Hey guys.. I know the thing to do on any bike seems to be to add a few teeth in the rear sprocket and reduce one in the front to give you a little more beef off the line. Personally iv only had my 06 kat600 for not even a week, but the last 600-700 miles iv put on it reeeally makes me wish I had just a little more on top. After seeing the chart You guys go by on here where the stock gearing should be 35mph in 3rd and 45 at 4th and 55 in 5th at 4,500rpm.. I suspect my bike had that 2 up in the rear mod and 1 down in the rear cuz im going slower at those speeds. My first hint was on the trip bringing it home. The car that was with me on this trip was averaging a speedo speed of something between 5-10mph less than what my kat was reading.. and if I wasn't really going as fast as I thought I guess maybe my front sprocket was???
If I wanted to cruise at 55mph I could have bought a Vespa, but I feel that running at 6k-7k rpm's is just trashing my gas millage!!.. If going down 1 or 2 in the rear from stock (plus 3 or 4 from what i guess it has currently) and up 1 or 2 in the front (stock or plus 1 from current) would that lower my RPM's at higher speeds thus improving my mpg?? Would the change just take away a bunch of low-mid range power and add hardly any advantage up top?? I had a similar experience loosing low and gaining nothing noticeable when gearing up on an off road bike, but the change was many teeth more.. about 6 less in the rear, but didn't produce speed and don’t remember if the front was the same or not.
Anyways advice is golden guys! thanks.
-Steven
If I wanted to cruise at 55mph I could have bought a Vespa, but I feel that running at 6k-7k rpm's is just trashing my gas millage!!.. If going down 1 or 2 in the rear from stock (plus 3 or 4 from what i guess it has currently) and up 1 or 2 in the front (stock or plus 1 from current) would that lower my RPM's at higher speeds thus improving my mpg?? Would the change just take away a bunch of low-mid range power and add hardly any advantage up top?? I had a similar experience loosing low and gaining nothing noticeable when gearing up on an off road bike, but the change was many teeth more.. about 6 less in the rear, but didn't produce speed and don’t remember if the front was the same or not.
Anyways advice is golden guys! thanks.
-Steven
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