| OK I've been thinking about sprockets since doing the Rockingham track day last week.
My bike is a 750ssie. Basically I was catching some 916 and 996 riders under brakes into the final hairpin, but they were then pulling away out of the corner and up the straight. So I was wanting some extra drive out of the corner. Sure my riding could probably improve, but I also felt like I was looking for more bottom end from the 750ss.
So change the sprockets to bigger/more teeth and it should pull better right?
However, given that with my not insubstantial bulk onboard I've only managed to wind the bike out to 125MPH (might be able to get an extra 10MPH with more road to play with), will changing the sprocket settings for more bottom end effect my topspeed all that much?
I'm also worried slightly by Frank's earlier comment about looking for another gear at the top end. I already start looking for another gear on the 750ss at about 80MPH plus. How much is changing the sprockets likely to make this worse?
Phill
[Edited on 27-8-2003 by phillc]  |