15-02-15, 03:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 15-02-15, 03:45 AM by Millietant.)
Changing sprockets has almost zero effect on rear wheel BHP - that's determined by the state of the engine and driveline friction losses - unless your chain is rusted with seized links and your sprocket teeth are hooked.
You can get exactly the same rpm effect (higher revs for a given road speed) by simply riding along in 5th gear, rather than 6th.
I seem pretty much alone on this usually, as I can't understand why anyone would put a smaller front sprocket on, unless they were drag-racing. The Gen 1 is already a high-revving bike, so why make it worse - and the smaller sprocket increases chain wear (although only fractionally).
If you just ride in 5th gear, you always still have 6th available for those times when you want a bit more of a relaxed ride.
Like I say, I seem to be a bit of a lone voice on this, but I really don't understand why people have a "need" to use 6th gear, if they want to use higher revs at a given road speed. The thing is, once you change the gearing this way, if you get fed up of the revviness, you can't go back to original unless you buy another sprocket and go through the hassle of changing it. If you leave it standard and get fed up, you can just change up into 6th gear.
You can get exactly the same rpm effect (higher revs for a given road speed) by simply riding along in 5th gear, rather than 6th.
I seem pretty much alone on this usually, as I can't understand why anyone would put a smaller front sprocket on, unless they were drag-racing. The Gen 1 is already a high-revving bike, so why make it worse - and the smaller sprocket increases chain wear (although only fractionally).
If you just ride in 5th gear, you always still have 6th available for those times when you want a bit more of a relaxed ride.
Like I say, I seem to be a bit of a lone voice on this, but I really don't understand why people have a "need" to use 6th gear, if they want to use higher revs at a given road speed. The thing is, once you change the gearing this way, if you get fed up of the revviness, you can't go back to original unless you buy another sprocket and go through the hassle of changing it. If you leave it standard and get fed up, you can just change up into 6th gear.