Changed Final Drive Gearing 2013

[Dakota_imp]

I always felt the gearing had short legs on the 2013. I would often start out in 2nd on flat ground. Its almost is if they set it up for the Japanese market ( city traffic )

I changed to a 19 front and 38 back about 9% difference in torque and MPH's. With the longer gears it feels just about right taking off from a traffic light, there's less engine braking and a smoother transition in the top 3 gears. They only place where you notice the decrease in torque is when you lug the bike under 2500RPM's and roll ons from 60-80 in 5th are a bit slower .3

I though the bike would run faster times which it does, 0-60 is .2 faster and 0-100 is .3 faster. Very small gains but its positive not negative.

Note: I had a bad rear sprocket it was out of round 1/16th everything cleared up with the change. My chain is running true now.

Cheers

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CIP, I am a bit surprised that taller gearing resulted in quicker acceleration as seems counter to what is done in the automotive world. Is because there is less shifting and more time with power to the ground?