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#1 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

I was gonna shorten gears 1-4 on both my bikes (yamaha 04 R1 on the way) , and make the sixth gear longer , But my question is what should i do about Fifth gear??
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Usually people just change sprockets... it is cheaper.
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#3 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

I dont want to looose my top end speed
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#4 Unread post by DivideOverflow »

How fast do you really want to go??

Your theoretical top speed stock is 189 based on your gearing.

You have PLENTY of top end speed to spare.

Try this gearing calculator thing. Pick your bike from the drop down menu, and hit "Load Preset", be sure to change the speed to mph.
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#5 Unread post by Sev »

How do you propose to go about doing this?
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#6 Unread post by Kal »

DivideOverflow wrote:How fast do you really want to go??

Your theoretical top speed stock is 189 based on your gearing.

You have PLENTY of top end speed to spare.

Try this gearing calculator thing. Pick your bike from the drop down menu, and hit "Load Preset", be sure to change the speed to mph.
Wheres calculator?

And yeah, and you don't need the bike to be capable of warp nine...
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#7 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

I want to have a faster take off, and a higher top end speed, thats why i wanted to change the gearings,, hey sev wheres the caculator thing??!?
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http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Eator0437/gc/

Sorry! I got ahead of myself.
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#9 Unread post by MakeCarsStandSTill »

As did i , because i was reading was sev wrote i put his name instead of yours SORRRY D-flow hope you like your new name :laughing: , BUT THANKS FOR THE CALCULATOR MAN!
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#10 Unread post by Kal »

MakeCarsStandSTill wrote:I want to have a faster take off, and a higher top end speed, thats why i wanted to change the gearings,, hey sev wheres the caculator thing??!?

You seriously telling me that 189mph is NOT fast enough for you???
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