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Originally posted by phoenix n max
I'm thinking 15-45 which was my normal road gear myself. My top speed was ok then at around 120 - I can't get near that since playing around with the gearing to be honest.

Well if you shorten the gearing you will lose top end. But gain drive off the corners and maybe make the bike feel better for you in certain corners because of the revs you are carrying.

I ran 15/46 on the track day we did at Castle Combe and the bike just wouldn't pull it down the straight. It would get to 8k RPM in top and not go over it, which is why I went down in gearing. With 14/45 I was maxing out on the straight at Snet but it wasn't really working on a few corners for me. With slightly taller gearing I'll be quicker down the straight (in theory) and it will let me go down a gear for the esses which I was struggling with. I wanted to use second to get out of their but it slid around a lot when I changed down (not blipping hard enough obviously) but having the taller gearing will make it easier to carry second through there.

I'll get better acceleration out of there into the bombhole can carry that all the way through Coram (when I decide to not rolloff) which is quite a fast and long corner.

That's the plan anyway