a tooth at the front AND going up 1 or 2 at the rear.
Finally, can anyone recomment a good chain? I fancy a gold one like I put on my old 600 fazer, as I think they look nicer :o :rolleyes .
Thanks as always
just wanted to pick the brains of you gents. My Thou is still on its original chain and sprockets, and although its only done 10k miles, its also now 10 years old, and so has some surface rust and has generally seen better days. So I want to get it changed in the next few weeks before dragging the bike out and readying it for the coming season (I've also got new tyres to go on so the wheel will be off anyway).
I was thinking of either dropping a tooth on the front, or maybe going up 1/2 teeth on the back. Although I do the odd days commuting in nice weather, most of my riding involves weekend and evening blasts up the loch side (A and B roads), and so economy is not really a factor (nor is going over about 100mph at any point). Is this a wise move - altering the amount of teeth? has anyone does either of these tweaks and what sort of change is it in real world terms? I did have a look on gearcommander, and so know what sort of "on-paper" change it shows.
I would only be doing either or I think - I dont think I would want to go as extreme as dropping a tooth at the front AND going up 1 or 2 at the rear.
Finally, can anyone recomment a good chain? I fancy a gold one like I put on my old 600 fazer, as I think they look nicer :o :rolleyes .
Thanks as always