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18-04-07, 11:37 AM

Personally, I went down the route of leaving the front well alone, and changing the rear, up 2 teeth. I'm told this is the same effect as going down one tooth on the front.

What effect did it have? Well, from the line, the bike has more get up & go. It's easier to lift the front by accident. I once filtered to the front of a queue at lights (naughty, I know). The WVM didn't like this, so tried to beat me off the line. Squeeze the throttle a little harder as soon as I knew what was happening, up comes the front. Having said that, it's not that much of a problem.

Accelerating out of layby's into 70mph zones with traffic doing 80+, I frequently lift the front end. Kind of nice doing it too, since I'm now expecting it.

Rolling on at speed has a difference, but it's not huge. You'll find you run at slightly higer revs as well. Before the change, 5k RPM was 70mph. Now it's 5,500rpm.

18-04-07, 11:37 AM	#3
Baph Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Which Sprocket Size? Personally, I went down the route of leaving the front well alone, and changing the rear, up 2 teeth. I'm told this is the same effect as going down one tooth on the front. What effect did it have? Well, from the line, the bike has more get up & go. It's easier to lift the front by accident. I once filtered to the front of a queue at lights (naughty, I know). The WVM didn't like this, so tried to beat me off the line. Squeeze the throttle a little harder as soon as I knew what was happening, up comes the front. Having said that, it's not that much of a problem. Accelerating out of layby's into 70mph zones with traffic doing 80+, I frequently lift the front end. Kind of nice doing it too, since I'm now expecting it. Rolling on at speed has a difference, but it's not huge. You'll find you run at slightly higer revs as well. Before the change, 5k RPM was 70mph. Now it's 5,500rpm.