intro and info for arizona dual sport riders.

[nakedwaterskier]

So I have 16 front and 43 rear and I like it. But if I wanted to back off a TAD BIT ie go closer to stock just a hair, would a 15 front and 45 rear be what I wanted or would it be 41 rear... Let's see on my old ten speed bicycle a bigger sprocket on the front and a smaller sprocket on the back would produce the highest speeds downhill??????????????????? Jeffrey Remember the stock gearing on a KLR650 is 15 front and 43 rear. Frt 43 44 45 46 %from stock 16 2.687 ///////// ////////// ////////// -6.661 16 ////////// 2.750 ////////// ////////// -4.218 16 ////////// ///////// 2.8125 ////////// -1.920 15 2.866 ///////// ////////// ////////// STOCK 16 ////////// ///////// ////////// 2.875 0.314 15 ///////// 2.933 ////////// ////////// 2.337 15 ///////// ///////// 3.000 ////////// 4.675 15 ///////// ///////// ////////// 3.066 6.978 14 3.071 ///////// ////////// ///////// 7.152 14 ///////// 3.1428 ////////// ///////// 9.630 14 ///////// ///////// 3.214 ///////// 12.142 14 ///////// ///////// ////////// 3.285 14.619 13 3.308 ///////// ////////// ///////// 15.422 13 ///////// 3.385 ////////// ///////// 18.109 13 ///////// ///////// 3.462 ///////// 20.080 13 ///////// ///////// ////////// 3.538 23.447 So... if that makes sense to you the 16/45 combo will be just 1.92% taller than the stock gearing. Probably not enough to be concerned with for power. It should make for good distance gearing. The 14/45 combo will be 12.142% lower than stock and will make a huge difference off road. And if your using a 15/45 combo the gearing will be 4.675% lower than stock and would still be fine around town and doing light dirt work. And if you were gonna get stupid a 13/45 would allow you to pull stumps at 20.080% lower than stock gearing. But I think the rear adjusters only have enough movement to work for a change of two teeth on a front sprocket. Like going from a 16 to a 14. I don't think you could tighten the chain enough going from a 16 to a 13 tooth.

[Jeff Saline]

Jeffrey, I kind of jammed a few more combinations into the chart at the end of this mail. It's a bit tougher to read now but I don't think I can make the data fit on only one line if I change the headings. I included rear sprocket sizes of 39, 41 and 47. The 41 tooth rear you asked about. I think Dave Jakeman told me he liked a 13/39 combo. And the 47 tooth rear Greg said he's using and I considered briefly. I think your question is how do you get closer to stock gearing than the 16/43 you currently have. The 15/41 is closer but for me it's still too far away. Maybe the 39 tooth rear would work well for you with a 14 or 13 tooth option. I think the 15/39 combo would be too tall for the power available. I really like the 47 tooth but even with the 16/47 I think it's just a little short for extended higher speed travel. For me higher speed means maybe 60-65 mph for hours on end. I don't think you could get 80 mph for extended periods of time out of a 47 tooth rear and not hurt your engine. Hope this helps. Jeff On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:38:30 -0000 "nakedwaterskier" writes:

> So I have 16 front and 43 rear and I like it. But if I wanted to back > > off a TAD BIT ie go closer to stock just a hair, would a 15 front > and > 45 rear be what I wanted or would it be 41 rear... > > Let's see on my old ten speed bicycle a bigger sprocket on the front > > and a smaller sprocket on the back would produce the highest speeds > > downhill??????????????????? > > Jeffrey

Remember the stock gearing on a KLR650 is 15 front and 43 rear. Frt 43 44 45 46 %from stock 16/41 2.5625 -11.843 15/39 2.600 -9.072 16 2.687 ///////// ////////// ////////// -6.661 15/41 2.7333 -4.855 16 ////////// 2.750 ////////// ////////// -4.218 14/39 2.7857 -2.883 16 ////////// ///////// 2.8125 ////////// -1.920 15 2.866 ///////// ////////// ////////// STOCK 16 ////////// ///////// ////////// 2.875 0.314 14/41 2.9286 2.184 15 ///////// 2.933 ////////// ////////// 2.337 16/47 2.937 2.477 13/39 3.000 4.675 15 ///////// ///////// 3.000 ////////// 4.675 15 ///////// ///////// ////////// 3.066 6.978 14 3.071 ///////// ////////// ///////// 7.152 15/47 3.133 9.316 14 ///////// 3.1428 ////////// ///////// 9.630 13/41 3.1538 10.042 14 ///////// ///////// 3.214 ///////// 12.142 14 ///////// ///////// ////////// 3.285 14.619 13 3.308 ///////// ////////// ///////// 15.422 14/47 3.357 17.132 13 ///////// 3.385 ////////// ///////// 18.109 13 ///////// ///////// 3.462 ///////// 20.080 13 ///////// ///////// ////////// 3.538 23.447

[Beebop]

hey guys and gals, my name is Tom I'm from Flagstaff arizona. I ride a Suzuki Dr650 but I'm looking for people to ride with so hopefully nobody minds me but for those of you in arizona I have a new yahoo club that you can join. when you join please put yourself on the map so that we all know where everyones at and then we have a way to find people that are close to us to go riding with us. heres the link: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/azdsriders/ thanks, Tom