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I ended up going 3 up in the rear after reading threads about it on the forum. I bought everything from HS2020 on the forum to try and keep the biz local to the Kat community. I have an '02 Kat 750 which is 15/45 stock so I ended buying a 15 front, 48 rear (alum with Titan tough coating added) and a 120 chain. I am going to buy a speedohealer because I'm anal that way (reads 70 at 60 and 42 at 35) but overall for my 17 mile commute and splitting traffic during that commute, I am pretty happy with the change. I can imagine if I take this thing on a long ride, the whine doing 80 is going to be annoying, but for the day to day to work I like it. 1st 3 gears seem shorter now and it's real easy to stay around 5-6k but I feel like it should be around there anyway. I'm not a person who's going to go blast out whatever the top speed on this thing is, so I didn't feel as if I was missing anything there. There is one part of my ride with a 55mph speed limit and of course nobody goes 55, so I've felt what freeway speeds would be like. Someone described the difference as losing a gear and I can confirm that also. I tried upshifting when it was screaming to find out I was already in 6th.
I only have like 100 miles on the new setup, but I really like it so far. I'll need to a couple long freeway trips to see if I still like it for that, but the day to day is enjoyable.
I only have like 100 miles on the new setup, but I really like it so far. I'll need to a couple long freeway trips to see if I still like it for that, but the day to day is enjoyable.
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