Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:11 pm**

'00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. I need to slow it down. What do you all run? Keith

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:59 am**

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:09:56 -0000 "keithrstone" writes:

> '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > I need to slow it down. > > What do you all run? > > Keith

<><><><><> <><><><><><> Keith, I run a 46 tooth rear with a 16 tooth front for pavement and a 14 tooth front for the dirt. If I'm not on a trip I'll often just leave the 14 tooth front on for the Beautiful Black Hills. Check the messages from the 5th as there was quite a bit of talk about sprockets then. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:54 am**

Hi Keith, Good to hear from you again. I run a 14 front with the stock 43 on the rear. I use that setup for everything. It really helps off-road and took my top comfortable highway cruising speed down about 5 mph (75-70). -Bryan --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "keithrstone" wrote:

> > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > I need to slow it down. > > What do you all run? > > Keith >

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:16 am**

A 14/43 and you can go 70-75mph? My 2006 has the standard 15/43 and screems at 4,000 rpm at only 60mph! I am switching to a 15/35 for 75mph @ 4,000rpm. Did Kawasaki use differing gear trans gear ratios in the past? I ride mainly long distances on the street and needed to tone the rpm at highway speeds to squelch some of the bar vibes and increase engine life. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "cactus_reese" wrote:

> > Hi Keith, > Good to hear from you again. I run a 14 front with the stock 43 on > the rear. I use that setup for everything. It really helps off-road > and took my top comfortable highway cruising speed down about 5 mph > (75-70). > -Bryan >

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:25 am**

Jeff: Would a 15T/45T setup require the stock chain to be lengthened? It sounds like you been down "all of these roads" before. Don R100, A6F

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:09:56 -0000 "keithrstone" > writes: > > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > > > > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > > > I need to slow it down. > > > > What do you all run? > > > > Keith > <><><><><> > <><><><><><> > > Keith, > > I run a 46 tooth rear with a 16 tooth front for pavement and a 14 tooth > front for the dirt. If I'm not on a trip I'll often just leave the 14 > tooth front on for the Beautiful Black Hills. > > Check the messages from the 5th as there was quite a bit of talk about > sprockets then. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT >

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:11 am**

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:19:15 -0000 "Spike55" writes:

> Jeff: > > Would a 15T/45T setup require the stock chain to be lengthened? It > > sounds like you been down "all of these roads" before. > > Don R100, A6F

<><><><><><> <><><><><><> Don, I "think" you could get by with the stock chain but haven't tried it. But I have no idea if a stock chain would work if you wanted to move to a 16/45 as I "think" you'd run out of adjustment room. Maybe the same with the 14/45 but I don't know. I use a 108 link chain with my 14 or 16/46 combo. The guys I know with a 45 tooth rear also use a 108 link chain. Maybe someone running the 45 tooth can speak to the adjustment issues. Any takers? Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:52 am**

Keith, I do mainly off road riding so I geared down accordingly. I run a 14/47 combo from JTSprockets for daily and off road riding. When I need to make runs on the interstate, I change the front sprocket to a 16. I did have to get a longer chain, 110 links. GregM --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "keithrstone" wrote:

> > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43,

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> my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > I need to slow it down. > > What do you all run? > > Keith >

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Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:25 am**

Same here. For everyday stuff, the 14t is fun but I keep a 16 for prolonged interstate travel. I also bought a 13 tooth from Fred for the dirty stuff but I've not used it yet. As a point of safety, it seems to me that the 14 tooth has caused fewer parking lot, 1 mph, u turn stalls which can dump you in front of all your bubba and bubbett friends. It's easy to do on a big thumper. don a17 voyager

On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:54 AM, cactus_reese wrote: > Hi Keith, > Good to hear from you again. I run a 14 front with the stock 43 on > the rear. I use that setup for everything. It really helps off-road > and took my top comfortable highway cruising speed down about 5 mph > (75-70). > -Bryan > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "keithrstone" > wrote: > > > > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > > > I need to slow it down. > > > > What do you all run? > > > > Keith > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:22 pm**

I'm one of the few members who likes taller-than-standard gearing on the KLR, and run 16/43 daily and find it very pleasant. Being one who has a lot of experience with tall gearing on a number of vehicles, I would opine that 15/35 is just toooooo tall for the KLR. My 16/43 is the same as having 15 front, 40.3 in the rear if you will. I find I don't even use 5th gear in some town situations, (ie below 40 mph on totally flat ground, or for any moderate acceleration below 50) - remember this is a single where 75% of the time it's decelerating, then BOOM, 25% accelerating (ie, 4-stroke cycle). You'll get into chain snatch issues. You have to be wise about when, and when not to use top gear. That said, I would agree that you could cut that rear 43 down to a 40 or 39 on the street comfortably, but 35? Off -the-charts too far IMO. Bill Watson Phoenix --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2 /min or less. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:54 am**

James, On your rear brake lever: add a piece ON TOP of the tip. I use a piece of ski-pole while a buddy used wood, around 5/8". Mine's attached with a zip-tie thru lateral holes thru the middle of the side and down around the tip. Ed

Wilsons Sandbox

any good tips on improving brake feel?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

brian and others.... what sprocket sizes?

any good tips on improving brake feel?