12-02-2013, 02:59 AM
It is silly money for just another gear and for some folks changing sprocket will work. But. Have you tried to find them? A month or so ago I searched for sprockets and there was nothing outside the stock size. This may change in the future (and may have already, have not searched again recently).
I for one would prefer the extra gear. Silly me (I'm not seriously considering a trade since I can simply choose a different bike to tour on). But hey, there are other changes like the larger tank, spoked rims (I'm of two minds, preferring the looks of spokes but disliking tube type tires), gear indicator and the four into two (I'd prefer the four into four so this is half a bowl vs. an empty bowl
).
Honda did good with the EX upgrade, taken as a package, I can see where folks would be mighty tempted to "upgrade" or add to their stable.
I for one would prefer the extra gear. Silly me (I'm not seriously considering a trade since I can simply choose a different bike to tour on). But hey, there are other changes like the larger tank, spoked rims (I'm of two minds, preferring the looks of spokes but disliking tube type tires), gear indicator and the four into two (I'd prefer the four into four so this is half a bowl vs. an empty bowl
).Honda did good with the EX upgrade, taken as a package, I can see where folks would be mighty tempted to "upgrade" or add to their stable.