Post by rcq92130 on Sept 21, 2015 16:29:58 GMT -6
Hi Mr. Oop!
So going from OEM to 18/36 would be changing from 3.08-1 to a 2-1 ratio ..... is that right? And your 16/37 is 2.31 ... right?
I was not unhappy with off-the-line performance before with the small engine - I suppose because of the steep gear ratio. But I'm not looking for more there ..... hope to have better high speed hill climbing and top end.
Would you recommend 16 or 18?
EDIT
Now I'm REALLY confused. I get there is probably a "best guess best rear ratio" for the bike, engine and me. But in scanning the available gear sets it seems there is a lot of overlap in what ratio you can achieve (eg: 14/37, 16/42 and 18/48 all result in about the same ratio). Is there an advantage with going with a smaller (or larger) counter shaft gear???
So going from OEM to 18/36 would be changing from 3.08-1 to a 2-1 ratio ..... is that right? And your 16/37 is 2.31 ... right?
I was not unhappy with off-the-line performance before with the small engine - I suppose because of the steep gear ratio. But I'm not looking for more there ..... hope to have better high speed hill climbing and top end.
Would you recommend 16 or 18?
EDIT
Now I'm REALLY confused. I get there is probably a "best guess best rear ratio" for the bike, engine and me. But in scanning the available gear sets it seems there is a lot of overlap in what ratio you can achieve (eg: 14/37, 16/42 and 18/48 all result in about the same ratio). Is there an advantage with going with a smaller (or larger) counter shaft gear???
