10-07-15, 04:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-07-15, 04:09 PM by Millietant.)
Typed this here before I realised I wasn't u reading the thread Val started on sprockets
"I'm confused Val, looking at the gearing commander, all you've done is effectively to make your new 6th gear the Sam as your old 5th, your new 5 th gear is your old 4th and your new 4th is your old 3rd. With the changes to 1st and 2nd gear ratio's I can only assume you're going drag racing - and you don't care about fuel economy.
To my simple mind, just by never going above 5th gear, you'd have pretty much the same effect, without spending any money on sprockets/chain etc.
Like I say, I'm confused - some will think me a numbskull, but I just don't understand changing the gearing this way, unless the bike is so grossly over geared so that it won't pull top gear (which isn't the case on the Fazer)".
for our Fazer, when it's time to replace the chain, I'm going up one tooth on the front sprocket and down two teeth on the rear - can keep standard length chain.
"I'm confused Val, looking at the gearing commander, all you've done is effectively to make your new 6th gear the Sam as your old 5th, your new 5 th gear is your old 4th and your new 4th is your old 3rd. With the changes to 1st and 2nd gear ratio's I can only assume you're going drag racing - and you don't care about fuel economy.
To my simple mind, just by never going above 5th gear, you'd have pretty much the same effect, without spending any money on sprockets/chain etc.
Like I say, I'm confused - some will think me a numbskull, but I just don't understand changing the gearing this way, unless the bike is so grossly over geared so that it won't pull top gear (which isn't the case on the Fazer)".
for our Fazer, when it's time to replace the chain, I'm going up one tooth on the front sprocket and down two teeth on the rear - can keep standard length chain.