When I bought my bike the previous owner had changed to a 13 tooth front. I rode it for a season, then this season I tried out the 14tooth front. For road riding I enjoy the 14 tooth front way better. If I did more trail riding the 13 tooth front would probably be better. Depends on how much trail/road riding you will be doing.

 

Thats a question I had. I prefere trail, but I do have to ride hwy speeds much of the time. If I went to a 13 front would I kill the engine for more than an hour hwy ride? I really want to goto the tail of the dragon this spring which is about 2hrs from my house. I am afraid that getting there would over rev the eng for too long. What do you buys think?
thanks,
jim......

 

I think the bike would be a riot on the tail. I think a 2 hour ride would toast my butt and the motor geared that low.

David

 

I agree with David. I wouldn't want to beat the bike up on the way to the trail, but I'd want the bike to be fun on the trail. And you gotta ride back home too when its done, don't you? Keep hydrated...you got a long day ahead.

My preference would be to have the most fun on the trail and find a way to actually slow down on the way there if I had to ride...take a break along the way and maybe even find the back road where you can. I'd rather put three hours of enjoyable riding with a leg stretch here and there in than a tedious two hours on the freeway. I'd be more focused to ride the trail safely and made some fun with it.

But that's just my style. I don't need to keep up with the road racers. Arrive relaxed, comfortable, alive, and with a smile .

 

http://www.discountramps.com/motorcycle-carrier.htm
$129,, I have thousands of miles on this carrier. Love it.

 

I just found one recently on Craigs for $100. It's the bomb. I've used it a few times and expect to put thousands of miles on it, likewise.

 

I put a thousand miles on the bike and never took it out of the truck due to weather.



David

 

For what it's worth, I have an Excel spread sheet to calculate speed and rpm with a given tire size in each gear provided you know the various tooth counts from the primary through the gear box and obviously the final drive. I can send it to anyone who might want to use it, just pm or email (if possible) through this forum. I made it up when considering what gearing I might need if I put 17s on my KLX 650, wanting to know the general changes in speed at given rpm based on both tire diameter (circumference calculated from that) and final drive gearing. It's kind of interesting.

 

Maybe you could upload it to Google Docs and make it public so anyone can use it?

 

Never messed with Google Docs. Have to check it out.

No idea if it worked...

here it is... Speed per tire diameter comparison chart

Let me know if it works. I hope it can be copied and pasted. Plug in the necessary information, but be careful not to knock out a formula cell. All the gearing cells numerical as is the RPM. Without checking I would say the bottom where it lists the tire revs and speed are formula cells. Since most tires are meaured by the diameter by the MFRs I'd say any cell relating to circumference is another formula cell.