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screamineagle
09-23-2009, 01:38 AM
Just wandering if you could change your 5th gear out and put a smaller one in for better mpg and top speed? Wouldnt want to change the pullys and loose torque.

screamineagle
09-24-2009, 01:54 AM
dang I cant be the only guy who thought of this. :D

driftingswiftly
09-24-2009, 02:31 AM
Changing any drive ratio for greater speed will reduce torque.

Vabbott
09-24-2009, 04:06 AM
The question is not if you can change the gear ratios; more so it is if you can fin the parts or have the money to have a part machined.

fahren
09-24-2009, 02:04 PM
British (and I presume Buellers in Europe) get bikes with different gearing. UK buellers often switch to US gearing. So technically changing the gearing must be possible, but if you already have the standard, I don't know about going w/ something custom.

Try an I-4. They go faster at WOT.
:p

1001yos
09-24-2009, 10:30 PM
Is it milage youre after? or Torque? I would be interested in the milage myself. I do almost all highway driving..

07Bolt
09-25-2009, 01:51 AM
baker dt makes a xl6 for sprotys. might be compatible with a gear ur looking for.

BRomanowski
09-25-2009, 06:24 AM
I'd be interested in swapping out the fifth for a higher gear. I'm always looking for another gear after 5th.